DAVE WARNER

David Robert "Dave" Warner is an Australian rock musician, author and screenwriter. He currently lives in Sydney with his wife and three children. Dave Warner was born David Robert Warner in Bicton, Western Australia in 1953. He attended Aquinas College and then the University of Western Australia where he graduated with a B.A. (Hons.), majoring in psychology. In 1973, he formed the band Pus, which was influenced by radical 1960s New York activist band, The Fugs.

Warner describes this band on his website as "Australia's first punk band". The genre that became known as punk was not to emerge as an identifiable musical entity until the mid-1970s, and although Warner might have pre-empted punk attitude with Pus, musically it is unlikely from a very few witness accounts of this obscure outfit that the band's material could be categorised thus. Warner's song writing created his first version of "Suburban Boy" in 1976. He gained a wider popularity with his next band, From the Suburbs, which he formed in January 1977.

The band gained an underground following and was subsequently signed by Mushroom Records. As Dave Warner's From the Suburbs, they re-released "Suburban Boy" (1978) as a single and then the album 'Mugs Game' (1978) with some tracks recorded live at Melbourne University, it was certified Gold within a month of its release. 'Free Kicks' (1979) followed, but then From the Suburbs disbanded. With a new line-up, Warner released 'Correct Weight' (1979) and 'This is My Planet' (1981). After 'This is My Planet', Warner diversified from writing and performing music full-time. Instead, he started to write plays, novels and screenplays.

SINGLES 
''Suburban Boy / Donna'' 1977 EMI [Custom Pressing] 
''Summer '78 / Australian Heat'' 1978 Bicton Records 
''Suburban Boy (#31) / Clarke's Bolero'' 1978 Mushroom 
''(We Got) Nothing To Lose / African Summer'' 1979 Mushroom 
''Free Kicks / Kangaroo Hop'' 1979 Mushroom 
''Wimbledon / On The Weekend'' 1979 Mushroom 
''Bicton Vs. Brooklyn / Carpark'' 1981 Mercury 
''Kookaburra Girl (#73) / Little Miss Dynamite'' 1981 Mercury 
''Keys To The City / They Can't Take This Night Away'' 1989 Redback

ALBUMS 
'Mug's Game' (#23) 1978 Mushroom 
'Free Kicks' (#34) 1979 Mushroom

'Correct Weight' (#78) 1979 Mushroom

'This Is My Planet' (#75) 1981 Mercury

'The Dark Side of the Scrum' J&B 1988
'Meanwhile In The Suburbs' 1988 Musicland 

'Surplus & Dearth' 1995 DRAW Music
'When' 2016 Ocean Studios

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Warner

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/