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No Fixed Address

Origin: North Adelaide, South Australia
Style: Rock, Reggae

Lead singer: Bart Willoughby, rhythm guitarist and songwriter: Ricky Harrison, lead guitarist: Leslie Lovegrove Freeman (also known as Les Graham and Les Lovegrove), bass player: John Miller

No Fixed Address was formed in 1978 but broke up in 1988. In 2008 No Fixed Address intended to make a come back.

No Fixed Address made the movie 'Wrong Side of the Road' with another band, Us Mob.

We had about 60 songs in our set and we only ever recorded nine of them for an EP we released with Mushroom Records.—Ricky Harrison, No Fixed Address

Discography

Wrong Side of the Road (soundtrack)

No Fixed Address & Us Mob - Wrong Side of the Road.
Released 1981
Tracks

Side 1: No Fixed Address

  1. We have survived
  2. Get a grip
  3. The vision
  4. Black mans rights
  5. Greenhouse holiday
  6. The vision (version)

Side 2: Us Mob

  1. Genocide
  2. Wrong side of the road
  3. Suicidal contemplation
  4. Sunshine
  5. Tough living
  6. Survive

This is the soundtrack to the movie Wrong Side of the Road.

Following the release of the movie and its soundtrack album, No Fixed Address toured widely, achieving cult status in Australia and being the first Aboriginal band to get on the international circuit, paving the way for other iconic Indigenous bands such as Warumpi and Yothu Yindi.


From My Eyes

No Fixed Address - From My Eyes.

Released 1982
Tracks
  1. We have survived
  2. From my eyes
  3. Stupid system
  4. I can't stand and look
  5. Sunrise
  6. Pigs
  7. 40,000 years
  8. Greenhouse holiday
  9. Stand up

In 2008 No Fixed Address played on The Dreaming Festival (Woodford, QLD, one hour north of Brisbane) where they distributed a special edition of this CD.


Thirty years ago we were singing about Aboriginal rights and the sad thing is that the message is still the same and it's still relevant—Bart Willoughby, No Fixed Address

Band member history:

  • Joe Geia (v,perc,didg) 1982-1983
  • Les Graham (g) 1979-1983
  • Ricky Harrison (g) 1979-198?
  • Joe Hayes (b) 1982
  • Billy Inda (perc,didg) 1982
  • Chris Jones (g) 1982-1985
  • Les Lovegrove (g) 1987
  • Rick Lovegrove (g) 1987
  • Louis McManus (g) 1984-1985
  • John Miller (b) 1979-198?,1987
  • Nicky Moffott (b) 1983-1985
  • Veronica Rankine (v,sax,fl) 1979-198?
  • Bart Willoughby (d,v,didg) 1979-1985,1987

Thanks to Flick Parham for helping me update this page about No Fixed Address.

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