Paul Greene & The Other Colours

Paul Greene & the Other Colours is an Australian roots band fronted by Paul Greene. Their album Behind The Stars was nominated for a 2012 ARIA Award for Best Blues & Roots Album.[1] Previously a solo artist Paul Greene now works with a backing band the Other Colours.

Paul Greene & the Other Colours
OriginAustralia
GenresRoots
LabelsABC Music, Whirl Records
MembersNeil Beaver
Paul Greene
Mick Laws
Past membersEllie Plummer
Matt Sykes

Greene is a former athlete. He was a sprinter who competed at the 1996 Olympics. Through the Olympic Record CD project he started working with Rob Hirst and Rick Grossman, joining their band Ghostwriters and working with Hirst on two albums. He also established a solo career, gaining national airplay on Triple J.[2][3] Greene also fronts a reformation of Spy vs Spy.[4]

Band members

Members
  • Neil Beaver
  • Paul Greene
  • Mick Laws

Former members
  • Ellie Plummer
  • Matt Sykes

Discography

Paul Greene
  • The Miles (2001)
  • This Way (2002)
  • Happy Here With You (2004)
  • Reset (2005)
  • Distance Over Time[5] (2008) – Whirl Records
  • Everywhere Is Home (2010) – Whirl Records

Paul Greene and the Other Colours
  • Behind The Stars (2012) – ABC Music[6]
  • One Lap of the Sun (2014) – Red Shelf[7]

Hirst & Greene
  • In the Stealth of Summer (2005) – ABC Music
  • Hirst & Greene live at the basement DVD (2005) – ABC Music
gollark: Me too, except I'd probably just listen off my laptop and generic cheap headphones because I don't really care.
gollark: They probably make them from digital recordings anyway.
gollark: Vinyl is analog, it's *inherently* lossy.
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gollark: Those are outdated too and only useful, loosely speaking, as some kind of weird aesthetic statement.

References
  1. "Rapper 360 dominates 2012 ARIA Award nominations", news.com.au, 3 October 2012
  2. Tibbitts, Alex (10 October 2003), "Olympic athlete who became a rocker", Sydney Morning Herald
  3. Gregory, Helen (17 May 2014), "Songwriter's magic muse", The Newcastle Herald
  4. "A lap of the sun for singer extraordinaire", St George & Sutherland Shire Leader, 17 April 2014
  5. "Paul Greene", girl.com.au, 21 April 2012
  6. Fitzpatrick, Stephen (21 April 2012), "MUSIC REVIEWS", The Australian
  7. Apter, Jeff (12 September 2014), "Paul Greene and the Other Colours", Sydney Morning Herald
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