MAJOR MUSICIANS / MUSIC INDUSTRY PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
Musician | Music Journalist | Radio Program Producer | Radio Program Presenter |
DESCRIPTION: Rob Greaves
ACTIVITY STATUS: Active
ACTIVITY PERIOD: 1964 - Current
MUSIC GENRE: Blues, Rock, Electronic, Progressive Rock
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Born in the UK, resident in Australia since 1948
MAIN INSTRUMENT: Synths/Keyboards, Guitar, Percussion
BANDS / OUTFITS: Rainbow Generator, The Moppa Blues, The Sound, Geoff Krozier
MAIN WEB PAGE: https://au.linkedin.com/in/rob-greaves-b6019a5b
ABOUT HIM:
Rob Greaves is an Australian musician, music journalist for Tagg and the Toorak Times as well as the producer and presenter of the radio program "Listen To Older Voices", which is broadcast across the Community Broadcasting Association network and podcast via the Toorak Times. That program commenced in 1997 and Rob has been its producer since 2004.
MUSIC CAREER:
Musically he cut his teeth playing guitar in bands from the early 1960's through to the mid 1960's.
In 1975 he and his friend David Labuschagne began to experiment with electronic music and as a result formed Rainbow Generator.
That group would record from 1976 through to 2004. it performed along the east coast between Melbourne and Sydney.
The group also collaborated with Keith Casey (Ayers Rock) and Peter Carolan (Gondwanaland).
He is in more recent years particularly passionate about writing and presenting about Australian music, especially rare, historic and eclectic music artists. He is the senior editor and content writer for the Toorak Times.
Rob is best known as one of the co-founders of 70's Australian experimental electronic / prog outfit Rainbow Generator which also was the last group to work with Geoff Krozier. Prior to that he was involved in number of 60's music projects such as The Moppa Blues and The Sound, who formed an important breeding ground for future Australian rock musicians.
LINKS:
Toorak Times - List of Music Writings by Rob Greaves - http://www.tooraktimes.com.au/content.php/1559-rob-greaves
Tagg - List of Music Writings by Rob Greaves - http://tagg.com.au/profile/Rob-Greaves/
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