The Light House Keepers formed in Sydney in 1982. They released numerous singles and LPs and undertook countless national tours. In less than 4 years, they became one of the hardest working bands in the country with performances in most cities and towns in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, A.C.T., South Australia and Western Australia. They left Sydney in 1985 for six months on a tour of Europe and the UK and played their final performance on Good Friday, 1986 to a record crowd at The Graphic Arts Club, Sydney.
The compilation CD, Lipsnipegroin was released in 1992, six years after the band's break-up. It is still being distributed in 2000.
Lighthouse Keeper Poem
Light House Keepers
Back Cover LHK
Cover and back cover: ODE TO NOTHING / SEVEN YEARS - 1985
Band Members: (left to right)
Steven Williams (drums) , Greg Appel (12 str guitar, vocals, songwriter), Stephen O'Neil (bass, guitar, early drums), Juliet Ward (lead vocals), Michael 'Blue' Dalton (harmonica, slide guitar, bass)
ALL SONGS ON THIS PAGE ARE IN WAV FORMAT WITH A LITTLE COMPRESSION
THE QUALITY IS GREAT BUT TAKES TIME TO DOWNLOAD - IT'S WORTH THE WAIT!
FULL DOUBLE CD AVAILABLE - EMAIL FOR DETAILS
In regards to sound files (Win 95/98) :
There are a number of plug ins available but the best way to keep sound files is to do the following:
'Right Click' on the speaker and use the 'save link as' (Netscape) or 'save target as' (Internet Explorer) option.
Save the file to your desktop or folder of choice then 'double click' on the saved file.
(dates in brackets are when song was first recorded...first live performances were up to 2 years earlier)
speaker.gif SPRINGTIME (1983) 1923Kb 
(still a favourite)
speaker.gif OCEAN LINER (1984) 1504Kb
speaker.gif CIGARETTES & WHISKY & WILD WILD WOMEN (1982) 302Kb 
(home recording)
speaker.gif GARGOYLE (1982/3) 1628Kb
This is the band's 1st recording.
(Dream Studios, in The Haymarket, Sydney 
Engineered & produced by Keith Hale who recognised the band's potential very early on)
speaker.gif ODE TO NOTHING (1985) 1526Kb
...probably the best pop song of all time...
speaker.gif SEVEN YEARS (1985) 1647Kb
speaker.gif AGAIN (1985) 1283Kb
speaker.gif BIG NOISE (1983) 1315Kb
(cover version of standard)
speaker.gif LIGHT HOUSE KEEPERS (1982) 682Kb
speaker.gif LIP SNIPE GROIN (1983) 1678Kb
speaker.gif POWER RING (1984) 1396Kb
speaker.gif TORTURE ROAD (1984) 1181Kb
speaker.gif WE'VE GOT A GIG (1984) 1546Kb
speaker.gif WHEELS OVER THE DESERT (1984) 1351Kb
(Another song from the "Tales Of The Unexpected LP" in 1984 which came about during the 'crossing of Australia' period. The Light House Keepers made numerous crossings of the Nullabor Plain from Sydney to Perth & back. In all expectations, the LHK must have travelled 100,000 miles or more of road with many a tale to tell.)
speaker.gif WHISKY & GIN (1983) 1317Kb 
(Wonderfully recorded in bathroom at 44 Hugo St, Chippendale. If you listen carefully and turn up the volume, ethnic radio (aka interference) can be heard on the line just after the fade out - this depends on your cpu system - clearly audible on CD)
speaker.gif LEGLESS (1986) 1637Kb LIVE
(probably from a live recording at the Graphic Arts Club in 1986 - the band's last performance)
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles:
7" vinyl: Gargoyle;  1983(independent) + 1984 re-release
7" vinyl: Ocean Liner;  1984
7" vinyl: Ode To Nothing; 1985
Albums:
12" EP vinyl: Exploding LightHouse Keepers; 1983
12" LP vinyl: Tales of the Unexpected; 1984
12" vinyl: Imploding; 1985-6
CD (huge compilation): Lipsnipegroin; 1992
To download Lipsnipegroin CD - click here
email
All songs copyright ©
Certain Music, Guthugga Pipeline Records and belonging to The Light House Keepers

LIGHT HOUSE KEEPERS REVIEWS:
Sounds (UK) August 1985
NME (UK) September 1985
Adelaide Advertiser December 1985
RAM February 1986 - NEW (thnx Ken Harris)
Sydney Morning Herald March 1986
LHK Comic Strip by Greg Appel
FURTHER INFO: EMAIL

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