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Steve Gilpin - award winning vocalist leading Fragments Of Time and subsequently Mi-Sex
Steve Gilpin was born on the 28th of April 1949 in Wellington, New Zealand and died on the 6th of January 1992 in Gold Coast Hospital after a tragic car accident near his home in Mullumbimby, NSW, at which point Steve was aged 42. Steve was a great singer, winning the television talent show New Faces in 1972, but he wasn't a singer who had turned to cabaret as an easy option, he had turned to it as the only option! Despite releasing some singles Gilpin became frustrated with his lack of success and, in 1976, after watching the rock group Father Thyme perform, he approached them with regard to working together. When the group split the following year Gilpin formed Fragments of Time from the wreckage. The group faced a lot of competition with their style of music so he decided they needed a new direction — and New Wave beckoned. Before the transformation could be completed however there was a change of personnel and the group needed a change of name — playing the Ultravox song My Sex in their set gave them the name they needed and the group Mi-Sex was born. The line-up included Steve Gilpin (Vocals), Murray Burns (Keyboards), Don Martin (Bass), Paul Dunningham (Acoustic Drums), Colin Bayley (Guitar) and founder member Kevin Stanton (Guitar). Murray Burns had replaced Alan Moon on keyboards, whilst Steve Osborne had replaced Phil Start on drums. |
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