Best known as the lead singer/bassist of the Australian dream rock outfit the Church, Steve Kilbey is also an accomplished solo artist and writer. Drawing upon psychedelic rock, glam rock, and post-punk, Kilbey first emerged with the Church in the early ’80s and gained worldwide fame with the band’s sixth studio album, 1988’s Starfish, which featured the classic hit single “Under the Milky Way.” Along with his continued work with the Church, he has regularly issued solo albums like 1987’s Unearthed, 1990’s Remindlessness, and 2018’s Sydney Rococo. He has also collaborated with All India Radio’s Martin Kennedy on a handful of electronic albums, including 2011’s White Magic and 2017’s Glow and Fade. Along with publishing his 2014 autobiography, Something Quite Peculiar, Kilbey has written books of poetry and kept an ongoing blog, The Time Being.
Steve Kilbey
