Chocolate Starfish
| Chocolate Starfish | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Rock |
| Years active | 1992–1998, 2010–present |
| Labels | EMI, Virgin |
| Associated acts | Roxus, Pseudo Echo |
| Website | chocolatestarfish |
| Members | Norman Falvo Adam Thompson John "Stone" Nixon Darren Danielson |
| Past members | Craig Harnath Bruce Pawsey Zoran Romic Tim Rosewarne |
Chocolate Starfish are an Australian rock music group formed in 1992 before disbanding in 1998. By March 1993 the line-up was Zoran Romic on lead guitar, Adam Thompson on lead vocals, Darren Danielson on drums, Norman Falvo on keyboards and backing vocals and John "Stone" Nixon on bass guitar. Their self-titled debut album was issued in April 1994, which peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It was followed in October 1995 by their second album, Box, which reached No. 6. Their highest charting single, "You're So Vain", was a cover version of Carly Simon's 1972 hit. It appeared at No. 11 on the ARIA Singles Chart in September 1993. They had another hit with "Mountain" in March 1994, which reached No. 12. The group reformed in 2010, but on 31 March 2012 Romic died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma after remission from an earlier bout. The group continued and from January to March 2013 performed on the Red Hot Summer Tour alongside Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss and Dragon.
Chocolate Starfish were founded in Melbourne in early 1992 with Norman Falvo on keyboards and vocals; Craig Harnath on bass guitar (ex-Kids in the Kitchen, Gravity); Bruce Pawsey (Battle Happy, Kate Ceberano and the Ministry of Fun) on drums; Zoran Romic on guitar and vocals (Gravity); and Adam Thompson on lead vocals (Show of Hands, Gravity). Chocolate Starfish was a great collaboration in music writing by Romic/Thompson with input from other band members towards all songs from the Albums and EP. The band also played a limited number of shows with a comical country based theme under the name of "The Hodads" at the Station Hotel. Thompson had moved to Melbourne from Tallygaroopna, and remained the only original member until the band's demise. Australian rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, described him as an "entertaining frontman who lent the music an air of much-needed theatricality and melodrama". Other early members were Brett Kingman (James Reyne) on guitar and John Justin.
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