Dave Faulkner (musician)

Dave Faulkner
February, 2015
Background information
Birth name	David Jonathan Faulkner
Also known as	Dave Flick
Born	(1957-10-02) 2 October 1957 (age 59) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Genres	Rock
Occupation(s)	musician, singer, songwriter
Years active	1977–present
Labels	A&M Elektra RCA Zoo/Volcano (Mushroom) Evageline EMI
Associated acts	The Victims, The Manikins, Hoodoo Gurus, Antenna, Persian Rugs

David Jonathan "Dave" Faulkner (born 2 October 1957 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian rock musician who also performed as Dave Flick. Faulkner is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist; he has performed with several bands, but is best known as a member of Hoodoo Gurus. He wrote the band's best known single, 1987 hit "What's My Scene?", which reached No. 3 on the National charts.

As the mainstay member of Hoodoo Gurus, Faulkner gave the acceptance speech when they were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame on 18 July 2007 at the Plaza Ballroom, Melbourne. Faulkner was one of the new entries in the 2007 edition of Who's Who in Australia.

Faulkner's father, Martin Faulkner was a World War II veteran who served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and survived the sinking of HMAS Canberra I during the Battle of Savo Island. Faulkner's mother Ruth was a tireless community worker and the library in Dave Faulkner's old home town of Belmont in Western Australia is named after her. Faulkner was educated at Perth's Trinity College.

Faulkner, aka Dave Flick, along with James Baker and Dave Cardwell (aka Rudolph V) were founding members of punk band The Victims in 1977. Baker and Faulkner co-wrote the band's first single "Television Addict", which is regarded as one of Australia's great punk rock songs and has featured on several punk compilations.

After The Victims split in 1979, Faulkner played keyboards with another Perth band The Manikins, who also performed some of his songs.

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