Ed Kuepper

Ed Kuepper
Ed Kuepper playing at the Red Hill Auditorium (2011)
Background information
Birth name	Edmund Kuepper
Born	(1955-12-20) 20 December 1955 (age 61) Bremen, West Germany
Origin	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Genres	Rock, punk, avant-garde, post-punk, blues, grunge
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer
Instruments	Guitars (lead, acoustic, bass, 12 string), vocals, banjo
Years active	1973–present
Labels	Hot, True Tone, Capitol, Survival, Normal, Castle, Prince Melon
Associated acts	Kid Galahad and the Eternals, The Saints, Laughing Clowns, The Aints
Website	myspace.com/edkuepper

Edmund "Ed" Kuepper (born 20 December 1955, Bremen, West Germany) is an Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded the punk band The Saints (1973–78), the experimental post-punk group Laughing Clowns (1979–85) and the grunge-like The Aints (1991–94). He has also recorded over a dozen albums as a solo artist using a variety of backing bands. His highest charting solo album, Honey Steel's Gold, appeared in November 1991 and reached No. 28 on the ARIA Albums Chart. His other top 50 albums are Black Ticket Day (August 1992), Serene Machine (March 1993) and Character Assassination (August 1994). At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 he won Best Independent Release for Black Ticket Day and won the same category in 1994 for Serene Machine.

Edmund Kuepper was born on 20 December 1955 in Bremen, then part of West Germany. His family migrated to Australia in the 1960s and settled in Brisbane.

Ed Kuepper's music career began in 1973 when he formed The Saints in Brisbane initially as a garage band, Kid Galahad and the Eternals. The line up was Kuepper on lead guitar, Chris Bailey on lead vocals and Ivor Hay on piano. Early in the next year Hay switched to bass guitar and Jeffrey Wegener joined on drums, and they were renamed as The Saints.