Gareth Liddiard

Gareth Liddiard
Born	20 November 1975
Origin	Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia
Associated acts	The Drones The Gutterville Splendour Six Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males Spencer P. Jones and the Nothin' Butts

Gareth Liddiard is an Australian musician and founding member of The Drones. Liddiard has released one album as a solo artist and seven studio albums with the Drones.

Liddiard was born in Port Hedland, Western Australia and then lived in London until he returned to Western Australia to start school in Perth. Initially his musical interest lay in jazz, but he eventually found his way to rock and roll music and started playing in bands during his high school years in the city's northern beach suburbs, around Sorrento. Nearby to his High School, Duncraig Senior High School. As a teenager, Liddiard listened to the music of artists such as Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Black Flag and John Coltrane.

At the age of 18 years, Liddiard gained employment with a concert lighting firm in Perth and remained in this role for seven years, working with festivals such as the Big Day Out and bands such as Kim Salmon and the Surrealists. In regard to his development as a musician during this time, Liddiard explained in 2013: "Everything came together slowly and organically. It was only when Rui [Pereira (high school friend)] and I moved to Melbourne in 2000 that we thought of trying to make some money out of music. Before that I'd never considered the idea of being an entertainer."

Liddiard formed The Drones with Pereira in 1997 and then relocated with the band to Victoria in 2000. The Drones have released six studio albums since 2002 and have toured throughout the world, including music festivals.

Liddiard released his debut solo album in 2010 and completed corresponding tours with support from artists such as Sydney, Australia musician Loene Carmen. The album earned him a nomination for a 2011 ARIA Award for Best Male Artist. In response to the nomination, Liddiard stated: "It's just for wankers, snorting coke and getting drunk. It's just not on my radar and I'm just not interested. The ARIAs don't really mean anything to me."

Together with Pereira, who left the Drones line-up, Liddiard contributed to the production of a self-titled album by Perth band Gutterville Splendour Six. Liddiard played guitar on fourteen songs, in addition to undertaking mixing and recording duties. All of the album's songs were recorded on an ADAT eight-track machine and the album was released as a vinyl record on Spanish record label Bang! Records.

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