Quan Yeomans

Quan Yeomans
Quan Yeomans performing with Regurgitator in Sydney on 31 December 2012.
Background information
Birth name	Quan Yeomans
Born	(1972-12-12) 12 December 1972 (age 44) Sydney, Australia
Genres	Rock, alternative rock, hip hop, electronica
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, animator, producer
Instruments	Guitar, vocals, keyboard, synthesizer, drums
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Valve Records, Warner Bros.
Associated acts	Regurgitator, Happyland, Blox
Website	[1]

Quan Yeomans (born 12 December 1972) is an Australian musician best known as the frontman of critically acclaimed and the multi-ARIA Music Award winning band Regurgitator.

Yeomans was born in Sydney to a fifth generation Australian father, Neville, and his mother Lien, a well-known Vietnamese Australian chef and author. His parents divorced during his childhood, during which he recalls listening to various Fleetwood Mac albums. At an early age Lien arranged for family friend and Channel Seven newsreader Peter Waltham to give music lessons for Quan in exchange for cooking lessons. In 1984, his family relocated to Brisbane and he attended Bardon Primary School before attending Kelvin Grove State High School until graduation in 1989. Yeomans travelled with his father in 1991 to Rio de Janeiro to the World Economic Forum, where he heard Indian scientist and author Vandana Shiva speak about the crippling, cyclic effects of debt on the Third World. He has stated, "To find out about that was a critical moment for me and inspired a lot of work that I did in the band [Regurgitator]".

In 1993, Yeomans was a drummer for Brisbane punk band Zooerastia. After meeting Pangaea bassist/vocalist Ben Ely on a bus, they would form Regurgitator with Yeomans on guitar/vocals and Martin Lee on drums. He has stated that he felt like a hypocrite signing to major label Warner Music because of his views on the music industry as the mouthpiece of global capitalism.

Yeomans is the dominant composer in the group, owning the writing credits to over half the songs on each album. The majority of songs chosen for single releases are also his. Regurgitator's shift towards synth-driven 80s pop on their second album Unit, which contrasted greatly to their earlier rock/hip hop orientated works, is largely due to Yeomans' frustration with their male-dominant audience who embraced their heavier sound. Manager Paul Curtis recalls that he had once stated "thank god Grinspoon came along because they took all the male angst away from our shows".