Todd Hunter

Todd Hunter
Todd Hunter with Dragon 1 July 2008, ARIA Hall of Fame
Born	Todd Stuart Hunter (1951-06-22) 22 June 1951 (age 65) Waitara, New Zealand
Education	Taumarunui High School
Occupation	Musician, composer, manager, producer
Known for	Dragon, Heartbreak High
Spouse(s)	Jen Jewel Brown (fl. 1978)
Partner(s)	Johanna Pigott (c. 1981 - current)
Children	Harry, James, Joey
Parent(s)	Stuart Hunter, Voi Hunter
Relatives	Marc Hunter, Ross Hunter, Brett Hunter (brothers)
Website	dragononline.com.au

Todd Stuart Hunter (born 22 June 1951 in Waitara) is a New Zealand musician and composer known for his involvement in the band Dragon. Their best known songs are "April Sun in Cuba", "Are You Old Enough?", "Still in Love With You", and "Rain". Hunter also composed John Farnham's hit song "Age Of Reason" with Johanna Pigott and music for film Daydream Believer (1991) and TV series Heartbreak High (1994–1999).

On 1 July 2008 the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) recognised Dragon's iconic status when they were inducted into their Hall of Fame.

Hunter (bass guitar, vocals) formed Dragon in 1972 with Graeme Collins (piano, vocals), Neil Storey (drums) and Ray Goodwin (guitar, keyboards, vocals); the group was soon joined by Hunter's younger brother Marc Hunter (vocals) and moved to Australia in 1975. The band toured Australasia, America and Europe and their songs from that time, "April Sun In Cuba", "Are You Old Enough?" and "Still in Love With You" are still played on radio.

Hunter's first wife was poet, artist, writer Jen Jewel Brown (aka Jennifer Hunter Brown) who had written Million Dollar Riff (1975) a book describing Australian band Skyhooks prior to their first tour of US. Hunter and Brown co-wrote "Politics" and "Company" for Dragon's album O Zambezi (1978). Brown introduced Hunter to violinist Richard Lee who then played violin on "Civilization" for O Zambezi as a session musician before joining Dragon in February 1979. Follow up album Power Play (1979) had disappointing sales by comparison, and despite Dragon having sold over a million records in the 1970s, they first broke up on New Year's Eve of 1979.

After the first demise of Dragon, Hunter became a record producer for bands like the infamous NZ punk band Toy Love and others. He produced two albums for XL Capris, a Sydney-based punk band, which included vocalist & bass guitarist Johanna Pigott. She and Hunter became partners and in 1981 he joined the band as guitar player. When that group disbanded in 1982, Hunter joined Pigott in her next group, Scribble from 1983 to 1986.