Location: Australia
Kim Leith Salmon (born 24 January 1957) is an Australian rock musician and songwriter from Perth. He has worked in various groups including The Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists, Kim Salmon and the Business, and Darling Downs. Australian rock musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described Salmon as one of the first Australians to "embrace wholeheartedly the emergent punk phenomenon of the mid-to-late 1970s" with The Scientists. He declared that Beasts of Bourbon were "masters of uncompromising gutbucket blues and hard-edged rock'n'roll". In 2004 Salmon was inducted into the West Australian Music Industry Association Hall of Fame and in 2007, into the Music Victoria Awards Hall of Fame.
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Kim Salmon fans will want to get their hands on the limited edition pink salmon 7” vinyl.
Everything's coming up Kim Salmon recently – from The Scientists being inducted into the WAM Hall Of Fame, new 7" singles, an art exhibition, a national tour next year, and much more. On top of that is the publication of a new biography by Douglas Galbraith, 'Nine Parts Water, One Part Sand: Kim Salmon And The Formula For Grunge' via Melbourne Books. Here, we have an exclusive extract that looks at the making of a grunge proto anthem.
Joined by Han’s Jalopy Demons and Keiron McDonald Combo.
"Their disdain and yet mastery of pop music was apparent and is a common theme throughout influential punk bands."
"At times he seems about to completely throw himself into the maelstrom of the racket - then pulls back, as if worried he might pull a hammy."
"Not all the experiments all work — but that's part of the charm."
"I'm a singer, an artist — a performing artist. The guitar is just one tool."
The venerated Aussie musician will be supporting new LP 'My Script' with a national run of shows this March and April
"There are few crowds from which the words, "This is an old Beasts Of Bourbon song," would elicit such a rapt response."
An impressing, brimming-over performance from The Scientists legends.