1) Southend are one of the pioneers of the Australian dance music scene.

The guys met by chance in 1991 when Stuart McCarthy & Steve Younan were lining up to buy tickets for a Depeche Mode concert.

Vocalist Melinda Page joined the group in 1992, and after a series of gigs they were signed to seminal Sydney label Volition Records, home of Severed Heads, Boxcar and Itch-e & Scratch-e.
Their first release consisted of two tracks on the "High" compilation - Australia’s first ever home grown dance compile.

In 1993, their debut ‘Fanatical’ EP was released to glowing reviews and saw them team up with DJ’s Paul Holden, Abel & Nik Fish to create cutting edge remixes.
It was when working on a remix of crowd favourite "Take Me Up" with Nik Fish, that the National ARIA Top 10 hit single "The Winner Is…" was born.
Their follow up single "If You Believe" also cracked the national Top 50 singles chart and was signed internationally to Muzik Research.
Sameer left the band in 1995 to pursue a solo career, and was replaced with guitarist Justin Frew who would go on to form Antenna with McCarthy, Dave Faulkner (Hoodoo Gurus) and Kim Salmon in 1998.

Southend performed at Big Day Out 1993 -1996 as well as most major dance events at the time including Happy Valley, Field Of Dreams, Prodigy, Tribal & Big Love (Brisbane).

Members:
1992-1995: Stuart McCarthy (programming/guitars), Melinda Page (vocals/keyboards), Steve Younan (vocals/keyboards), Sameer Sen-Gupta (programming/machines)
1995-1996: Stuart McCarthy (keyboards), Melinda Page (vocals), Steve Younan (keyboards), Justin Frew (guitars)

2) five friends that enjoy playing music

Romel Pinnix - Vocals
Mike Gorecki - Guitar
Brandon Tillet - Guitar
Conrad Allsworth - Drums

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