Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Peter’s earliest introduction to music was via local radio and music clips on Saturday morning television whilst munching on his cornflakes. Inspired by the bright colours and soundscapes of 60’s British pop and psychedelia (courtesy of Yellow Submarine re-runs), he experimented with various instruments, eventually settling on the electric guitar at 13, picking up drums, bass and piano soon thereafter. He served his musical apprenticeship in the seminal Adelaide pop outfit Primitive Painters (1987-90), going on to release the album Sea Of Art through Greasy Pop/Festival Records. After the band split in 1990, Peter went on to collaborate with ex-Painter Greg Vincent in the more experimental electro-pop of Puppethead (1991-2003), releasing two albums through German label Zuma. Due to the winding down of the Adelaide band scene in the late 1990's, a change of pace was eventually necessary: he moved first to Melbourne (1996) and then Sydney (1998), where he formed the power pop Resounder (1999-2000) with singer Pat Loughry and ex-Ratcat bass player Amr Zaid, as well as playing drums for Zaid’s outfit, Ampersand. After Zaid’s departure from Resounder, Peter teamed back up with Vincent briefly to tour Puppethead in the U.S. and U.K., and upon returning to Sydney in early 2001, was keen to start something afresh. Teaming up again with Resounder drummer Rene Arriagada, he enlisted the talents of bass player and chanteuse Jo Herbert and formed the avant pop Bümbüm (2001-2003), which delighted Sydney audiences with it’s oddball approach to indie rock, eastern tonalities and electronic children’s toys, courtesy of Herbert. Due to internal differences, Bümbüm split in 2003, and tiring of the notoriously fickle Sydney band scene, Peter relocated to the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. He soon fell in with the infamous men’s a Capella group The Spooky Men’s Chorale (2004-) and is currently a performing member, touring as far afield as the U.K. In early 2004 he decided to commit a backlog of material over several years to tape, and with ex-Primitive Painters drummer Andy ‘Spy’ Przygonski, laid down 11 songs at Megaphon Studios in Sydney. After a hiatus that included the birth of his son, he resumed recording in 2005/6, and with the help of friend and engineer Steve Fieldhouse, has finalised mixing. The album Midday Sun, mastered by mastering guru Don Bartley, was released in mid 2007. At present, he is collaborating with Greg Vincent in a new project called The Ashram Poets, embarking on a series of gigs to promote the new album and discovering the fine art of juggling domestic duties with music commitments. biography | discography | the album | shop | gigs | contact | home