{{Short description|Australian musician (1959–2010)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = James Freud | background = solo_singer | image = Models,_James_Freud.jpg | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Colin Joseph McGlinchey | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1959|6|29}} | birth_place = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2010|11|4|1959|6|29}} | death_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | years_active = 1976–2010 | instrument = Vocals, bass guitar, guitar | genre = Rock | alias = | label = [[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]] | associated_acts = Teenage Radio Stars, James Freud & the Radio Stars, James Freud & Berlin, [[Models (band)|Models]], [[Beatfish]], Moondog | website = }} '''James Randall Freud''' (born '''Colin Joseph McGlinchey'''; 29 June 1959 – 4 November 2010) was an Australian rock musician-songwriter. He was a member of [[Models (band)|Models]] during the 1980s and wrote their two most popular singles, "[[Barbados (Models song)|Barbados]]" and "[[Out of Mind, Out of Sight (song)|Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]".

His autobiographies ''I am the Voice Left from Drinking'' (2002) and ''I am the Voice Left from Rehab'' (2007) detail his career in music entertainment and addictions. On 27 October 2010, Models were inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] by former member [[Wendy Matthews]]; Freud was absent from the ceremony.

==Biography== ===Early life=== Freud was born as Colin Joseph McGlinchey on 29 June 1959 to Joe and Hannah McGlinchey and grew up in Melbourne.<ref name="Keenan"/><ref name="Dow"/> His interest in music began before he started school. "From the time I was five, I realised that was what I wanted to do. My uncle gave me all [[Frankie Avalon]] records and I just loved them. That was it, that was all I wanted to do". His father left the family when Freud was in his early teens.<ref name="Dow"/> He attended St Thomas More Catholic Boys College<ref name="Keenan"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://jamesfreud.inmemoriam.org/ |title = InMemoriam.com - James Freud}}</ref> in Vermont South (now part of [[Emmaus College, Melbourne|Emmaus College]]).

Despite Freud's passion and musical talent, his mother, Hannah, was against the idea. He later changed his name to James Randall Freud.<ref name="ASCAP"/> At the age of 17, Freud left to pursue his career and did not contact her for over two years. "We didn't communicate in any way until I could validate myself as a musician".<ref name="Halliday"/>

===Early career (1976–1982)=== Freud formed his first band, Sabre, at the age of 16, with high school friend and guitarist [[Sean Kelly (Australian musician)|Sean Kelly]] and drummer Ian McFarlane. Their first performance was at his younger sister's slumber party. After hearing the [[Sex Pistols]]' song "[[God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)|God Save the Queen]]" in 1977, Freud formed The Spred with Kelly, and three other members. Formed late in 1977, Teenage Radio Stars was a glam-punk band with Freud on lead vocals and guitar and Kelly on guitar and vocals.<ref name="McFJF"/> When the opportunity came to record a single, "I Wanna Be Your Baby", later covered by [[Uncanny X-Men (band)|Uncanny X-Men]], two members were fired. Mick Prague and Mark Harvey joined the band and performed "I Wanna Be Your Baby" on Countdown.

By early 1979, with ex-members of Colt, he formed James Freud & the Radio Stars with Murray Doherty on bass guitar, [[Roger Mason (musician)|Roger Mason]] on keyboards, Glenn McGrath on drums and Bryan Thomas on guitar, and later Tony Harvey playing guitar and Mick Prague on bass. This line up plus various guest artists recorded the album ''Breaking Silence'' between July and November 1979, with Tony Lugton and Peter Cook contributing before the completion and release in 1980. The former Colt members, Murray Doherty, Glenn McGrath and Bryan Thomas went on to form local Melbourne band Mod Cons and added vocalist/guitarist Derek Beautyman in 1980.<ref name="McFJF"/><ref name="ARDb"/> Later, Tony Lugton (ex-Steeler) replaced Harvey on guitar and also provided keyboards.<ref name="McFJF"/> Further changes by year's end resulted in Freud and Mason joined by Peter Cook on guitar and backing vocals and Tommy Hosie on drums.<ref name="McFJF"/> They signed with [[Mushroom Records]] and their debut single, "Modern Girl," from ''Breaking Silence'' was released in May 1980, which peaked at No.&nbsp;12 on the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] Singles Chart.<ref name="McFJF"/><ref name="Kent"/> They supported British singer-keyboardist, [[Gary Numan]] on his Australian tour. James Freud & the Radio Stars' debut album ''Breaking Silence'' was released in June, it was produced by [[Tony Cohen]].<ref name="McFJF"/><ref name="ARDb"/>

''Breaking Silence'' impressed Numan such that he offered to produce an album for Freud in the UK. Because there was already a British band known as the Radio Stars, a name change occurred for Freud's backing band, who became known as James Freud & Berlin. In October, they released "Enemy Lines" from ''Breaking Silence''.<ref name="McFJF"/> "Automatic Crazy", produced by Numan, followed in March 1981.<ref name="ARDb"/> However, neither Freud nor Numan were happy with the London-recorded album and it was not released. One month later Freud disbanded the group.<ref name="McFJF"/>

===Models (1982–1988)=== {{main|Models (band)}} [[File:James-freud-models-san-francisco-2.png|thumb|right|250px|James Freud in San Francisco, California, on tour with [[Models (band)|Models]] 1986]] In 1982, Freud joined [[Models (band)|Models]] as bass guitarist after the departure of [[Mark Ferrie]], reuniting with old collaborator Kelly.<ref name="McF"/> Freud shared lead vocalist duties on some songs, beginning with one of his compositions, "Facing The North Pole in August" from ''[[The Pleasure of your Company (album)|The Pleasure of Your Company]]'', recorded in 1983. In 1985, Two Freud-penned hits, "[[Barbados (Models song)|Barbados]]" (co-written with [[Andrew Duffield (musician)|Andrew Duffield]]) and "[[Out of Mind, Out of Sight (song)|Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]", took Models to No.&nbsp;2 and No.&nbsp;1 on the Australian singles chart, respectively. He remained in the band until they split in 1988.

===Post-Models solo career (1989–2010)=== In 1989, Freud went solo again, releasing ''Step into the Heat'',<ref name="ARDb"/> the most expensive album released by [[Mushroom Records]] up to that point. However, it was not successful. In his 2002 autobiography Freud blamed the low quality of the songs he had written. After performing on pop music show ''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)#Countdown Revolution era|Countdown Revolution]]'', he criticised the show's format to music commentator, [[Ian Meldrum]] (creator and presenter on the earlier ''Countdown''). Meldrum dismissed Freud with, "You're nothing but a fucking has-been. Look around you. See the new hosts of the show. They are the future of Australian music. You're on your way out now".<ref name="Halliday"/><ref name="Drink230"/>

Freud teamed with vocalist and guitarist [[Martin Plaza]] as the dance group Beatfish, releasing an eponymous record in 1992. In 1995, Freud canned his next proposed solo album, ''BigMouth'', but some material was used on the Hawaiian surf-themed ''Postcard to Hawaii'' album released in 1996 by his next band, Moondog. Freud was the lead vocalist with Plaza and [[Phil Ceberano]] on guitar and backing vocals. In 1999, he performed "One Tony Lockett", an ode to the footballer [[Tony Lockett]], at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], and released ''Today's Legends of AFL Football'' as James Freud & the Reserves.

In 1996, Freud went on to compose, sing and write the lyrics for the main title theme to the Australian children's television series ''[[Swinging (TV series)|Swinging]]'' for [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC TV]].

Freud published his first autobiography in 2002, ''I Am the Voice Left from Drinking'' where he detailed his alcoholism and described how he nearly died on 24 March 2001 from alcohol poisoning and massive blood loss, "I was standing upon the wreckage of my youth; I probably wouldn't make it through the night and as I lay there, I couldn't help but wonder, 'How did I end up like this?'".<ref name="Halliday"/><ref name="Drink"/>

From 2007 to 2009 Freud performed with Melbourne tribute band 80s Enuff at Melbourne's Crown Casino. In 2008, he released ''See You in Hell'', which was to prove his last solo studio album. Prior to his death, Freud was manager for his sons' band, Attack of the Mannequins, and assisted them with the development of their debut album, ''Rage of the World''.

==Personal life== Freud married Sally Clifton in October 1983. Sally has written four books including ''Thank You, Goodnight: A Backstage Pass to Australian Rock'n'roll'' (1997) on the music industry.<ref name="HarperCollins"/><ref name="SallyNLA"/> Together they had two sons, Jackson and Harrison Freud.<ref name="Dow"/> The brothers formed their own rock band, Sonic Dogma, in 2005, which later became Attack of the Mannequins; the band was managed by Freud. His two autobiographies' titles, ''I am the Voice Left from Drinking'' (2002) and ''I am the Voice Left from Rehab'' (2007) refer to a lyric in the hit song "[[Barbados (Models song)|Barbados]]".<ref name="Dow"/> The books chronicle his descent into [[alcoholism]] and his subsequent recovery attempts. His widow and two children reside in Melbourne, Australia.<ref name ="Halliday"/>

==Death== On 4 November 2010, Freud was found dead at his home in [[Hawthorn, Victoria|Hawthorn]], Melbourne.<ref name=Death/> A week earlier, on 27 October, Models had been inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] without Freud attending the ceremony. His absence was explained publicly as due to commitments to managing his sons' band. Privately, organisers were told that Freud would not attend because he could not be anywhere near alcohol. During the ceremony, Kelly explained the absence by saying Freud had "another bicycle accident".<ref name="Pepper"/>

A statement by [[Michael Gudinski]], whose Mushroom Records launched Freud's solo career and that of Models, said:<blockquote> James' battle with alcoholism has been well chronicled. His two books on his recovery and five years' sobriety were best-sellers and gave a lot of people who were suffering the same affliction comfort and hope. Unfortunately, James has succumbed to his disease and taken his own life this morning.<ref name="Pepper"/></blockquote>

==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart<br />positions |- ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | <small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br /><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=119}}</ref><ref name="Ryan">{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Breaking Silence'' <br> (As James Freud and the Radio Stars) | * Released: June 1980 * Format: [[LP album|LP]] * Label: [[Mushroom Records]] (L37309) | align="center" | 75 |- ! scope="row" | ''Step into the Heat'' | * Released: June 1989 * Format: * Label: [[Mushroom Records]] (TVL903306) | align="center" | 26 |- ! scope="row" | ''See You in Hell'' | * Released: April 2008 * Format: DD, CD * Label: Beatfish Records | align="center" | - |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:32em;" | Title ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart<br />positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |- ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | <small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br /><ref name=aus/> |- |rowspan="2" | 1980 ! scope="row" | "Modern Girl" (As James Freud and the Radio Stars) | style="text-align:center;" | 12 |rowspan="3" | ''Breaking Silence'' |- ! scope="row" | "Enemy Lines" (As James Freud's Berlin) | style="text-align:center;" | 84 |- |1981 ! scope="row" | "Automatic Crazy" (And Berlin) | style="text-align:center;" | - |- |rowspan="3" | 1989 ! scope="row" | "Hurricane" | style="text-align:center;" | 20 |rowspan="3" |''Step into the Heat'' |- ! scope="row" | "One Fine Day" | style="text-align:center;" | - |- ! scope="row" | "Let's Get It On" | style="text-align:center;" | - |- | 1999 ! scope="row" | "There's Only One Tony Lockett" (and the Reserves) | style="text-align:center;" | 38 | ''Today's Legends of AFL Football'' |- |}

==Bibliography== Freud has written the following:<ref name="NLABooksList"/> *{{Cite book | last1 = Freud | first1 = James | title = I am the Voice Left from Drinking : the Models – from the 'Burbs to 'Barbados' and Beyond | year = 2002 | publisher = [[HarperCollins]] | location = [[Pymble, New South Wales|Pymble]], NSW | isbn = 0-7322-7440-0 }} *{{Cite book | last1 = Freud | first1 = James | title = I am the Voice Left from Rehab | year = 2007 | publisher = [[Random House]] | location = [[North Sydney, New South Wales|North Sydney]], NSW | isbn = 978-1-74166-556-7 }}

==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=25em|refs= <ref name="ARDb">{{Cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120928063257/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/f/freudjames.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/f/freudjames.html | title = James Freud | publisher = [[Australian Rock Database]]. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) | archive-date = 28 September 2012 | url-status = usurped | access-date = 12 February 2014 }}</ref> <ref name="ASCAP">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=390493457&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=30&start=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523120541/http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=390493457&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=30&start=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 May 2011 |title="I Hear Motion" ASCAP search result |publisher=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]] (ASCAP) |access-date=5 March 2009 }}</ref> <ref name="Death">{{Cite web | title = Models Singer James Freud Takes His Life | url = http://www.undercover.fm/news/12649-update-models-singer-james-freud-takes-his-life | access-date = 4 November 2010 | publisher = Undercover | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101111232613/http://www.undercover.fm/news/12649-update-models-singer-james-freud-takes-his-life | archive-date = 11 November 2010 | url-status = usurped }}</ref> <ref name="Dow">{{Cite news | url = http://www.stevedow.com.au/default.aspx?id=286 | title = Freudian Slip | last1 = Dow | first1 = Steve | publisher = Steve Dow | date = 23 March 2007 | access-date = 5 November 2010 }}</ref> <ref name="Drink">{{harvnb|Freud|2002|p=15}}</ref> <ref name="Drink230">{{harvnb|Freud|2002|p=230}}</ref> <ref name="HarperCollins">{{Cite web|title=Sally Freud |url=http://www.bookedout.com.au/queensland/Sally_Freud/index.html |publisher=Booked Out Speakers Agency Pty Ltd |access-date=5 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108054324/http://www.bookedout.com.au/queensland/Sally_Freud/index.html |archive-date= 8 November 2010 }}</ref> <ref name="Keenan">{{Cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/30/1030508122770.html|title=Out of mind, out of sight | newspaper = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | publisher = [[Fairfax Media]] | last = Keenan | first = Catherine | date = 31 August 2002 | access-date = 6 March 2009 }}</ref> <ref name="Kent">{{Cite book | title = [[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] | last1 = Kent | first1 = David | author-link1 = David Kent (historian) | publisher = Australian Chart Book Ltd | location = [[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] | year = 1993 | isbn = 0-646-11917-6 }} Note: Used for Australian singles and albums charting from 1974 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.</ref> <ref name="Halliday">{{Cite news | url= http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/26/1030053032261.html | title = How James Freud survived rock and roll | newspaper = The Sydney Morning Herald | publisher = Fairfax Media | last1 = Halliday | first1 = Claire | date = 27 August 2002 | access-date = 4 March 2009 }}</ref> <ref name="McFJF">{{Cite book | title = [[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] | last = McFarlane | first = Ian | author-link = Ian McFarlane | publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] | year = 1999 | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'James Freud' | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=625 | location = [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] | isbn = 1-86448-768-2 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040901025725/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=625 | archive-date = 1 September 2004 | df = dmy-all }} Note: Archived [on-line] version has limited functionality.</ref> <ref name="McF">{{Cite book | title = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | last = McFarlane | first = Ian | publisher = Allen & Unwin | year = 1999 | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Models' | chapter-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040604150835/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=501 | location = St Leonards, NSW | isbn = 1-86448-768-2 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all | url = https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofau00mcfa | url-access = registration | access-date = 8 September 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020908085403/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=284 | archive-date = 8 September 2002 }} Note: Archived [on-line] version has limited functionality.</ref> <ref name="Pepper">{{Cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/models-frontman-tragedy-james-freud-takes-own-life-20101104-17f7r.html | title = Models' frontman tragedy: James Freud takes own life | last1 = Pepper | first1 = Daile | last2 = Murfett | first2 = Andrew | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | publisher = Fairfax Media | date = 4 November 2010 | access-date = 4 November 2010}}</ref> <ref name="SallyNLA">{{Cite web | title = Search results – author:"Freud, Sally" | url = http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=author:%22Freud%2C%20Sally%22&iknowwhatimean=1 | access-date = 5 November 2010 | work = catalogue | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> <ref name="NLABooksList">{{Cite web | title = Search results – author:"Freud, James" | url = http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=author:%22Freud%2C%20James%22&iknowwhatimean=1&sort=sort_date_asc&page=1 | access-date = 2 November 2010 | work = catalogue | publisher = National Library of Australia }}</ref> }}

==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070917200134/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile James Freud]}} at MySpace *[http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,432901,00.html James Freud] on ArtistDirect.com *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060913182436/http://www.entertainoz.com.au/index.cfm?oid=10556 James Freud] and The Modern Girls *[http://www.countdownmemories.com/exclusive_interviews/james_freud.html Countdown interview]

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