# Simon Austin

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**Simon Sean Nicholas David Austin**[1] (born 9 October 1966) is an Australian guitarist, songwriter, [producer](/source/Record_producer) and [sound engineer](/source/Sound_engineer). Austin was a founding member of [Frente!](/source/Frente!) in Melbourne in 1989 with [Angie Hart](/source/Angie_Hart) on vocals, Tim O'Connor on bass guitar and Mark Picton on drums.[2][3] Their top five hits on the [Australian Recording Industry Association](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association) (ARIA) [Singles Chart](/source/ARIA_Charts) were "Ordinary Angels" (co-written by Austin and Hart) and "[*sic*] Kelly Street" (both in 1992).[4] Their debut album, *[Marvin the Album](/source/Marvin_the_Album)*, reached top five on the ARIA Albums Chart in the same year.[4] After Frente! disbanded in 1996, Austin moved into record production and sound engineering.

## Biography

Main article: [Frente!](/source/Frente!)

Simon is the grandson of [Jack Austin](/source/Jack_Austin_(footballer)) (1910–1983), an [Australian rules footballer](/source/Australian_rules_football).

## References

**General**

- McFarlane, Ian (1999). ["Whammo Homepage"](https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp). *[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Australian_Rock_and_Pop)*. St Leonards, NSW: [Allen & Unwin](/source/Allen_%26_Unwin). ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from [the original](https://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp) on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 21 February 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- Spencer, Chris; Nowara, Zbig; McHenry, Paul (2002 [1987]). *The Who's Who of Australian Rock*. [Noble Park](/source/Noble_Park,_Victoria), Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[5] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

**Specific**

1. [""Ordinary Angels" at The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)"](http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=450237119&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=30&start=1). [ASCAP](/source/American_Society_of_Composers,_Authors_and_Publishers). Retrieved 21 February 2010.

1. Mc Farlane, 1999, ['Frente!' entry](https://web.archive.org/web/20020625222735/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=622).

1. Spencer et al, (2007) [Frente](http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=78920)[dead link] entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010.

1. ["Discography Frente!"](https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Frente!). *Australian charts portal*. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2010.

1. ["Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry"](https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055). *catalogue*. [National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia). Retrieved 21 February 2010.

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