Kim Salmon "Hey Believer" 1994

This 1994 release was the first Kim Salmon (ex - The Scientists) solo album (with STM as his backing band). It included Warren Ellis (violin, flute & backing vocals) & Jim White (drums) from Dirty Three, plus Andrew Entsch (double bass).In 1979, the debut single from The Scientists arrived, 'Frantic Romantic' & to this day is an absolute classic of it's time & genre. The original line-up was Kim Salmon and Roddy Radalj on guitars and vocals, James Baker (did he ever stop drinking) on drums and Boris Sujdovic on bass. There were numerous guises afterwards. In 1983 they released the mini album 'Blood Red River' which was a mega influential record of the post-punk era & spawned a European tour; taking their post-punk, blues noise to the 'world'. The Scientists had a variety of incarnations before calling it a day mid-1987.
The new band, The Surrealists, complete with psychedelic shirts, travelled through the musical terrain. Kim Salmon then joined a re-hashed Beasts of Bourbon in 1988 alongside Tex Perkins, Sujdovic and James Baker. Salmon became a key member and divided his time between the two bands for five years. In 1994 The Surrealists toured with the Rollins Band & not long afterwards Kim released this debut solo album. I gotta say it's sounding pretty damn good to this day! - MoogPower

trax:
01 Reach Out 02 Don't Expect Anything 03 Obvious Is Obvious 04 You Know Me Better Than That 05 Playground 06 Pass It On 07 Full Of Promise 08 Treachery 09 Ramblin' Man 10 Hey Believer. John 11.35