Solid Citizens

Michael Walker and Glen Muirhead were the founding members of Australian band Solid Citizens and, in 1982, released an independent single ‘You’re not alone’ which received airplay on 4ZZZ, FM104, was 2JJ DJ Tom Zelenka’s “song of the year” and resulted in deals with MCA Music and RCA Records. The release of ‘Singing in the shower’ led to an appearance on ABC’s Countdown, and the song charting in the national top 40. RCA Records released another single 'Care at all' in 1985, but the company was in disarray at the time with the US parent company shutting down the local A&R department, and releasing only international content. In the late 1980s, Michael Walker moved to the UK as a songwriter, where he worked with UK writers, musicians, acclaimed producers Richard Manwaring and Mike Shipley, and recorded songs for MCA Music and Rondor Music. He returned to Australia in the 1990s.