Alan Bamford

Australian music fan who worked for 4 ZZ and 3 RRR playing underground music in the late 70's and early 80's. He made extensive recordings of the Melbourne Little Bands during 1980 and released the Primitive Calculators live album in 1982. He played with some of these bands including the Alan Bamford Musical Experience, a band started by his friend John Murphy. He also played in The Lunatic Fringe, the Clang and Cutting People Up. He joined with Ollie Olsen to form Hugo Klang upon Ollies return from London. He gave up music when he had a family but enjoyed a short time as a dj in the 90's and organised underground events especially for TrancePlant. He began working with software during this period and now has an occasional duo with his friend Ben Dixon called quietime. Presently he would like to be a Buddhist monk living in Vietnam but instead lives in the bush north of Melbourne. Alan passed away in November 2019.