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The Sunday Painters© - Official Site

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Peter Raengel on Sat. 13th September, 2008.
Loving father to Peter and Bonita Raengel and our dearest friend.

Please express your thoughts on our condolences page
or, you may express your thoughts for publication at in_memoriam@thesundaypainters.org

The service:
12:00, Monday, 22nd of September 2008,
Hansen & Cole Funerals
634 Northcliffe Drive
Kembla Grange, NSW. 2526
Ph: 02 4272 4900 (for directions)
All are welcome.

Sunday Painters 1986 promo shot

Peter Raengel, Peter MacKinnon, Resident Kennedy


Hi there.

This is the OFFICIAL WEB SITE of
(The) Sunday Painters:
a 1980s-vintage indie band from Wollongong, Australia.

This site contains no information about people messing about with paint in their free time,
nor to a 2000s-vintage Detroit, USA band of the same name.
The website: www.thesundaypainters.com is currently
under reconstruction.
The names: "The Sunday Painters", "Sunday Painters", "Resident Kennedy"and the "vectors" logo
are copyright ©1979-2012
Continue.

News:

Sep 2006 – See how long you can wait between site updates if you really try?

O.K. Here is some music at last. We recommend that you read the copyright license linked from that page.

There is also a correction and update to Bruce Ellis's entry in the contributors section. G'day Bruce!

Also, we inexcusably left Jim Muir and Tony McGrath out of the contributors section.
Our sincere apologies.

Jan 2006 – We have finally stopped procrastinating and begun building our web site. We promise it will get better (for a given value of better).

What you will find here will be a stockpile of information for keen Sunday Painters enthusiasts. As we get around to it, there will be lyrics, gig-lists, annotated discographies, voicing of non-threatening opinions, and, for those who you like music, there'll be sport music.
Soon.

You will also be able to buy wonderful CDs here when we have any to sell.

For now, however, you will have to make do with a couple of crappy lists below.

Dec 2005 – Laughing Outlaw Records have released Inner City Soundtrack, a double CD compilation of Australian punk/post-punk music, including Something To Do from our album of the same name. Do yourself a favour and buy a copy. Can I have my free copy now?

Older News:

1992 - The Sunday Painters are now on hiatus due to pressure from other commitments, and there will be no public performances for the forseeable future.


Primary Contributors:

Resident Kennedy
bass (1982-1983), guitar (1984-)(credited as Dennis Kennedy)
[ex-Noise In A Room] (as Dennis Kennedy)
Peter MacKinnon
E-bow, ostrich, and rhythm guitar (1979-)
[ex-Winged Death]
Peter Raengel
vocals, guitar, bass, sequences (1979-)
[ex-Winged Death, concurrently in Art Throbs (1979-1980)]

Additional Contributors:

Alan Bird
drums [at one rehearsal in 1980]
part of this appeared on 2nd EP as In My Dreams
Joan Cathcart
cassette recording of live performances 1982-1991,
also took photos and videos, occasionally worked lighting board
Allan Coop
bass
[ex- ***** ***** (cough cough), later in Froggy Bottom Sisters (IIRC)]
replaced Resident K (Dennis K) for 6 months in 1983
Bruce Ellis  website
synths, production – on first 2 EPs 1979-1980
[concurrently in Art Throbs, later in Lolita And The Lollipops]
Stephen Ellis (no relation to the above)
additional randomness – 3 months in 1982
[ex-Noise In A Room]
Kerrie Erwin
bass – 1981
[ex-Rezistors]
Chris Flanagan
drums – 6 months in 1985
[ex-Visitor,ex-A Family,
concurrently in Sing Sing *and* Mr. Touch and the Controlettis,
afterward in Man Bites Dog, et. al.]
Katherine Lorenc
vocals, flute, keyboards on first 2 EPs 1979-1980
scream sample (recorded 1980) on first LP (1982)
Tony McGrath
Financial assistance with equipment 1985, and general moral support.
Jim Muir
Designed the 'vectors' logo.
Designed and silk-screened all Sunday Painters posters,
the cover of Fourth Annual Report,
and some nice T-shirts which have since been worn into transparency
Katrina Samaras
conceptual suggestions 1980-1981, some lyrics 1983
Michael Samaras (relation of the above)
promotion, some lyrics 1979-1982
Tony Tziolas
bass – 6 months in 1985. [ex-A Family]
Tim Vandenberg
occasional mixes and live recordings 1982-1991
Ed Zeidan
alto saxophone – 6 months in 1983


Discography:

1980 – Alternatives To Perfection
  7inch vinyl EP – recorded 1979
Tracks
A1. Like A Reptile
B1. Venus (Bathed In Misogyny)
B2. Heart Of A Siren
500 copy limited edition, hand-numbered
1980 – Painting By Numbers
  7inch vinyl EP
Tracks
A1. Rebel Rebel
A2. Part Two (improv)
B1. In My Dreams
250 copy limited edition, hand-numbered;
signed insert in all copies;
individually hand-made covers,
hand-lettered in white ink.
(I was obviously a complete looney - PR)
1981 – Three Kinds Of Escapism
  7inch vinyl EP
Tracks
A1. Let'$ Be Moderne
A2. I'm A Car Crash
B1. Please Kill Me
250 copy limited edition, hand-numbered
3 alternate front (or back) covers in all copies
1982 – Any Port In A Storm
  C-60 audio cassette
Tracks
A1. Do The Lotus
A2. Flesh
A3. Old World
A4. Self-Control (improv)
A5. U.S.A.
A6. Be Objective
A7. Paths Of Glory
B1. Too Sad To Cry
B2. Emotion Sickness
B3. Mantra
B4. Something To Do
B5. Rema-Rema
100 copy limited edition, hand-numbered
Live performance, St.Peter's Parish Hall,
  Surry Hills, 6 Mar 1982 [gig #6]
2 alternate insert photos (~50/50 chance)
Peter R bloodstains on all tapes
(Yep, still a looney - PR)
1982 – Something To Do
  12inch vinyl LP
Tracks
A1. Something To Do
A2. For The Sake Of The Children
A3. Be Objective
A4. Paths Of Glory
A5. Oblique Music 2
A6. Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Starb*
B1. Flesh
B2. Emotion Sickness
B3. ECT
500 copy limited edition, numbered
with lyric booklet
* Yes, we now know that it's totally ungrammatical German
  (Deutschish?) but that's what it says on the record
1983 – On The Beach: Fallout from the End Of The World Tour
  C-60 audio cassette
Tracks
Still can't find my copy (!)
Unreleased. 2 or 3 advance copies sent out,
apparently circulates among tape traders.
(I wouldn't bother if I were you.)
1985 – Fourth Annual Report
  12inch vinyl LP, recorded 1983
Tracks
A1. Flex
A2. Sang-Froid
A3. God Is My Biro
A4. Love Factory
A5. Surface Paradise
B1. Through A Shattered Lens
B2. Imagend
B3. Concertina
B4. Confession (improv)
B5. Re/Flex (live)
250 copy limited edition
with numbered lyric sheet
 
 
Released elsewhere
1980 – One Stop Shopping
  Terse Tapes – 3 cassette various artists compilation
includes Terminal Ward
1981 – Fast Forward issue 007
  cassette magazine
includes The Outsiders
and interview by Virginia Moncrieff over Lake (ambient improv)
1982 – Public Eye issue 002
  cassette fanzine
includes Kill The Leaders (improv)

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