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{{short description|Australian musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ed Kuepper
| image = Ed Kuepper @ Red Hill Auditorium (4 12 11) (6491219893).jpg
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| alt =
| caption = Ed Kuepper playing at the Red Hill Auditorium (2011)
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Edmund Kuepper
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|12|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bremen]], West Germany
| origin = [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Australia
| genre = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[Punk rock|punk]]|[[Alternative rock|alternative]]|[[Avant-garde music|avant-garde]]}}
| occupation = Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer
| instrument = Guitar, vocals, bass guitar, banjo
| years_active = 1973–present
| label = Hot, [[True Tone Records (Australian label)|True Tone]], Capitol, Survival, Normal, Castle, Prince Melon
| website = {{URL|https://edkuepper.com}}
}}

'''Edmund Kuepper''' (born 20 December 1955) is a German-born Australian [[guitar]]ist, [[Singing|vocalist]] and [[songwriter]]. He co-founded the punk band [[The Saints (Australian band)|The Saints]] in 1973, the experimental [[post-punk]] group [[Laughing Clowns]] (active 1979–85) and the [[grunge]]-like [[The Aints!]] (1991–94, 2017–present). He has also recorded over a dozen albums as a solo artist using a variety of backing bands. His highest charting solo album, ''[[Honey Steel's Gold]]'', appeared in November 1991 and reached No. 28 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart]]. His other top 50 albums are ''[[Black Ticket Day]]'' (August 1992), ''[[Serene Machine]]'' (March 1993) and ''[[Character Assassination (album)|Character Assassination]]'' (August 1994). At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1993]] he won [[ARIA Award for Best Independent Release|Best Independent Release]] for ''Black Ticket Day'' and won the same category in [[ARIA Music Awards of 1994|1994]] for ''Serene Machine''.

== Biography ==
Edmund Kuepper was born on 20 December 1955 in [[Bremen]], then part of West Germany. His family migrated to Australia in the 1960s and settled in [[Brisbane]].<ref name="McFarlane TS"/> He attended Oxley State High School and [[Corinda State High School]] with Chris Bailey and Ivor Hay.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stafford|first=Andrew|title=Pig City: from The Saints to Savage Garden|publisher=University of Queensland Press|year=2006|isbn=9780702235610|pages=53–54}}</ref>

=== 1973–1978===
{{main|The Saints (Australian band)}}
Ed Kuepper's music career began in 1973 when he formed The Saints in Brisbane initially as a [[garage band]], Kid Galahad and the Eternals.<ref name="McFarlane TS"/><ref name="Nimmervoll TS"/> The line-up was Kuepper on lead guitar, [[Chris Bailey (musician, born 1956)|Chris Bailey]] on lead vocals and Ivor Hay on piano.<ref name="McFarlane TS"/><ref name="Holmgren TS"/> Early in the next year Hay switched to bass guitar and Jeffrey Wegener joined on drums, and they were renamed as The Saints.<ref name="McFarlane TS"/><ref name="Nimmervoll TS"/><ref name="Holmgren TS"/>

Their early sound was a hybrid of [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[Pretty Things]], and [[The Stooges]];<ref name="Nimmervoll TS"/> it "eventually coalesced into [their] own distinctive sound as defined by Kuepper's frenetic, whirlwind guitar style and Bailey's arrogant snarl" according to Australian musicologist, [[Ian McFarlane]].<ref name="McFarlane TS"/> By 1975 Hay switched to drums when Wegener left and Kym Bradshaw joined on bass guitar.<ref name="McFarlane TS"/><ref name="Holmgren TS"/> The group had difficulty finding performance venues, and converted Bailey and Hay's share-house into a music venue, Club 76.<ref name="Nimmervoll TS"/>

In 1976, the group wanted to record their material but found no interest from the Brisbane music industry.<ref name="Nimmervoll TS"/> In September of that year they set up their own marketing company, Eternal Promotions and their own label, Fatal Records.<ref name="McFarlane TS"/><ref name="Nimmervoll TS"/> They pressed 500 copies of their debut single, "[[(I'm) Stranded (song)|(I'm) Stranded]]" co-written by Kuepper and Bailey.<ref name="Nimmervoll TS"/><ref name="APRA Stranded"/> The track was lauded by Jonh Ingham of ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'' magazine as the "single of this and every week".<ref name="Jenkins"/> In November the group were signed to [[EMI]] which quickly pressed their single and by December issued an album of [[(I'm) Stranded|the same name]].<ref name="McFarlane TS"/><ref name="Nimmervoll TS"/>

The group relocated to Sydney and then London, by May 1977, where they were promoted as [[punk rock]]ers, however they eschewed "the spiky-topped, safety-pinned style of the leading UK punk groups".<ref name="McFarlane TS"/> Kuepper noted "[The Saints] was a full thing by 1974. Two and a half years later, this incredibly fashionable movement comes along, only an arsehole would have associated himself with that".<ref name="Cockington"/>

Kuepper remained with The Saints until late in 1978 by which time they had issued ''[[Eternally Yours (album)|Eternally Yours]]'' (May 1978) and ''[[Prehistoric Sounds]]'' (October).<ref name="McFarlane TS"/> According to McFarlane, Bailey had wanted "three-chord rockers and pop songs" while Kuepper preferred "less commercial, more cerebral material".<ref name="McFarlane TS"/> Kuepper left the group, returned to Australia, and The Saints continued with Bailey using a variable line-up.<ref name="McFarlane TS"/>

===1979–1985: Laughing Clowns ===
{{main|Laughing Clowns}}
Kuepper returned to Sydney late in 1978 and considered retiring from the music industry.<ref name="McFarlane LC"/> However, in April 1979 he launched [[Laughing Clowns]] as a rock, soul and avant-jazz group.<ref name="McFarlane LC"/> He provided lead guitar, lead vocals and banjo, with former bandmate Wegener on drums, Bob Farrell on saxophone, and Ben Wallace-Crabbe on bass guitar.<ref name="McFarlane LC"/><ref name="Holmgren LC"/> Early in the next year, Ben's cousin Dan Wallace-Crabbe (ex-[[Crime & the City Solution]] guitarist) joined on piano.<ref name="McFarlane LC"/> In May 1980, they issued their debut self-titled six-track EP on [[Missing Link Records]], which was produced by Kuepper.<ref name="McFarlane LC"/><ref name="Holmgren LC"/> [[AllMusic]]'s John Bush described their sound as "jazzier and quite a bit more experimental than" The Saints.<ref name="Bush"/>

Meanwhile, Kuepper and the group's manager, Ken West, started up their own label, Prince Melon Records, to release Laughing Clowns material.<ref name="McFarlane LC"/><ref name="Holmgren LC"/> Laughing Clowns subsequently issued three studio albums, ''Mr Uddich Schmuddich Goes to Town'' (May 1982), '' Law of Nature'' (April 1984), and ''Ghosts of an Ideal Wife'' (June 1985) the last two on the Hot label.<ref name="McFarlane LC"/><ref name="Holmgren LC"/> During July 1984 Kuepper rejoined The Saints on bass guitar as a touring musician alongside Bailey, Chris Burnham on lead guitar, and Iain Shedden on drums.<ref name="McFarlane CB"/> However "old conflicts arose and he left" according to McFarlane.<ref name="McFarlane CB"/> Laughing Clowns disbanded early in 1985 and Kuepper started his solo career.<ref name="McFarlane LC"/>

=== 1985–1990: Early solo career ===
[[File:Ed Kuepper.jpg|thumb|180px|Kuepper, 2007]]
Early in 1985, Kuepper released ''[[Electrical Storm (album)|Electrical Storm]]'' (June 1985), co-produced with Bruce Callaway ([[New Christs]]) and released by Hot Records.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Holmgren"/> For the album he provided vocals, guitars: electric, acoustic and bass, and mandolin; he also used Callaway on guitar, Nick Fisher on drums, and [[Louis Tillett]] on piano.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Holmgren"/> McFarlane describes the album as "stark and angular".<ref name="McFarlane"/> While Bush felt it was "surprisingly pop-oriented".<ref name="Bush"/>

In the following year he formed a backing band, The Yard Goes on Forever, with Michael Arthur on guitar; Louis Burdett (ex-Powerhouse) on drums, replaced a month later by Mark Dawson (ex-[[John Kennedy (Australian musician)|John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong]]); and Paul Smith on bass guitar (ex-Laughing Clowns).<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Holmgren"/> As well as touring he used the group, with additional session musicians, to record his second studio album, ''[[Rooms of the Magnificent]]'' (September 1986).<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Holmgren"/> It was produced by Kuepper and appeared on Hot Records for the UK market and [[True Tone Records (Australian label)|True Tone Records]] for the Australian market.<ref name="Holmgren"/>

A third solo album, ''[[Everybody's Got To]]'', appeared in February 1988 on Hot Records (UK), True Tone Records (Australia), and on [[Capitol Records]] for United States release.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Holmgren"/> McFarlane noted his second and third albums had "consolidated the band's impressive live standing and contained many fine examples of guitar/horn-driven rock".<ref name="McFarlane"/> While AllMusic's Dan LeRoy praised its "tight, polished alt-rock" sound as "perhaps his finest album ever".<ref name="LeRoy"/> His fellow reviewer Bush related that it "failed to click with radio programmers or the public".<ref name="Bush"/> The album's second single, "Nothing Changes in My House", had been released in November 1987 and reached the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]] Top 100.<ref name="Aus Charts S"/> A four-track EP, ''Happy as Hell'', was issued in 1989 before Kuepper changed his musical direction.

=== 1990–1994: The Aints and more solo work ===
{{main|The Aints}}
Kuepper and Dawson worked on an acoustic album, ''[[Today Wonder]]'' (October 1990), which McFarlane described as recorded "using unconventional guitar effects and an unusual drumkit", the pair proving "less is more with a mix of new tunes and covers".<ref name="McFarlane"/> Australian journalist, [[Ed Nimmervoll]], felt that the album had "changed the tide. Suddenly [Kuepper] was in favour again" whereas his previous material had "seemed to fall on deaf ears".<ref name="Nimmervoll"/> Kuepper and Dawson also formed a side project, Mephisto Waltz, with [[Chris Abrahams]] on piano,<ref name="McFarlane"/> which toured and performed "ambient instrumental" music with "unconventional sounds" but they did not record any material.<ref name="Nimmervoll"/>

In April 1991, Kuepper formed a [[grunge]]-like band, [[The Aints]], with Kuepper on guitar and vocals; and initially the line-up had Tim Reeves on drums; and Kent Steedman (also in [[The Celibate Rifles]]) on bass guitar.<ref name="McFarlane TA"/><ref name="Holmgren TA"/> McFarlane noted that they quickly released "three fiery, distortion-drenched albums":<ref name="McFarlane"/> ''S.L.S.Q'' (May 1991), ''Ascension'' (December) and ''Auto-cannibalism'' (June 1992).<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Nimmervoll"/> McFarlane further elaborated that with "blistering, guitar-heavy tracks ... these albums were the antithesis of Ed's solo work".<ref name="McFarlane"/>

Kuepper continued his solo releases with another album, ''[[Honey Steel's Gold]]'', appearing in November 1991,<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Nimmervoll"/> which peaked at No. 28 on the ARIA Albums Chart – his highest position on the Australian charts to date.<ref name="AusCharts"/> According to McFarlane it was also the "highest mainstream placement for an independent album to that time".<ref name="McFarlane"/> At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1992]] he was nominated for Best Independent Release for the album.<ref name="ARIA List"/> Kuepper won Best Independent Australian Release in [[ARIA Music Awards of 1993|1993]], for ''[[Black Ticket Day]]'' (August 1992), and in [[ARIA Music Awards of 1994|1994]] for ''[[Serene Machine]]'' (March 1993).<ref name="ARIA List"/> ''Black Ticket Day'' and ''Serence Machine'' had each reached No. 45.<ref name="AusCharts"/>

=== 1994–current: Later career===
[[File:Kuepper and band 2024.jpg|thumb|left|Kuepper and his band (left to right: Eamon Dilworth, trumpet; [[Peter Oxley]], bass; Mark Dawson, drums; Kuepper, guitar and vocals) performing in 2024]]
Ed Kuepper's next album, ''[[Character Assassination (album)|Character Assassination]]'' (August 1994), peaked at No.32.<ref name="AusCharts"/> It was nominated for an ARIA Award in [[ARIA Music Awards of 1995|1995]].<ref name="ARIA List"/> Further nomination occurred in [[ARIA Music Awards of 1996|1996]] for ''The Exotic Mail Order Moods of Ed Kuepper'' (October 1995), [[ARIA Music Awards of 1997|1997]] for ''[[Frontierland (album)|Frontierland]]'' (September 1996) and ''Starstruck: Music for Films & Adverts'' (March 1997), and [[ARIA Music Awards of 1998|1998]] for ''Live! with His Oxley Creek Playboys'' (June 1998).<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Nimmervoll"/><ref name="ARIA List"/>

During the early 1990s he was one of Australia's most prolific recording artists.<ref name="McFarlane"/> He has recorded more than twenty solo albums using a variety of backing bands including His Oxley Creek Playboys, he Institute of Nude Wrestling, The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper, the New Imperialists, and the Kowalski Collective. Bush noted that "Despite his very appreciative cult of fans and torrid release schedule, Kuepper has not managed a breakthrough to wide popular acclaim".<ref name="Bush"/>

Kuepper has also been involved in sound tracking radio drama and experimental films. During 2004, he toured Australia and Europe performing semi-improvised music to some of these films under the banner of Music for Len Lye (MFLL).<ref name="Bell"/> [[Len Lye]] (1901–1980) was an artist known for experimental films and kinetic sculpture.<ref name="Bell"/> Venues included the Institute of Modern Art (Brisbane), [[Sydney Opera House]], the Austrian Film Museum (Vienna) and the Cartier Foundation (Paris),<ref name="Bell"/> where Kuepper was the only rock musician to be invited apart from [[Velvet Underground]].

2007 saw the release of Kuepper's ''[[Jean Lee and the Yellow Dog]]'' album, which was inspired by the story of [[Jean Lee (murderer)|Jean Lee]] who was the last woman hanged in Australia, and features amongst others, performances by Jeffrey Wegener (Laughing Clowns), [[Peter Oxley]] (Sunnyboys), [[Warren Ellis (musician)|Warren Ellis]] (Dirty Three), and Chris Bailey (The Saints).

After extensive touring in 2008 opening for [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] Kuepper joined Cave's band as a touring guitarist upon the departure of founding member [[Mick Harvey]] in early 2009. Kuepper also relaunched Prince Melon Records.

In March 2012, Kuepper released ''Second Winter'', containing songs from the ''[[Electrical Storm (album)|Electrical Storm]]'' and ''[[Rooms of the Magnificent]]'' albums with completely new arrangements and feel in the vein of ''[[Today Wonder]]''.<ref name="The Kuepper Files">{{cite web|last1=Carlestam|first1=Lasse|title=The Kuepper Files|url=http://www.thekuepperfiles.com|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref>[[File:Ed Kuepper at Murbah.jpg|thumb|Kuepper at the Citadel in [[Murwillumbah]]]]

After spending most of 2013 on the road, performing a series of "Solo and By Request"<ref>{{cite web|title=Ed Kuepper To Play Fan Requests For 2013 Solo Tour|date=15 July 2013 |url=http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/324053/ed-kuepper-play-fan-requests-2013-solo-tour.htm|publisher=ToneDeaf|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> shows, Kuepper released ''[[The Return of the Mail-Order Bridegroom]]'', the second instalment in a ''mail-order'' series, containing reworked acoustic versions of songs by his former bands The Saints and [[Laughing Clowns]], as well as new versions of his solo material and songs popularised by artists including [[Jimi Hendrix]] and [[The Walker Brothers]].<ref name="iTunes Review">{{cite web|title=Album Review|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/return-mail-order-bridegroom/id844391430|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306044205/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/return-mail-order-bridegroom/id844391430|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2016|website=iTunes|access-date=2 July 2015}}</ref>

In 2015, Kuepper provided the soundtrack for the film ''[[Last Cab to Darwin (film)|Last Cab to Darwin]].''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hushhushbiz.com/last-cab-to-darwin-original-soundtrack-out-august-7/|title=LAST CAB TO DARWIN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK OUT AUGUST 7|date=5 August 2015|work=Hush Hush Biz|access-date=15 April 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== The Saints reunions ===
In addition to his brief 1984 stint as a touring bassist with the Saints, in September 2001 Kuepper and the original line-up of The Saints came together for a one-off reunion, when they were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|title=Article, The Sunday Age (Melbourne) 2001|url=http://thekuepperfiles.com/saints_reunion.shtml|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref>

On 14 July 2007, Kuepper, [[Chris Bailey (musician, born 1956)|Chris Bailey]] and original drummer Ivor Hay re-united for another one-off gig at the Queensland Music Festival, with a more recent Saints member, Caspar Wijnberg, on bass guitar.<ref name="Pig City">{{cite web|last1=Forster|first1=Robert|title=Tales From Pig City|date=5 September 2007 |url=https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2007/september/1188970325/robert-forster/tales-pig-city|publisher=The Monthly Pty Ltd|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref>

In January 2009, as part of the All Tomorrows Parties touring festival – curated by Mick Harvey, The Saints with Kuepper, Bailey, Hay, and Arturo LaRizza played shows in Brisbane, Sydney and in Mount Buller, Victoria. This was followed by a Melbourne show on 14 January as part of the Don't Look Back sideshow concerts, where they performed the ''[[(I'm) Stranded]]'' album in its entirety.<ref name="ATP 2009">{{cite web|last1=Carr|first1=Michael|title=All Tomorrow's Parties 2009|date=26 February 2009 |url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/features/all-tomorrows-parties/|publisher=Music Feeds|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref>

In May 2010, Kuepper & Bailey reunited for a monthlong tri-residency series of shows in Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne. With Kuepper on electric guitar/vocals & Bailey on acoustic guitar/bass guitar/vocals they played a selection of songs from both solo careers and post-Kuepper ''Saints'', as well as a few covers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bailey & Kuepper Reunited On Tour|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/23199/Bailey-and-Kuepper-reunited-on-tour|publisher=FasterLouder|access-date=1 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707020515/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/23199/Bailey-and-Kuepper-reunited-on-tour|archive-date=7 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Mess+Noise">{{cite web|last1=Schaefer|first1=Rene|title=Bailey And Kuepper: Melbourne|url=http://www.messandnoise.com/articles/3964785|publisher=Mess+Noise|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In late 1979, at a performance by Laughing Clowns in Sydney, Ed Kuepper met arts student and photographer Judi Dransfield—the couple later married.<ref name="Mengel"/> Since 1994, Dransfield-Kuepper has supplied art work, photography or illustrations for various Kuepper-related albums.<ref name="Dransfield Credits"/>

==Solo discography/studio albums==
{{Main|Ed Kuepper discography}}
Ed Kuepper is credited with guitar (acoustic, electric, bass, slide), vocals, banjo, mandolin, keyboard, percussion, composer, producer, mixing, remastering:<ref name="Holmgren TS"/><ref name="Holmgren LC"/><ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="Holmgren TA"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/><ref name="Kuepper Files">{{cite web|last1=Lasse|first1=Carlestam|title=Ed Kuepper Solo Discography|url=http://www.thekuepperfiles.com/index.shtml|website=The Kuepper Files|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ed Kuepper Discography|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/381695-Ed-Kuepper?page=1|website=Discogs|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref>

* ''[[Electrical Storm (album)|Electrical Storm]]'' (Hot, October 1985)
* ''[[Rooms of the Magnificent]]'' (True Tone/Hot, January 1987)
* ''[[Everybody's Got To]]'' (True Tone/Hot, June 1988)
* ''[[Today Wonder]]'' (Hot, October 1990)
* ''[[Honey Steel's Gold]]'' (Hot/Shock, November 1991)
* ''[[Black Ticket Day]]'' (Hot/Shock, August 1992)
* ''[[Serene Machine]]'' (Hot/Shock, April 1993)
* ''[[Character Assassination (album)|Character Assassination]]'' (Hot/Shock, July 1994)
* ''[[A King in the Kindness Room]]'' (Hot/Shock, October 1995)
* ''[[I Was a Mail Order Bridegroom]]'' (Hot, 1995)
* ''Exotic Mail Order Moods'' [Limited Edition] (Hot, 1995)
* ''[[Frontierland (album)|Frontierland]]'' (Hot, October 1996)
* ''Starstruck: Music For Films & Adverts'' (Hot, December 1996)
* ''Cloudland'' [Limited Edition] (Hot, December 1997)
* ''The Blue House'' [Limited Edition] (Hot, 1998)
* ''[[Reflections of Ol' Golden Eye]]'' (Hot, 1999)
* ''Smile ... Pacific'' (Hot, June 2000)
* ''[[Jean Lee and the Yellow Dog]]'' (Hot, September 2007)
* ''Ascension Academy'' [Prince Melon Bootleg Series Vol.13] (Prince Melon, 2010)
* ''Second Winter'' (Prince Melon, March 2012)
* ''[[The Return of the Mail-Order Bridegroom]]'' (Prince Melon/Valve, 2014)
* ''Lost Cities'' (Prince Melon/Valve, 2015)
* ''After the Flood'' (with [[Jim White (drummer)|Jim White]]) (12XU, 2025)

==Awards and nominations==
===ARIA Music Awards===
The [[ARIA Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of [[Australian music]].

{{awards table}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1992|1992]]
| ''Honey Steel's Gold''
| [[ARIA Award for Best Independent Release|Best Independent Release]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1993|1993]]
| rowspan="2"| ''Black Ticket Day''
| [[ARIA Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Independent Release
| {{won}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1994|1994]]
| ''Serene Machine''
| Best Independent Release
| {{won}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1995|1995]]
| ''Character Assassination''
| Best Independent Release
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1996|1996]]
| ''The Exotic Mail Order Moods of Ed Kuepper''
| Best Independent Release
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1997|1997]]
| ''Frontierland''
| Best Independent Release
| {{nom}}
|-
{{end}}

===Queensland Music Awards===
The [[Queensland Music Awards]] (previously known as Q Song Awards) are annual awards celebrating [[Queensland, Australia]]'s brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.queenslandmusicawards.com.au/about|title= About the Queensland Music Awards|website=Queensland Music Awards|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>

{{Awards table}} (wins only)
|-
| [[Queensland Music Awards#2012 Queensland Music Awards|2012]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.queenslandmusicawards.com.au/past-winners/2012|title=Past Winners 2012|website=Queensland Music Awards|access-date=25 March 2021|archive-date=5 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405050130/https://www.queenslandmusicawards.com.au/past-winners/2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| himself
| Grant McLennan Lifetime Achievement Award
| {{yes2|awarded}}
|-
{{end}}

== References ==
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* {{Cite encyclopedia | last = McFarlane | first = Ian | author-link = Ian McFarlane | encyclopedia = [[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] | title = Whammo Homepage | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp | url = http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp | archive-date = 5 April 2004 | access-date = 10 May 2014 | year = 1999 | publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] | location = [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 }} Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
* [[Clinton Walker|Walker, Clinton]] ''Stranded: Australian Independent Music, 1976-1992'' (2021) Hamburg, Germany: Visible Spectrum ISBN 978-1-953835-08-6
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<ref name="McFarlane LC">{{cite web | last = McFarlane | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040704154233/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=1005 | title = 'Laughing Clowns' entry | url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=1005 | archive-date = 4 July 2004 | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="Holmgren LC">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120106115520/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/l/laughingclowns.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/l/laughingclowns.html | title = Laughing Clowns | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | work = Passagen.se | publisher = Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) | archive-date = 6 January 2012 | url-status = usurped | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="McFarlane CB">{{cite web | last = McFarlane | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040419062759/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=63 | title = 'Chris Bailey' entry | url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=63 | archive-date = 19 April 2004 | access-date = 12 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="Bush">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ed-kuepper-mn0000791595/biography | title = Ed Kuepper | last = Bush | first = John | publisher = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="McFarlane">{{cite web | last = McFarlane | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040901025814/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=999 | title = 'Ed Kuepper' entry | url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=999 | archive-date = 1 September 2004 | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="Holmgren">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111208002810/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/k/kueppered.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/k/kueppered.html | title = Ed Kuepper | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | work = Passagen.se | publisher = Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) | archive-date = 8 December 2011 | url-status = usurped | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="LeRoy">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/everybodys-got-to-mw0000201346 | title = ''Everybody's Got To'' – Ed Kuepper | last = LeRoy | first = Dan | publisher = AllMusic | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="Aus Charts S">{{cite web | url = http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&search=Kuepper&id=27237&pages=2#839694 | title = 1988 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) | last1 = Ryan (bulion) | first1 = Gary | publisher = Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien | date = 3 April 2010 | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="Nimmervoll">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20010928140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20010929-0000/www.howlspace.com.au/en2/kueppered/kueppered.htm | url = http://www.howlspace.com.au/en2/kueppered/kueppered.htm| title = Ed Kuepper | publisher = Howlspace. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd | last = Nimmervoll | first = Ed | archive-date = 28 September 2001 | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="McFarlane TA">{{cite web | last = McFarlane | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040803082607/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=18 | title = 'The Aints' entry | url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=18 | archive-date = 3 August 2004 | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="Holmgren TA">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110805093753/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/aints.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/aints.html | title = The Aints | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | work = Passagen.se | publisher = Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) | archive-date = 5 August 2011 | url-status = usurped | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="AusCharts">{{cite web | url = http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ed+Kuepper | title = Discography Ed Kuepper | publisher = Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="ARIA List">Ed Kuepper ARIA Award history:
* Search Results 'Ed Kuepper': – {{cite web
|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/search?q=Ed+Kuepper
|title=Winners by Year – 27th ARIA Awards 2013: Search Results 'Ed Kuepper'
|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA)
|access-date=11 May 2014
}}
* 1992 winners and nominees: {{cite web
|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1992
|title=Winners by Year 1992
|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
|access-date=11 May 2014
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/63V3zjr50?url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1992
|archive-date=26 November 2011
}}
* 1993 winners and nominees: {{cite web
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142945/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1993
|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1993
|title=Winners by Year 1993
|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
|archive-date=14 December 2007
|access-date=11 May 2014
|url-status=dead
}}
* 1994 winners and nominees: {{cite web
|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1994
|title=Winners by Year 1994
|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
|access-date=11 May 2014
}}
* 1995 winners and nominees: {{cite web
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235646/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1995
|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1995
|title=Winners by Year 1995
|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
|archive-date=26 September 2007
|access-date=11 May 2014
|url-status=dead
}}
* 1996 winners and nominees: {{cite web
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142950/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1996
|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1996
|title=Winners by Year 1996
|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
|archive-date=14 December 2007
|access-date=11 May 2014
|url-status=dead
}}
* 1997 winners and nominees: {{cite web
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235734/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1997
|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1997
|title=Winners by Year 1997
|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
|archive-date=26 September 2007
|access-date=11 May 2014
|url-status=dead
}}
* 1998 winners and nominees: {{cite web
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083330/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1998
|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1998
|title=Winners by Year 1998
|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
|archive-date=29 September 2007
|access-date=11 May 2014
|url-status=dead
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Bell">{{cite news | url = http://www.thekuepperfiles.com/timeoff_int0412.shtml | title = Ed Kuepper & Jeffrey Wegener – Together Again | last = Bell | first = Steve | work = Timeoff Magazine | date = December 2004 | location = Brisbane, QLD | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="Mengel">{{cite news | url = http://www.thekuepperfiles.com/couriermail_050917.shtml | title = Saints 'n' Clowns | last = Mengel | first = Noel | work = [[The Courier-Mail]] | date = 17 September 2005 | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dransfield Credits">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/judi-dransfield-mn0001900392 | title = Judi Dransfield | Credits | publisher = AllMusic | access-date = 11 May 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="AMG Credits">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ed-kuepper-mn0000791595/credits | title = Ed Kuepper | Credits | publisher = AllMusic | access-date = 12 May 2014 }}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Ed Kuepper}}
* {{Official website|http://www.myspace.com/edkuepper}}
* [https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20010711140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/20902/20010712-0000/www.tt.net/hot/kuepper/index-2.html Official Ed Kuepper website] {{cbignore|bot=medic}}1990s version, archived on 12 July 2001 at [[Pandora Archive|Pandora]]
* {{IMDb name|nm1550164}}

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Ben More (Crianlarich)

2025-08-19T22:39:18Z

86.15.125.122: Removed "There is no higher land in the British Isles south of Ben More." This is utterly trivial and can be said of ANY higher mountain further north. For example, "There is no higher land in the British Isles south of Stob Binnein". Which is also certainly true. It's also true to say "There is no higher land in Britain south of Snowdon." Or "There is no higher land in Britain south of Pen y Fan. I get the point of the comment, but on inspection it is meaningless. Maybe better to rephrase t

{{Other uses|Ben More (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2019}}
{{short description|Mountain in Scotland}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Ben More
| other_name = {{lang|gd|'''Beinn Mhòr'''}}
| photo = Ben More, Crainlarich.jpg
| photo_caption = Ben More from Stob Binnein, showing the conical shape of the hill and the tilted rockbands of the mica schist
| elevation_m = 1174
| elevation_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=27 |title=Stob Binnein |author= |year=2019 |publisher=Hill Bagging - the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH) |access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref>
| prominence = ''c.'' {{convert|986|m|ft|0}} [[List of mountains of the British Isles by relative height|Ranked 6th]] in [[British Isles]]
| parent_peak = [[Ben Nevis]]
| listing = [[Munro]], [[Marilyn (hill)|Marilyn]], [[List of Scottish council areas by highest point|Council top]] ([[Stirling (district)|Stirling]])
| translation = big mountain
| language = [[Scottish Gaelic language|Gaelic]]
| pronunciation = Gaelic {{IPA|gd|ə ˈveiɲ ˈvoːɾ||abheinnmhor.ogg}}
| location = [[Stirlingshire]], {{SCO}}
| range = [[Grampian Mountains]]
| grid_ref_UK = NN432244
| topo = [[Ordnance Survey|OS]] ''Landranger'' 51, ''Explorer'' 365
}}

'''Ben More''' ({{langx|gd|'''Beinn Mhòr'''}}, "the great mountain")<ref name="ainmean">{{cite web|url=https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/placename/ben-more/ |title=Ben More (Stirlingshire) |work=[[Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba]]: Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland}}</ref> is a [[mountain]] in the [[Breadalbane, Scotland|Breadalbane]] region of the southern [[Scottish Highlands]], near [[Crianlarich]]. Rising to {{convert|1174|m}}, it is a [[Munro]] and is the highest of the so-called [[Crianlarich Hills]] to the south-east of the village. It is separated from {{Lang|gd|[[Stob Binnein]]}} ({{convert|1165|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=or}}) by the ''{{lang|gd|Bealach-eadar-dà-Bheinn}}'', "[[mountain pass|col]] between two mountains". It is the highest peak in the [[Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park]].

Ben More's north side contains a [[Snow patches in Scotland|long-lasting snow patch]], which – uniquely in the Southern Highlands – is named on a 1:25000 [[Ordnance Survey]] map, and is called the ''{{lang|gd|Cuidhe Chrom}}'' (crooked wreath), on account of the shape it forms in late spring/early summer. This patch frequently lasts until well into June and sometimes July. The similar name ''{{lang|gd|Cuidhe Cròm}}'' appears as a summit near [[Lochnagar]].

==Climbing==
The simplest ascent starts from Benmore Farm on the [[A85 road|A85]]. Initially, one should follow the path leading up Benmore Burn, before leaving this path and heading up the northwest ridge of Ben More. The ridge is unrelentingly steep, rising {{convert|1000|m|ft|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} in about {{convert|4|km|mi|frac=2|spell=in}}. The northeast ridge may prove a preferable alternative, being craggier and less steep. To reach this the walker should follow the [[stream|burn]] of {{lang|gd|Allt Coire Chaorach}}, before striking for the ridge of {{lang|gd|Sròn nam Fòirsairean}} once clear of the [[forest]]ry that cloaks the lower slopes of this side of Ben More. This route is around {{convert|5|km|mi|0|spell=in}} long.

Ben More is often climbed in conjunction with its [[twin peak]] neighbour {{lang|gd|Stob Binnein}} by descending to the {{lang|gd|Bealach-eadar-dà-Bheinn}} and then on to the second peak. Descent may be made from the col direct to Benmore Burn.

In the event of an incident, [[Killin]] Mountain Rescue Team are on duty.<ref>{{cite web|last=Killin Mountain Rescue Team|title=Killin Mountain Rescue Team|url=http://www.killinmrt.org.uk/|access-date=28 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117161346/http://www.killinmrt.org.uk/|archive-date=17 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A webcam located at the eastern edge of Crianlarich captures Ben More. It provides updates every 10 minutes. See http://www.benmorewebcam.co.uk

==Air crashes==
On 19 January 1973, a [[Vickers Viscount]] of [[British European Airways]] took off from [[Glasgow International Airport]] at about 14:20 on a test flight to be conducted at Flight Level (FL) 40; in the conditions prevailing at the time FL40 was equivalent to about {{convert|3850|ft|m|0}}.<ref name="AAIB"/> At about 14:32 the aircraft flew into Ben More about {{convert|600|ft|m|-1|abbr=on}} northeast and {{convert|100|ft|m|-1|abbr=on}} below the summit while flying in a westerly direction.<ref name="AAIB"/> The two pilots and two passengers on board were killed in the accident. The [[Air Accidents Investigation Branch]] (AAIB) found that the aircraft struck Ben More whilst flying over snow-covered high terrain in marginal visual meteorological conditions and said that "Failure to maintain a safe altitude and insufficient attention to navigational procedures were contributory factors".<ref name="AAIB">[http://www.aaib.gov.uk/sites/aaib/publications/formal_reports/4_1974__g_aohi.cfm AAIB website access page for ''AAIB Report No 4/1974, Viscount 802, G-AOHI''. Report on the accident at Ben More, Perthshire, Scotland, on 19 January 1973]</ref><ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730119-2 Aviation Safety Network accident description]</ref>
[[Image:Bea vickers viscount g-aohj arp.jpg|thumb|center|A BEA Vickers Viscount]]
On 12 May 2012, two men were killed when their [[Ultralight aviation|microlight]] aircraft crashed into the mountain at about 12:00 midday.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-18049002 "Stirlingshire mountain microlight crash kills two men"], ''BBC News'', 13 May 2012</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Munro mountains]]
* [[Mountains and hills of Scotland]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Ben More (Crianlarich)}}
* Ben More (Crianlarich) is at coordinates {{Coord|56.386381|-4.539267|type:mountain_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
* [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/GRW/MORE_C.gif Computer generated summit panorama] ([http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas.html Index])
* [http://www.relevantsearchscotland.co.uk/ben-more-hike.html Ben More - Crianlarich, map and large images]
{{Scottish Munros section 1}}
{{British hills}}
{{Aviation accidents and incidents in 1973}}

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