and artist
best known for his work with Brisbane indie/alternative rock band Regurgitator
, a multi-ARIA Music Award winning group which formed in Brisbane, Australia in December 1993.
Ely has worked on other music projects besides Regurgitator
, including Pangaea, Jump 2 Light Speed, Broken Head, and The Stalkers.
- PangaeaPangaea (band)-Members:*Dave Atkins *Paul Bromley *Ben Ely *Jim Sinclair-Discography:* Serpent Fire ep - Valve* Raggacore ep - Valve...
is a punk band whose demo cassette had Regurgitator on its reverse side. - Jump 2 Light SpeedJump 2 Light SpeedJump 2 Light Speed is a band from Brisbane in Queensland fronted by Ben Ely.-Members:*Ben Ely bass & vocals *Stella Mozgawa drums 2005-2006...
released a self-titled album in 2006 and featured Ben Ely on bass and vocals, Graeme Kent on guitar (later replaced by former Channel VChannel VChannel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...
presenter Steve Bourke), Keita Tarlinton on keyboards and Stella Mozgawa on drums (later replaced by Tim Browning). - Broken HeadBroken HeadBroken Head is a dub band from Brisbane in Queensland created after a six-hour jam between Regurgitator's Ben Ely, Skritch from Gota Cola and Guy Webster.-Members:*Ben Ely...
is a dub band featuring SkritchSkritchSkritch is an Australian musician. He sings, plays drums, guitar, bass and keyboards and has been a member of Gota Cola, Broken Head, Mary Trembles, Tex Perkins' Dark Horses, Skam Artist and Ranger.-References:...
and Guy WebsterGuy Webster (musician)Guy Webster is a Brisbane singer/songwriter. He is a member of Broken Head, The Informants and Guy Webster and Friends and released his solo self-titled debut EP in 2002. To promote the ep he went on a national tour with George. In 2003 Webster worked with poet Doug Thomson to release an EP,...
. - The StalkersThe StalkersThe Stalkers is a punk band from Australia. They formed in April 2002 when Regurgitator was taking a break.-Members:*Ben Ely *Peter Kostic...
is a punk band with Regurgitator member Peter KosticPeter KosticPeter Kostic is an Australian drummer best known as a member of Regurgitator. He has also been a member of Hard-Ons, Front End Loader, Kryptonics , Dead Boss and Vicious Hairy Mary.-References:...
along with Ray Ahn and Raymond Lalotoa.
Ely also co-wrote, (together with Decoder Ring
), the music to the 2004 Australian film Somersault, starring Abbie Cornish
.
The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.
Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.
Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible.
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.
I sit on a man's back, choking him, and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by any means possible, except getting off his back.
Six feet of land was all that he needed.
The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.
The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.