Finch was an Australian hard rock

Hard rock

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 band, initially formed in Sydney

Sydney

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 as Stillwater in 1973, they soon became Finch. In 1973 they won a 2SM/Pepsi Pop Poll, winning a contract with Picture Records who released their first single in 1974 (while guitarist Spencer was still in high school). In 1978, after signing a deal in the US with CBS Records

CBS Records

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 subsidiary label, Portrait Records

Portrait Records

Portrait Records was a sister label of Epic Records and later of Columbia Records. Cyndi Lauper and Sade signed with Portrait, but their contracts were absorbed by Epic after that incarnation of the label was shuttered....

, Finch was changed to Contraband (due to the existence of the Dutch band also named Finch

Finch (Dutch band)

Finch was a Dutch progressive rock group that continued to be known internationally years after their final concert on 14 November 1978 at the Nederlands Congres Centrum in The Hague.-History:...

). Earlier Finch material was re-released under the Contraband name but they broke up in 1979.

Former band members include Mark Evans

Mark Evans (musician)

Mark Whitmore Evans is an Australian bass guitarist who was an early member of hard rock band AC/DC from March 1975 to June 1977. His playing featured on their albums T.N.T, High Voltage, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Let There Be Rock and 74 Jailbreak...

 (AC/DC

AC/DC

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) and Bob Spencer

Bob Spencer

Bob Spencer was a guitarist in two significant Australian rock bands in the 1970s and 1980s, Skyhooks and The Angels.Spencer grew up in Sydney's south-eastern suburbs and attended Our Lady of Annunciation Primary School, Pagewood, Maroubra, from 1963 to 1965 and Marist Brothers, Daceyville from...

 (Skyhooks, The Angels

The Angels (Australian band)

The Angels are a hard rock band that formed in Adelaide, Australia in 1970. The band later relocated from Adelaide to Sydney and enjoyed huge local success until well into the 1990s. For the purposes of international release, their records were released under the names Angel City and later The...

).

Members

Listed alphabetically:

• Barry Cram — drums
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   1978–1979
• Mark Evans
  Mark Evans (musician)
  Mark Whitmore Evans is an Australian bass guitarist who was an early member of hard rock band AC/DC from March 1975 to June 1977. His playing featured on their albums T.N.T, High Voltage, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Let There Be Rock and 74 Jailbreak...
  
   — bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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   1977–1979
• David Hinds — guitar
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  , vocals 1977–1979
• Matt Hughes — organ 197?
• Chris Jones — guitar 1975–1977
• Graham Kennedy — guitar, vocals 1973–1979
• Peter McFarlane — drums 1973–1978
• Sam Mallet — guitar 1976–1978
• Owen Orford — vocals 1973–1979
• Sketa Pereira — guitar 1977–1978
• Gary Quince — guitar 1973–1976
• Bob Spencer
  Bob Spencer
  Bob Spencer was a guitarist in two significant Australian rock bands in the 1970s and 1980s, Skyhooks and The Angels.Spencer grew up in Sydney's south-eastern suburbs and attended Our Lady of Annunciation Primary School, Pagewood, Maroubra, from 1963 to 1965 and Marist Brothers, Daceyville from...
  
   — guitar 1973–1977
• Tony Strain — bass guitar 1973–1977
• Graham Thompson — bass guitar 1977–1978

Australian discography

Finch

• "Out Of Control" 7" single
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   (Picture Records - picture disc, April 1974)
• Drouyn soundtrack
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   LP – 3 tracks only: "Sail Away", "Roses", "Lady of Truth" (Rainbow Records, October 1974)
• "Stay" 7" (Eagle, April 1976)
• Thunderbird LP (Eagle, May 1976)
• "Short Changed Again" 7" (Eagle - picture cover, December 1976)
• Long Live the Evolution compilation
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  LP – 1 track only: "Short Changed Again" (2JJ, released late 1977, recorded December 1976)
• "One More Time" 7" (Epic, November 1977)
• "Where Were You" 7" (Epic, February 1978, re-issued on Portrait under band name Contraband)
• Nothing to Hide LP (Epic, February 1978, re-issued on Portrait under band name Contraband)
• "Nothing to Hide" 7" (Portrait, May 1978)

Contraband:

• "That’s Your Way" 7" (Portrait, October 1978)
• Contraband LP (Portrait, May 1979)
• "Rainin' Again" 7" (Portrait - picture cover, May 1979)
• "Gimme Some Lovin'" 7" (Portrait, June 1979)