Dave Warner
Encyclopedia
David Robert "Dave" Warner is an Australia
n rock music
ian, author
and screenwriter
.
in 1953. He attended Aquinas College
and then the University of Western Australia
where he graduated with a B.A. (Hons.), majoring in psychology
. Warner currently lives in Sydney with his wife and three children, Violet, Venice and Gus.
. Warner describes this band on his website http://www.davewarner.com.au as "Australia's first punk band". The genre that became known as punk was not to emerge as an identifiable musical entity until the mid-70s, and although Warner might have pre-empted punk "attitude" with Pus, musically it is unlikely from a very few witness accounts of this obscure outfit that the band's material could be categorised thus . Warner's song writing created his first version of "Suburban Boy" in 1976. He gained a wider popularity with his next band, From the Suburbs, which he formed in January, 1977. The band gained an underground following and was subsequently signed by Mushroom Records
.
As Dave Warner's From the Suburbs, they re-released "Suburban Boy" (1977) as a single and then Mugs Game (1978) with some tracks recorded live at Melbourne University
, it was certified Gold within a month of its release. Free Kicks (1979) followed, but then From the Suburbs disbanded. With a new lineup, Warner released Correct Weight (1979) and This is My Planet (1981; reissued as This is Your Planet in 1996).
After This is My Planet, Warner diversified from writing and performing music full-time. Instead, he started to write plays, novels and screenplays.
In 1987, Warner managed and wrote songs for a female trio, Pleasure Principle. He performed (and wrote) a one-man show, Australian Heroes. He had a small parts in the movies Boundaries of the Heart (1988) and Boys in the Island (1989).
starring Molly Ringwald
and Kylie Minogue
. He followed up with Balmain Boys (TV movie) and Garage Days
(both 2002) and then Ravenswood (2006) starring Stephen Moyer
and Teresa Palmer
. He was one of the chief writers of the drama TV series Going Home and the short TV feature Roll, as well as writing more than ten episodes of McLeod's Daughters
. Warner wrote in an episode of Packed to the Rafters
that featured his single Suburban Boy in a storyline starring Craig McLachlan
as a faded 1980s rock star.
in 1996. In the same year his second book, Footy's Hall of Shame also came out, featuring cartoons by Steve Panozzo. In 1997, Warner's second crime novel, Big Bad Blood was published. He then wrote the first one in a series of humorous crime novels in the style of Agatha Christie
, Murder in the Groove. Published in 1998, the book featured Andrew "The Lizard" Zirk, a former rock star turned detective. In the same year were also published Racing's Hall of Shame (co-written with Nicolas Brasch), Cricket's Hall of Shame (again with cartoons by Panozzo) and 25 Years of Mushroom Records. The second novel featuring "Lizard" Zirk, Murder in the Frame, was published in 1999. In 2000, Warner published eXXXpresso, a novel about an ex-criminal who intends to build a chain of prison-themed cafés, and Murder in the Off-Season, the third "Lizard" Zirk novel.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
ian, author
Author
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and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
.
Biography
Dave Warner was born (David Robert Warner) in Bicton, Western AustraliaBicton, Western Australia
Bicton is an affluent riverside suburb located in Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melville, and it is located 15 km from the Perth central business district on the south bank of the Swan River...
in 1953. He attended Aquinas College
Aquinas College, Perth
Aquinas College is a Catholic independent, day and boarding school for boys, located in Salter Point, Western Australia. Its sister school is Santa Maria Ladies College located in Attadale...
and then the University of Western Australia
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...
where he graduated with a B.A. (Hons.), majoring in psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
. Warner currently lives in Sydney with his wife and three children, Violet, Venice and Gus.
Musical works
In 1973, he formed the band Pus, which was influenced by radical 60s New York activist band, The FugsThe Fugs
The Fugs are a band formed in New York in late 1964 by poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, with Ken Weaver on drums. Soon afterward, they were joined by Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber of the Holy Modal Rounders...
. Warner describes this band on his website http://www.davewarner.com.au as "Australia's first punk band". The genre that became known as punk was not to emerge as an identifiable musical entity until the mid-70s, and although Warner might have pre-empted punk "attitude" with Pus, musically it is unlikely from a very few witness accounts of this obscure outfit that the band's material could be categorised thus . Warner's song writing created his first version of "Suburban Boy" in 1976. He gained a wider popularity with his next band, From the Suburbs, which he formed in January, 1977. The band gained an underground following and was subsequently signed by Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...
.
As Dave Warner's From the Suburbs, they re-released "Suburban Boy" (1977) as a single and then Mugs Game (1978) with some tracks recorded live at Melbourne University
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
, it was certified Gold within a month of its release. Free Kicks (1979) followed, but then From the Suburbs disbanded. With a new lineup, Warner released Correct Weight (1979) and This is My Planet (1981; reissued as This is Your Planet in 1996).
After This is My Planet, Warner diversified from writing and performing music full-time. Instead, he started to write plays, novels and screenplays.
Theatrical works
In 1982, his revue, The Sensational Sixties started to tour large suburban hotels. Written and produced by Warner, the show was successful. In 1985, Warner wrote and appeared in a musical, The Sixties and All That Pop. Later that year Planet Pres, a rock musical written by him, was produced by the WA Theatre Company.In 1987, Warner managed and wrote songs for a female trio, Pleasure Principle. He performed (and wrote) a one-man show, Australian Heroes. He had a small parts in the movies Boundaries of the Heart (1988) and Boys in the Island (1989).
Screenwriting works
The first feature film written by Warner, Cut (2000), was a teen slasherSlasher film
A slasher film is a type of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe...
starring Molly Ringwald
Molly Ringwald
Molly Kathleen Ringwald is an American actress, singer and dancer. Having appeared in the John Hughes movies Sixteen Candles , The Breakfast Club , and Pretty in Pink , Ringwald has been frequently named the greatest teen star of all time...
and Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
. He followed up with Balmain Boys (TV movie) and Garage Days
Garage Days
Garage Days is a 2002 Australian film directed by Alex Proyas and written by Proyas, Dave Warner and Michael Udesky. The Garage Days soundtrack includes the song "Garage Days" featuring Katie Noonan, David McCormack and Andrew Lancaster.-Plot:...
(both 2002) and then Ravenswood (2006) starring Stephen Moyer
Stephen Moyer
Stephen Moyer is an English actor who has starred as vampire Bill Compton in the HBO series True Blood since 2008.-Early life and career:Moyer was born in Brentwood, Essex...
and Teresa Palmer
Teresa Palmer
Teresa Palmer is an Australian actress. She made her film debut in the suicide drama 2:37. Palmer was seen in The Grudge 2 in 2006, in December Boys, alongside Daniel Radcliffe, and in the 2008 children's fantasy Bedtime Stories, with Adam Sandler...
. He was one of the chief writers of the drama TV series Going Home and the short TV feature Roll, as well as writing more than ten episodes of McLeod's Daughters
McLeod's Daughters
McLeod's Daughters is a Logie award-winning Australian drama series that aired on the Nine Network from 2001 to 2009. It tells the story of two sisters, Claire and Tess McLeod, who are reunited after they inherit the family farm...
. Warner wrote in an episode of Packed to the Rafters
Packed to the Rafters
Packed to the Rafters is an Australian family-orientated television series which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 8:30 pm. The drama series features a mix of lighthearted comedy woven through the plot. It revolves around the Rafter family facing work pressures and...
that featured his single Suburban Boy in a storyline starring Craig McLachlan
Craig McLachlan
Craig McLachlan is an Australian actor and singer. He appeared in shows such as Sons and Daughters, Neighbours, Bugs and Home and Away.-Biography:...
as a faded 1980s rock star.
Literary works
Warner has written both fiction and non-fiction. His first novel, a crime story called City of Light, was published in 1995. It was the winner of the Best Fiction Work award at the Western Australian Premier's Book AwardsWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards
The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards is an award for books, scripts, digital narrative and a People's Choice. Awards are provided by the Government of Western Australia, and the awards process is managed by the State Library of Western Australia...
in 1996. In the same year his second book, Footy's Hall of Shame also came out, featuring cartoons by Steve Panozzo. In 1997, Warner's second crime novel, Big Bad Blood was published. He then wrote the first one in a series of humorous crime novels in the style of Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...
, Murder in the Groove. Published in 1998, the book featured Andrew "The Lizard" Zirk, a former rock star turned detective. In the same year were also published Racing's Hall of Shame (co-written with Nicolas Brasch), Cricket's Hall of Shame (again with cartoons by Panozzo) and 25 Years of Mushroom Records. The second novel featuring "Lizard" Zirk, Murder in the Frame, was published in 1999. In 2000, Warner published eXXXpresso, a novel about an ex-criminal who intends to build a chain of prison-themed cafés, and Murder in the Off-Season, the third "Lizard" Zirk novel.
Fiction
- City of Light (1995)
- Big Bad Blood (1997)
- Great Australian Bites (edited by) (1997)
- Murder in the Groove (1998)
- Murder in the Frame (1999)
- eXXXpresso (2000)
- Murder in the Off-Season (2000)
Non-fiction
- Footy's Hall of Shame (1996)
- 25 Years of Mushroom Records (1998)
- Cricket's Hall of Shame (1998)
- Horseracing's Hall of Shame (1999)
Albums
- Mugs Game Mushroom Records (1978)
- Free Kicks Mushroom Records (1979)
- Correct Weight Mushroom Records (1979)
- This is My Planet Mercury Records (1981)
- The Dark Side of the Scrum J&B Records (1988)
- Suburban Sprawl Mushroom Records (1990)
- Surplus & Death DRAW Records (1995)
- This is Your Planet DRAW Music (1996)
- Live at the Raffles Hotel (1998)
- Suburbs in the '70s (1999)
EPs
- Meanwhile in the Suburbs Musicland (1987)
- Loose Men, Tight Shorts (1996)
- Swans Songs Columbia Records (1998)
- Bulldogs Howl DRAW Music (1998)
- Saints on the March DRAW Music (1998)
Singles
- "Suburban Boy" EMI Custom (1976)
- "Summer '78" Bicton Records (1977)
- "Suburban Boy" Mushroom Records (1977)
- "Nothing To Lose" Festival Records (1979)
- "The East Fremantle Team Song" Festival (1979)
- "Free Kicks" Mushroom Records (1979)
- "Kookaburra Girl" Mercury Records" (1980)
- "Half Time at the Football" Bicton Records (1981)
- "Key to the City" Redback Records (1989)
- "East Fremantle is Football": Centenary Song (1997)
External links
- Dave Warner's home page
- Dave Warner (I) at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Dave Warner (II) at IMDbInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Dave Warner's From The Suburbs mentioned in The Geeks Story