Biography

Melanie Oxley is the sister of Jeremy Oxley

Jeremy Oxley

Jeremy Oxley was the song-writer, singer and guitarist for 1980s Australian pop-rock band The Sunnyboys.-Biography:Jeremy Oxley grew up in the northern New South Wales town of Kingscliff after his parents, Eric and Jan, moved from Sydney. Jeremy was the second oldest of five children, the others...

 and Peter Oxley

Peter Oxley

Peter Oxley was the bass player for 1980s Australian pop-rock band The Sunnyboys.He is credited with writing two songs with The Sunnyboys: "The Stooge" and "You Don't Need Me"...

, who were founder members of popular Australian pop-rock band The Sunnyboys

The Sunnyboys

Sunnyboys was an Australian post-punk, power pop band formed in Sydney in 1980. Fronted by singer-songwriter, guitarist Jeremy Oxley, the band "breathed some freshness and vitality into the divergent Sydney scene"...

 and younger brother Tim Oxley a musician in his own right.

Oxley performed with Louis Tillett

Louis Tillett

Louis Tillett is an Australian singer-songwriter, keyboard player and saxophonist. He was the frontman in Australian bands The Wet Taxis, Paris Green and The Aspersion Caste...

's jazz influenced band Paris Green in 1984. She also performed backing vocals on The Triffids

The Triffids

The Triffids were a seminal Australian alternative rock and pop band formed in Perth, Western Australia, in May 1978 with charismatic, David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist. They achieved negligible success in Australia, but greater success in the U.K...

' 1984 EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

, Raining Pleasure

Raining Pleasure (EP)

Raining Pleasure by The Triffids was released as a 12" EP in 1984 and reached #95 on the Australian Charts.Although the EP has not been in print for some time, selected tracks appeared on the Love in Bright Landscapes and Australian Melodrama compilations, while all seven tracks were compiled on...

and for the Johnny Kannis Band in early 1985. In 1985 Oxley together with Chris Abrahams

Chris Abrahams

Chris Abrahams is a Sydney-based pianist, best known for his jazz work.Abrahams has been a member of the Benders, the Laughing Clowns, The Sparklers and The Necks. He has recorded several solo albums, as well as collaborations with Melanie Oxley from the Sparklers...

 (The Necks

The Necks

The Necks are an experimental jazz trio from Sydney, Australia, comprising Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass...

), her brother, Peter Oxley

Peter Oxley

Peter Oxley was the bass player for 1980s Australian pop-rock band The Sunnyboys.He is credited with writing two songs with The Sunnyboys: "The Stooge" and "You Don't Need Me"...

, Bill Bilson (The Sunnyboys

The Sunnyboys

Sunnyboys was an Australian post-punk, power pop band formed in Sydney in 1980. Fronted by singer-songwriter, guitarist Jeremy Oxley, the band "breathed some freshness and vitality into the divergent Sydney scene"...

), Mark Walker (Hoi Polloi

Hoi polloi

Hoi polloi , an expression meaning "the many", or in the strictest sense, "the majority" in Greek, is used in English to denote "the masses" or "the people", usually in a derogatory sense. Synonyms for "hoi polloi" include ".....

) and Colin Bloxsom [who later replaced Walker on Guitar], formed the indie rock band The Sparklers. The Sparklers released one album Persuasion in 1988. Melanie writing the majority of the songs for that album. Oxley also performed backing vocals for Johanna Pigott

Johanna Pigott

Johanna Paton Pigott is an Australian musician, singer/songwriter and screenwriter. Her best known hit songs are Dragon's "Rain" which peaked at #2 on the Australia singles charts in 1983 and John Farnham's "Age of Reason". "Rain" was co-written with partner Dragon's Todd Hunter and his brother...

's band Scribble, appearing on their 1986 album Pop Art, as well as on Ed Kuepper

Ed Kuepper

Ed Kuepper is an Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded the seminal punk band The Saints, the experimental post-punk group Laughing Clowns and later the grunge-like The Aints...

's 1986 album Rooms of the Magnificent

Rooms of the Magnificent

Rooms of the Magnificent is the second solo album by Australian guitarist and songwriter Ed Kuepper recorded in 1986 and released on the Hot label....

.

She has since worked extensively with Abrahams, writing songs and producing albums, throughout the nineties. The two have produced five releases: Resisting Calm (1990), Welcome to Violet (1992), Coal (1994), Jerusalem Bay (1998) and Blood Oranges (2003).

Albums (with Chris Abrahams)

• Welcome to Violet - Remote
  Remote Control Records
  Remote Control Records was established by Harvey Saward and Steve Cross in early 2001, with the intention of supporting under-represented music...
  
  (1992)
• Coal - Remote (1994)
• Jerusalem Bay - Remote (December, 1998)
• Blood Oranges - Vitamin (April, 2003)