Xero (band)

History

Xero as Zero were formed in Brisbane in 1978 with the initial line-up of Peter Adams on guitar and vocals; Chris Anderson on guitar and vocals; Jude Clarkin on Bongos; Barbara Hart on saxophone and flute; John Hunt on bass guitar; Irena Luckus on vocals, keyboard and guitar; and Debbie Penny on drums. In 1979 the band across New South Wales by train, they played gigs in Canberra (in a large, very cold hall) and Newcastle (in a local pub). In the following year they opened for the Cure in support of that group's second album, Seventeen Seconds (April 1980).

Xiro issued two different four-track extended plays, Half the Profits and Religious Wars, on audio cassette in mid-1980.

In 1982 Xero recorded a six-track extended play, Lust in the Dust, at Basement Studios, Brisbane with the line-up of Luckus, Tony Childs on bass guitar; John Willsteed on bass guitar, guitar, casio keyboards and vocals; and Steven Pritchard on drums.

Xero split in 1983 when Luckus left Brisbane to relocate to France. Other members included Robert Forster on guitar, Lindy Morrison on drums and Michael O'Connell on guitar and vocals. Later Foster, Morrison and Willsteed were all members of fellow Brisbane group, the Go-Betweens. O'Connell and Willsteed were both members of the Apartments. They have reformed for gigs since then, initially in 1986.

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