Robert Forster (musician)
Robert Forster ( born June 29, 1957 in Brisbane ) is an Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the Go- Betweens.
Life
In 1977, he met Grant McLennan, after a few months of trial, the duo recorded his first single. Published in 1982, the Go- Betweens released their first album, Send Me a Lullaby, in which Forster still alone took over the vocals. In the later albums McLennan and Forster alternated.
From the critically- praised, the band never achieved the major breakthrough. After essentially acoustic album 16 Lovers Lane (1989 ) initiated McLennan Forster and the Go-Betweens mutual agreement on, however, to have without first drummer Lindy Morrison and multi-instrumentalist Amanda Brown consulted.
In the following years, Forster published a number of solo albums.
Forster and McLennan 2000 resuscitated the Go- Betweens and jointly published a further three albums that were commercially successful than the recordings from the 80s. Peak of success presented the award with the Australian ARIA award for Best Rock Album ( Oceans Apart) dar.
Robert Forster announced shortly after the sudden death of Grant McLennan in May 2006 that this was the definitive end of the Go- Betweens. Including with Demon Days 2008 he released his album The Evangelist, which contains, among other things, three written with McLennan songs, the last common song.
Solo albums
To discography with the Go-Betweens see there.