Paul Greene & The Other Colours

Paul Greene & the Other Colours
Origin	Australia
Genres	Roots
Labels	ABC Music, Whirl Records
Members	Paul Greene Neil Beaver Mick Laws
Past members	Matt Sykes Ellie Plummer

Paul Greene & the Other Colours is a Australian roots band fronted by Paul Greene. Their album Behind The Stars was nominated for a 2012 ARIA Award for Best Blues & Roots Album.^[1] Previously a solo artist Paul Greene now works with a backing band the Other Colours.

Greene is a former athlete. He was a sprinter who competed at the 1996 Olympics. Through the Olympic Record CD project he started working with Rob Hirst and Rick Grossman, joining their band Ghostwriters and working with Hirst on two albums. He also established a solo career, gaining national airplay on Triple J.^[2][3] Greene also front a reformation of Spy vs Spy.^[4]

Band members

• Paul Greene
• Neil Beaver
• Mick Laws

Previous members

• Matt Sykes
• Ellie Plummer

Discography

Paul Greene

• The Miles (2001)
• This Way (2002)
• Happy Here With You (2004)
• Reset (2005)
• Distance Over Time^[5] (2008) - Whirl Records
• Everywhere Is Home (2010) - Whirl Records

Paul Greene and the Other Colours

• Behind The Stars (2012) - ABC Music^[6]
• One Lap of the Sun (2014) - Red Shelf^[7]

Hirst & Greene

• In the Stealth of Summer (2005) - ABC Music
• Hirst & Greene live at the basement DVD (2005) - ABC Music

References

1. "Rapper 360 dominates 2012 ARIA Award nominations", news.com.au, 3 October 2012
2. Tibbitts, Alex (10 October 2003), "Olympic athlete who became a rocker", Sydney Morning Herald
3. Gregory, Helen (17 May 2014), "Songwriter's magic muse", The Newcastle Herald
4. "A lap of the sun for singer extraordinaire", St George & Sutherland Shire Leader, 17 April 2014
5. "Paul Greene", girl.com.au, 21 April 2012
6. Fitzpatrick, Stephen (21 April 2012), "MUSIC REVIEWS", The Australian
7. Apter, Jeff (12 September 2014), "Paul Greene and the Other Colours", Sydney Morning Herald

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