Jez Mead

Jez Mead is a singer/songwriter from Perth, Western Australia. Jez released 3 albums independently between 2001-2008.
On 4 September 2009 he released his EP Sucker through his own label Belly Up Records / EMI Music. June 2010 saw the release of Jez's new album "Beard of Bees" which Xpress Magazine has said is done with "Simplicity and grace" and Live Music wrote about Jez's voice ... "his voice soars across octaves, that swings from gravel to whisper to a full blown resonance that seems to take up real, tangible space in the room". He is known for his live performances with Rip It Up Magazine saying "Mead’s set was a storming, stomping and rollicking rootsy ho down". Jez's home is his campervan and he is constantly on the road and playing live gigs.
History
Jez Mead was born in Perth, Western Australia. He began playing music when he was thirteen but didn't start making his first album until 2001.
During his time at University in Western Australia he played guitar and wrote songs but never saw himself as a songwriter. He preferred the shorter format of poetry and songs to writing a novel.
In the late 1990s Jez headed over to the East Coast of Australia and bunkered down in Byron Bay where he lived in a shack with no power and began writing even more music.
In early 2001 he independently released his first album Jez. Two years later he followed up with a second album Pickles Hinder Slumber.
His third solo album I Got To Stay Up Late Today was released in August 2006 and produced by James Cruickshank (Cruel Sea) and Jez himself.
In September 2009, Jez released an EP called Sucker through his own label Belly Up Records / EMI Music Australia.
Jez collaborates with Julia from Australian band Angus and Julia Stone in his track Devil on the EP.
Sucker also includes a version of Kiss's "I Was Made for Lovin' You" which is credited to Paul Stanley and Desmond Child, the noted producer who has also penned over 70 top 40 singles, including Alice Cooper's "Poison", and who co-wrote "Walk On" with guitarist Joe Lynn Turner for Jimmy Barnes.
Jez has supported a wealth of Australian bands including: Midnight Oil, The Waifs, The John Butler Trio, The Cruel Sea, Tex Perkins and Angus and Julia Stone.
Jez Mead's new album Beard of Bees has been released June 2010.
Discography
Albums
* Jez - 2001 (Independent)
* Pickles Hinder Slumber - February 2003 (Independent)
* I Got To Stay Up Late Today - August 2006 (Independent)
* Beard of Bees - June 2010 (Belly Up Records /EMI Music Australia)
EPs
* Sucker - Belly Up Records / EMI Music Australia September 2009
Videos
*Lost - 2008
*Sucker - 2009

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