Laughing Clowns
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Were on the same bill as The Sisters Of Mercy and The Smiths at University Of London Union (May 6, 1983).
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Australian jazz-influenced post punk band who formed in Sydney in 1979 by Ed Kuepper, former guitarist of The Saints (2).
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- https://www.discogs.com/artist/381699-Laughing-Clowns
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Clowns
- http://www.gutenberg.us/articles/the_laughing_clowns
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Laughing Clowns, sometimes written as The Laughing Clowns, were a post-punk band formed in Sydney in 1979. In five years, the band released three LPs, three EPs, and various singles and compilations. Laughing Clowns' sound is free jazz, bluegrass and krautrock influenced. The band formed to accommodate Ed Kuepper's growing interest in expanding brass-driven elements he had brought to The Saints' third album, Prehistoric Sounds, and by adopting flattened fifth notes in a rock and roll setting while using a modern jazz styled band line-up. Along with The Birthday Party, The Go-Betweens, The Moodists and The Triffids, the Laughing Clowns also spent extended periods in Europe during the early 1980s, and gained an international cult status. All four aforementioned groups have cited Laughing Clowns as an influence at some point in their respective careers.