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John Martin Armiger (born 10 June 1949, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom) is an Australian musician, record producer and film/TV composer. He was singer-songwriter and guitarist with Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports from August 1978 to late 1981, which had Top 30 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart with, "Don't Throw Stones" (1979), "Strangers on a Train" (1980) and "How Come" (1981); and Top 20 albums with, ''Don't Throw Stones'' (No. 9, 1979), ''Suddenly'' (No. 13, 1980) and ''Sondra'' (1981). Armiger was musical director for Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) TV series, ''Sweet and Sour'', in 1984 and was record producer on the related soundtrack albums as well as performing and song writing. At the Australian Film Institute Awards of 1986 he shared an accolade for Best Original Music Score with William Motzing for their work on ''Young Einstein''. In 1995 his work for TV series, ''Cody'' (1994–95), won the Australasian Performing Right Association Award for Most Performed Television Theme. As of 2004, Armiger was Head of Screen Composition at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). In 2006 his portrait by John R Walker was a finalist at the Archibald Prize. == Early years == John Martin Armiger〔〔 was born on 10 June 1949 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. His father, Jack Armiger, played double bass, piano and sang in local bands; his mother also played piano and sang. At the age of eight he gave up on his violin lessons, turned away from his mother's taste in classical music and his father's favourites of Peggy Lee or Perry Como – he had discovered Buddy Holly's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man".〔 The family migrated to Australia in 1965 and lived in Elizabeth, South Australia. Armiger studied at Flinders University in Adelaide where he completed his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) course in 1974.〔 His younger brothers, Keith, Andrew, and Michael Armiger, are also musicians and have been members of The Immigrants (1978–1980)〔 in Elizabeth, 10000 Guitars (1985–1987)〔 in Melbourne, and Armiger Brothers in Sydney, as well as having separate musical careers. Their youngest brother, Chris Armiger (born 1965), joined the Armiger Brothers, which have recorded with Martin, who also produced their material. By the early 1970s Armiger had decided on a career in music, he began practising to improve his guitar skills. During 1972, as a student, he was a composer for a short film, ''Drac''.〔〔 It was directed by David Stocker as a 1973 Masters Student Film for the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS).〔 In 1975 Armiger moved to Melbourne and started with local bands. He soon joined The Toads on lead guitar and backing vocals with Andrew Bell on bass guitar; Randy Bulpin on lead guitar; Jane Clifton on lead vocals; Eric Gradman on violin; Jenny Keath on backing vocals; Buzz Leeson, and Eddie van Rosendaal on drums.〔〔 Also in 1975 Armiger composed music for ''A Night in Rio'', a stage musical at Melbourne's Pram Factory.〔 He co-composed music for ''Pure Shit'' (aka ''Pure S'') with Red Symons (a member of Skyhooks), a feature film directed by Bert Deling.〔〔〔 Armiger wrote the title track and theme,〔 and, as a member of Toads, performed on the soundtrack.〔〔 In 1976 he was a founding member of pub rockers, The Bleeding Hearts, on guitar and lead vocals.〔 Other members were Gradman on violin and vocals; Rick Grossman on bass guitar; Keith Shadwick on saxophone and backing vocals; Huk Treloar on drums; Laurie Tunnicliffe on bass guitar; Geoff Warner and Chris Worrall on guitar.〔〔 The band appeared at local venues, including The Kingston Hotel, and The Tiger Lounge (Hotel), where Armiger played a white Fender Stratocaster. In August 1977 the group broke up but left enough material for a posthumous album, ''What Happened!'', which appeared in the following year on Missing Link Records.〔 In 1977 he briefly joined Flying Tackle and was then a member of The High Rise Bombers, another pub-rock group, from 1977 to 1978.〔〔 The line-up included Armiger (guitar, vocals, songwriter), Lee Cass (bass guitar), Chris Dyson (guitar), Sally Ford (saxophone, songwriter; ex-Flying Tackle), Paul Kelly (vocals, guitar, songwriter), John Lloyd (drums) and Shadwick (saxophone).〔〔 Dyson was replaced by Chris Langman (guitar, vocals) in early 1978.〔 In August the group dissolved as Armiger left for The Sports, Ford left for The Kevins, and Kelly formed Paul Kelly and the Dots with Langman and Lloyd.〔 High Rise Bombers had recorded two tracks "She's Got It" and "Domestic Criminal" which eventually appeared on the 1981 compilation album, ''The Melbourne Club'', by various artists on Missing Link Records. "Domestic Criminal" was written by Armiger.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Armiger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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