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Band Bio
The band members are:
Jeff Hoad on lead guitar/keyboards/lead vocals
Cliff Hoad on drums/percussions/sax/vocals
Dean Turner on Bass/vocals

The Rich and Famous is the brainchild creation of Jeff and Cliff Hoad, two brothers most people would be familiar with from the rock band Kings Of The Sun. The ‘Kings’ still have a large following today, a fan base that’s been loyal since the band split in the early nineties. If you would like to know more about the Kings Of The Sun and the Hoad boys visit this website http://www.geocities.com/thingaboutrocknroll/ for a good independent bio on the band Kings Of The Sun.

After touring the U.S and most the world for some six years and releasing three albums and numerous chart topping singles with the Kings Of The Sun, touring with such heavy weights as KISS through out Europe and other major acts through out United States, Jeff and Cliff both took a break from the music business and perused their individual interests.
They both had become dishearten with the music scene and the direction it had taken particularly during the nineties. Although it had been a number of years since releasing an album the brothers still had that music vibrating through their veins like all good musicians have and the taste of a good rock tune is never far away. Jeff and Cliff had not stopped writing and jamming together and over time they had accumulated a large catalogue of songs just waiting for the right time. Come 2003 and rock was back! And so was the Hoad brothers along with their good friend artist/musician Dean Turner, the rock band The Rich and Famous was born.

After listening to The Rich and Famous first two albums you quickly appreciate how different each these album are, the first, a self titled album is full of what Jeff calls “experimental songs”, songs that moved him completely away from the raw hard rock sound normally associated with Kings Of The Sun. The album shows up Jeff and Cliff’s natural song writing abilities and their diverse musical talents. The Rich and Famous is proof that the Hoad boys can be cool and slick as well as hard rockin’.

Their 2nd release ‘Like A Superstar’ is testimony to which direction the brothers want to take the band, having been influenced by great Aussie rock bands like AC/DC, Rose Tattoo and often being compared to Aerosmith and Ted Nugent, the Hoad boys with The Rich and Famous create an original raw rock sound with this album just bursting at the seams with good solid hard rock tunes.

The latest album 'Stand Back' continues on where the second album left off, with that hard rock edge the band love to play. Stand Back is out now.

The Rich and Famous once again show that rock never dies it just keeps getting better.

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Jeff Hoad musical career started late when big brother cliffs band “The Young Lions” was without a front man he filled those new shoes with ease adding guitar later .By the time Kings of the sun had formed Jeff was playing all the guitars and co writing the songs with Cliff .The Rich and Famous finds them both wearing all hats including production (by necessity not choice)
Jeff designs the t-shirts and loves all things Guitars, Clothes and Cars searching the globe for obscure guitar pedals, Old Hotwheels, Mopars or German war memorabilia.

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Cliff Hoad has been playing the drums for as long as he can remember, "I never really considered playing any other instrument, it just felt right from the first time I sat behind a set of drums". Cliff's love of drumming (Cliff's ability can be heard on track 12 of the new album, a 25 minute drum solo, one of the longest, if not the longest rock drum solo ever recorded) and his search for the perfect sound has him designing and building his own drum equipment, see the snare drum in photo below. Cliff also enjoys jazz, he has a very good collection of jazz records and has since become an accomplished saxophone player (tenor). He can be heard playing the sax on the first R & F album. Currently Cliff is writing his own memoirs, an autobiography he's thinking of calling "Drummers Are Born Not Made" ! - Cliff 's views on this can be seen in the forum under General heading and then under the topic ' Drummers are an endangered species'

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Apart from music Dean is an accomplished artist (he painted the cover of the album 'like A Superstar') his talent is sort after by many designers and art lovers all over the world. His wall murals skills, his eye for detail in his paintings and sketchings of rock stars and famous people as well as wild animals is just amazing. He has his own website in which he sells and promotes his own art www.deanleroy.com is full of Deans creations, go check it out (see a sample of his art below).

Samples of Deans art