Bernard Fanning

Bernard Fanning was born 15 August, 1969. He was heavily influenced by musicians such as David Bowie and The Beatles. During his college years at the University of Queensland he met Ian Haug and joined the band Powderfinger, named after a Neil Young song. At the time, Haug was the singer and he soon gave up duties because Bernard showed much more promise with his vocal abilities. Soon the final Powderfinger five were in place, with Fanning on vocals, Haug and Darren Middleton on guitar, Jon Coghill on the drums, and John Collins on the bass guitar. The band began by playing pubs and biker bars around their home city of Brisbane, Queensland, mainly doing covers of influences The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Steppenwolf, and Neil Young; while also implementing their own originals. Since those days in the early 1990s the band has released three EPs (the "Blue EP, Tranfusion," and "Mr. Kneebone"), all at the front end of their catalogue. They released their debut album "Parables for Wooden Ears"