Mark Seymour

For 'true' fans of Mark Seymour, the real highlight of one of his concerts, is right at the very end, where he invites the entire audience to join in a sing-a-long with him, of his classic 'Throw Your Arms Around Me'. It becomes apparent right then and there that is truly only one Mark Seymour, one of the true innovators of the Australian music scene. Mark Seymour's story begins around 1956, when he was born in Benalla, Victoria, Australia. Mark always had a passion for music. And in 1981 when Mark formed Hunters and Collectors, one of the greatest bands in Australia's history was born. The Hunters were a strange lot. It was virtually impossible to categorise their music, and whenever someone tagged them as adhering to a specific genre, they would change their musical style once again, not to prove anything to anyone but themselves. Mark Seymour wrote some of the classic Australian drinking songs such as 'When the river runs dry', football match fave 'Holy Grail', hard rockers and slow