Matt Moffitt (original) (raw)

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Matthew David Moffitt (20 August 1956 – 12 August 2003) was an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He fronted the rock band, Matt Finish (1978–81, 1983–85, 1990–2003), and worked as a solo artist. Matt Finish were a popular live band, which had a top 20 hit on the Kent Music Report singles chart with "Short Note" (1981). Moffit's released a solo album in 1986, titled As Little as a Look, it provided the single, "Miss This Tonight", which reached the top 30 in June 1986. Matt Moffitt died "in his sleep, apparently from a stroke"; his funeral was held on 20 August 2003, on what would have been his 47th birthday. (en)

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1956-08-20 (xsd:date)

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2003-08-12 (xsd:date)

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A 27-year-old man is shown in three-quarter shot. He is playing a guitar while leaning back slightly and his head is turned to his right. He wears a black singlet, strums the strings with a guitar pick in his right hand and holds strings at the fret board with his left. Behind him is part of a cymbal. (en)

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* Rum Jungle * Matt Finish * Fire Hand Ember (en)

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solo_singer (en)

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Matthew David Moffitt (en)

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (en)

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With Matt Finish, 1984 (en)

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2003-08-12 (xsd:date)

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Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia (en)

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Rock (en)
alternative rock (en)
post-punk (en)

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Vocals (en)
guitar (en)

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CBS (en)
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Universal (en)
Alberts (en)
Mushroom (en)
Giant (en)
Warners (en)

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Matt Moffitt (en)

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singer-songwriter (en)

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Matthew David Moffitt (20 August 1956 – 12 August 2003) was an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He fronted the rock band, Matt Finish (1978–81, 1983–85, 1990–2003), and worked as a solo artist. Matt Finish were a popular live band, which had a top 20 hit on the Kent Music Report singles chart with "Short Note" (1981). (en)

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