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Australian Crawl (often called Aussie Crawl or The Crawl by fans) were an Australian rock band founded by James Reyne (lead vocals/piano/harmonica), Brad Robinson (rhythm guitar), Paul Williams, Simon Binks (lead guitar) and David Reyne in Melbourne in [1].

Simon Binks

Australian rock musician

Simon Binks

Simon Binks as lead guitarist of Australian Crawl

Birth nameSimon John Binks
Born () 27 November (age&#;68)
Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia
GenresRock
Occupation(s)Musician, singer, songwriter, record producer
InstrumentGuitar
Years active–present
LabelsEMI, Geffen, Virgin, Blue Pie

Musical artist

Simon John Binks[1] (born 27 November ,[2][3][4]) is an Australian rock musician who was a guitarist and singer-songwriter for Australian Crawl from founding in to disbanding in [5][6][7]

Biography

Early career

Binks was raised in the Mornington Peninsula suburb of Mount Eliza on the outskirts of Melbourne and educated at The Peninsula School.

Spiff Rouch[5][7] was a band formed in , it included Binks and fellow locals James Reyne, Bill McDonough, Guy McDonough, Paul Williams, and Robert Walker.[6][7] By early , Spiff Rouch had separated and Australian Crawl was formed with Binks (lead guitar), Reyne (lead vocals, piano, harmonica), and Williams (bass guitar), they were joined by James Reyne's younger brother David Reyne (drums) and schoolmate Brad Robinson (rhythm guitar, backing vocals).[6][7]

Australian Crawl

Main article: Australian Crawl

Australian Crawl performed their first live gig in October [8] Bill McDonough (drums) replaced David Reyne within the first year.[5][6][7]

Binks wrote or co-wrote four tracks[1] for Australian Crawl's debut album The Boys Light Up as well as guitars (lead, slide, acoustic) and vocals.[9] Bill's brother, Guy McDonough (guitars, singer-songwriting) joined Australian Crawl later that year.[5][6] For their second album Sirocco in , Binks supplied two tracks,[1] and guitar work;[10] the third album, Sons of Beaches in , had Binks providing guitars but no songwriting credits.[11]

Drummer Bill McDonough left early in , the Crawl recorded an EPSemantics with Graham Bidstrup on drums.[5][6][7] Of the four tracks, Binks wrote "White Limbo"[1] which was also the B-side of the European single release "Reckless".

Mountain climber, Lincoln Hall, quotes lyrics from Binks' song in his book, White Limbo: The first Australian climb of Mt Everest ().[12][13] The EP Semantics charted on the Australian Singles Charts to reach No. 1 and consequently some sources list "Reckless" as a No. 1 single.[14][15] After the EP, John Watson replaced Bidstrup as drummer.[5][7]

Phalanx released late in was a live album which saw Binks and sound engineer Ross Cockle[16][17] as producers.[7] Australian Crawl toured England supporting Duran Duran in late but they returned to Australia with Guy McDonough seriously ill and subsequently dying in June [5] During recording sessions for Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Mark Greig (ex-Runners),[5] shared guitar duties with Binks.[7]Between a Rock and a Hard Place was expensive and had less chart success than previous albums.[5][14] A final national tour resulted in the live album, The Final Wave, which was released in [5]

Later career

Binks played guitar in the Broderick Smith Band in [18] He signed with Blue Pie Productions, in July [19] but didn't produce any recorded materials and subsequently left.

An injury in a car crash at a North Sydney Council roadworks left Binks slightly brain-damaged with some sensory loss and restriction of finer movements of his right hand, which had prevented him from regaining the high level of skill he had previously shown.[4][20][21] A court in awarded him $, in damages, down from an estimated $, because lawyers for North Sydney Council provided evidence that Binks was speeding and over the legal alcohol limit.[4][22] Binks later disputed the alcohol reading as belonging to another driver and stated the remuneration mostly went to his lawyers.[21] During the court case media also reported that he fell out with Crawl co-founder James Reyne after claiming to have written "The Boys Light Up", one of Australian Crawl's early hits.[4] Binks denied this also, claiming that although he wrote the introductory musical theme from "The Boys Light Up" such work was not usually credited, and that the basic chords and lyrics were written by Reyne.[21] After an appeal by the Council, in September , the amount Binks was awarded was reduced to $,[23]

Personal life

By November Binks was married and they had a child.[24] During his court case v North Sydney Council, evidence was presented that he suffered from migraines most of his life and had been prescribed injections of pethidine by his doctor to combat the pain.[24] Evidence from the court cases reported that Binks was due to separate from his wife Sharon in [4][21] He lives with his daughter, Elizabeth, and continues to perform and write music.

Discography

  • Spiff Rouch (–)
  • Australian Crawl (–)

Main article: Australian Crawl discography

  • Broderick Smith Band ()

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