Matt Moffitt

Quick Facts

Full Name	Matt Moffitt
Occupation	Musician
Date Of Birth	Aug 20, 1956(1956-08-20)
Age	68
Date Of Death	August 13, 2003, Woollahra, Australia
Birthplace	Sydney
Country	Australia
Birth City	New South Wales
Horoscope	Leo

Matt Moffitt Biography

Matt Moffitt is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on August 20, 1956 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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). It was written by Moffitt and became a standard on Australian radio. It was covered by Wendy Matthews on her album, Café Naturale (2004), listed on Triple M Network’s Best Songs of the Eighties poll in 2005, and used in the 2007 Australian feature film, The Final Winter. It is compiled on numerous albums including Sony BMG’s The Essential Australian (April 2008), and on the Matt Finish albums, Short Note (1981) and 1978–2008 (2008).

In his teens Moffitt formed a Blue Mountains-based band, Rum Jungle, which performed cover versions of rock musicians; their “gigs sometimes turned into bloodbaths.” In the mid-1970s Moffitt studied drama at The Ensemble Theatre with Hayes Gordon and music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. His musical influences included NYC-based blues, soul and jazz groups; the Australian rock of Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs; and work by the Beatles and Led Zeppelin; and one of his inspirations was Jack Bruce’s “Rope Ladder to the Moon”. By 1977 the line-up of Rum Jungle included James Black (ex-Tymepiece) on guitar, Phil Colson, Mark McDonald, Bruce Sandell and Joe Sudouskas.

Matt Moffitt Net Worth

Matt Moffitt is one of the richest Musician from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Matt Moffitt 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Matt Moffitt (born 1956) was the oldest child of Ian Moffitt (1926–2000), a journalist and writer, and Elizabeth “Betty” Saunders, also a journalist. He grew up with four siblings and spent his early childhood in Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains. The family relocated to New York City for a number of years.

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Moffitt co-wrote material with Glenister, including two album tracks, “Miss This Tonight” (June 1986) and “All That Stuff” (August), which were released as singles. He described the collaboration to Sutton, “I saw that writing with somebody after a fairly insular environment had its own frustrations… [to] not let it degenerate into an ‘us or them’ situation. I felt a lot of pressure for that in the writing, you get tired and nationalism springs from the lips full blown.” “Miss This Tonight” reached number 17 in June. Moffit’s backing band for his tour comprised Glenister, Graham, Prior and Rob Fisher on keyboards.

Facts & Trivia

Ron Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Matt Moffitt celebrates birthday on August 20 of every year.

In late 1990 and early 1991, Moffitt, Barrett and Prior reformed Matt Finish with Guy Le Claire on guitar (ex-Eurogliders, Ian Moss Band) and Lindsay Jehan on bass guitar (also ex-Eurogliders). They started an Australian tour. In June 1992 the group were signed to Mushroom Records and released a single, “One Day at a Time”, in that month, which was produced by Peter Blyton (The Radiators, Machinations). A new line-up of Adrian Cannon on drums, Rohan Cannon on guitar and vocals, Bobby Christian on bass guitar and Paul Dawkins on keyboards, bass guitar, and drums recorded Matt Finish’s next album, By Heart (September 1993). It provided a CD-EP, Earthbound (July) and a single “Blue” (September).

Top Facts about Matt Moffitt

1. Matt Moffitt is a singer-songwriter from Australia.
2. He released his debut EP “The Midnight” in 2018.
3. His music blends indie, folk and pop genres.
4. Moffitt has over 100k monthly listeners on Spotify.
5. He has performed at festivals like Bigsound and Tamworth Country Music Festival.
6. Moffitt’s single “Ghost” has over 1 million streams on Spotify.
7. He was named a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition in 2020.
8. Moffitt’s music has been featured on popular TV shows like “Love Island Australia”.
9. He has collaborated with other Australian artists like Tia Gostelow and Asha Jefferies.
10. Moffitt is known for his emotive lyrics and soulful vocals.