Tex Perkins

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tex Perkins
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Dec 28, 1964(1964-12-28)
Age	60
Birthplace	Darwin
Country	Australia
Birth City	Northern Territory
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Tex Perkins Biography

Tex Perkins is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on December 28, 1964 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Gregory Stephen Perkins (born 28 December 1964) more popularly known as the nickname, Tex Perkins, is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist who is the frontman of the Australian rock group The Cruel Sea, but has also played with Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim along with Tex, Don and Charlie. Perkins has also released a number of singles. A 1997 drawing of Tex Perkins by artist Bill Leak received the Packing Room award at the Archibald Prize.

After experimenting with various musicians, The Cruel Sea was born into existence in 1987 through the joining consisting of Ken Gormley on bass, Jim Elliot on drums, Danny Rumour on guitars and James Cruikshank on keyboards and guitars. They took their name from the surf instrumental of the 1960s band, The Ventures. In 1989, Perkins (their then lighting technician) began to join them on stage. This led to an interest from Red Eye Records, and they signed the band and released their 1989 album Down Below. They were awarded the ARIA Award nomination in 1993 after the launch of their second album It Is Not the Way Home in the year 1991.

Tex, Don and Charlie is an Australian group formed by Tex Perkins, Don Walker from Cold Chisel and guitarist Charlie Owen. Their first album Sad But True was released in 1993. Their distinctively Australian country-blues cocktail was reflected in their live album of 1995, Monday Morning Coming Down…. In March 2005, Tex, Don and Charlie released their second studio album All is Forgiven and a third, You Don’t Know Lonely in 2017. All four albums have charted in the ARIA top 100.

The group’s third album, The Honeymoon Is Over, released in 1993, and its title song, won five ARIA Music Awards of 1994. They followed with a high- profile world tour. 1995 saw the release of the hugely successful Three Legged Dog album, which won the group another ARIA award. In 1998, The Cruel Sea released Over Easy in 1997 and Where There’s Smoke in 2001.

Perkins later joined Salamander Jim together with Kim Salmon from The Scientists and Richard Ploog from The Church. Due to tour commitments for Ploog and Salmon Perkins created a new band together with Stu Spasm and Lachlan MacLeod along with Martin Bland. The group recorded in 1985 and released their first album entitled Lorne Greene shares His Love for fluids, which was released on Red Eye Records.

Tex Perkins Net Worth

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

Perkins began his music career in the Brisbane cowpunk group Tex Deadly as well as the Dum-Dums. Perkins moved from Brisbane to Sydney in 1982. He gained an enormous amount of attention in Sydney’s Sydney indie music community, and also performing in Melbourne until his departure as guitar player Mark Halstead ended the band.

Beasts of Bourbon formed in Sydney in 1983. The initial Beasts lineup consisted of Perkins, Spencer P. Jones, James Baker, Kim Salmon and Boris Sudjovic. The group’s debut album The Axeman’s jazz was a huge success in the underground, however, the Beasts did not become an extra project for its members until 1988 , when the Beasts formed again to release Sour Mash and then the 1990’s Black Milk and 1991’s The Low Road. The band toured extensively in 1993. band performed extensively in support of The Belly of the Beasts’ double album From to the Belly of the Beasts, and then broke up for a time. They came back and released Gone in 1997. The album received mixed reviews, however, they released an unimportant single “Saturated”.

Perkins and Peter Read formed Thug in Sydney in 1987 when Read’s flatmate had a fascination for collecting and amassing electronic equipment. After using some of the gear on initial recordings in Read’s home studio, Perkins was eager to take it to the stage. Thug’s live sets would last twenty to twenty- five minutes, featuring dancers and theatrics. Thug released two studio albums Mechanical Ape / Proud Idiots Parade in 1987 and Electric Woolly Mammoth in 1988.

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Who is Tex Perkins Dating?

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In 2008, Perkins released the album No. 1’s & No. 2’s, credited to Tex Perkins And His Ladyboyz. In 2009, wrote the soundtrack to the Australian drama film Beautiful Kate. The album received an ARIA nomination for Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album for the soundtrack at the ARIA Music Awards of 2009.

Facts & Trivia

Tex Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Tex Perkins celebrates birthday on December 28 of every year.

On 10 June 2011, Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses released a new, self-titled album which peaked at number 73. Everyone’s Alone was released in 2012 followed by Tunnel at the End of the Light in July 2015 and peaked at number 52.

Top Facts about Tex Perkins

1. Tex Perkins is an Australian musician and actor.
2. He was born on December 28, 1964 in Darwin, Australia.
3. Perkins is best known as the lead singer of The Cruel Sea.
4. He has also fronted other bands including Beasts of Bourbon and Tex, Don & Charlie.
5. Perkins has released several solo albums throughout his career.
6. He has won multiple ARIA Awards for his music.
7. Perkins has acted in films and TV shows such as “The Wog Boy” and “Underbelly”.
8. In 2019, he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame with The Cruel Sea.
9. Perkins is known for his distinctive baritone voice and charismatic stage presence.
10. He continues to tour and perform both solo and with various bands.

What is Tex Perkins real name?

Gregory Stephen Perkins

How old is Tex Perkins?

57 years (December 28, 1964)

Where was Tex Perkins born?

Darwin, Australia

What genre is Tex Perkins?

Alternative/Indie

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