Below is a short history of the Dave Graney/ Clare Moore experience over the last couple of decades. Courtesy of Ian McFarlanes excellent encyclopedia of Australian Rock.

Encyclopedia entry for the Dave Graney and the Lurid Yellow Mist.
Constant members David Graney and Clare Moore.
Began their trip in 1978, still travelling .
Style : Tricked up Country-flavoured R&B?

Original line-up of Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes (Formed London 1988) : David Graney vocals, guitar; ex-Moodists), Clare Moore (drums; ex-Moodists), Malcolm Ross (guitar; ex-Orange Juice), Gordy Blair (bass), Louis Vause (keyboards).
From 1990 to their last show in 1997 the Coral Snakes consisted of David Graney, Clare Moore, Gordy Blair (bass) , Rod Hayward (guitar) and Robin Casinader (piano).

NB Previously Moore and Graney had been in the Moodists with Steve Miller, Chris Walsh, Mick Turner and (latterly) David McClymont who released three albums (Engine shudder, thirstys calling and double life) and several EP's.

Albums: My Life on the Plains (with The White Buffaloes; Fire/MDS, 1990), Codine (mini-album with The White Buffaloes, Fire/MDS, 1990), I Was the Hunter . . . And I Was the Prey (with The Coral Snakes; Fire/MDS, 1992), Lure of the Tropics (as Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes, Torn & Frayed/Shock, 1992), Night of the Wolverine (as Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes, Id/Mercury, 1993), You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel (as Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes, Id/Mercury, 1994), The Soft 'n' Sexy Sound (as Dave Graney `n' the Coral Snakes, Id/Mercury, 1995; repackaged in 1996 with bonus disc Simply the Best `El Supremo'), The Devil Drives (as Dave Graney `n' the Coral Snakes, Id/Mercury, 1997), The Dave Graney Show (as The Dave Graney Show, Festival, 1998), The Baddest (as Dave
Graney ‘n’ the Coral Snakes, Grudge/Universal, 1999), Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (as The Dave Graney Show, Cockaigne/Shock, 2000).
The Third Woman, ( solo cd by Clare Moore, 2001).
Heroic Blues , The Dave Graney Show ( Cockaigne/ MGM) 2002.
The soundtrack to the motion picture Bad Eggs ( David Graney and Clare moore, Liberation 2003)
The Brother Who Lived ( the Royal Dave Graney Show, Cockaigne/ MGM 2003)
Night of the Wolverine reissue (Cockaigne/ MGM 2004)
Hashish and Liquor (Reverberation 2005)
Keepin' it Unreal (Cockaigne/Reverberation 2006/7)

History
At the 1996 Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards ceremony, Dave Graney was named Best Australian Male Artist. With characteristic style, Dave's wardrobe for the occasion consisted of a pink, crushed velvet suit and a wig that would have made any self-respecting 1970s porno star jealous. By announcing tongue-in-cheek "the King is dead, long live the King", Graney accepted his rightful place alongside John Paul Young, John Farnham and Daryl Braithwaite in the King of Pop pantheon. Of course, it had only taken the local music industry 16 years to acknowledge one of the most enigmatic and genuinely talented rock showmen this country has ever known. If paying one's dues is the way to stardom, then Graney's time was well overdue.
Graney started out in The Slunks, a punk band he put together in 1978 with a few friends in his hometown of Mount Gambier, South Australia. He moved to Adelaide and formed Sputniks with Clare Moore (drums), Steve Miller (guitar), Phil Costello (guitar) and Liz Dealey (bass). Graney, Moore and Miller moved to Melbourne as The Moodists in 1980. The Moodists , now consistng of Steve Miller, Clare Moore, Dave Graney, Chris Walsh (bass) and Mick Turner guitar, relocated to London in October 1983, and broke up in 1986.
At the end of 1987, Graney and Moore unveiled their new band, Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes. The rest of the band comprised British musicians Louis Vause, Gordy Blair and Malcolm Ross. The Coral Snakes replaced the unsettling thump'n'grind of The Moodists with a more refined, lyrical style of rock with a noticeable Gram Parsons flavour. Graney and his band recorded their debut 12-inch EP, Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes at His Stone Beach, with producer Barry Adamson in August 1988. Just as the EP came out in the UK on the Fire label, Graney and Moore had to leave the country at the behest of the Immigration Department. Once settled back in Australia, Graney and Moore formed The White Buffaloes with Rod Hayward (guitar; ex-Little Murders), Chris Walsh (bass; ex-Moodists) and Conway Savage (from Boy Kings) on keyboards. Martin Lubran (ex-Hunters & Collectors) augmented the line-up on pedal steel guitar. "My Life on the Plains" (March 1990) revealed Graney's love of romantic, country-flavoured R&B, and included covers of Gram Parson's `Brass Buttons' and Fred Neil's `Dolphins' (as covered by Tim Buckley). The album title was derived from the autobiography of Lt. Col. George Custer. Graney also developed his Buffalo Bill Cody persona around that time, replete with waxed goatee and ostrich-skin jacket. By the time the album appeared, Graham Lee (ex-Triffids) had replaced Lubran on pedal steel, and Savage had departed to tour with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
The new line-up recorded the live in the studio mini-album "Codine", which came out in late 1990. Graney and Moore returned to the UK in June 1990 to reconnect with the original Coral Snakes ( with the addition of Rod Hayward on guitar) to record a second album "I Was the Hunter . . . And I Was the Prey". The album was held up for over a year due to business problems with the band's English label, Fire. By the time it came out in May 1992, the band had transformed into Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes and had returned to Australia. The new line-up of Graney, Moore, Hayward, Gordy Blair and Robin Casinader (keyboards; ex-Wreckery) came together in mid-1991. That line-up recorded the live album "Lure of the Tropics", issued by the Torn & Frayed label (July 1992). (Casinader also issued a solo album in August 1991, All This will Be Yours).

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Clare Moore onstage with the Moodists 1984.

David Graney & Clare Moore Discography (retrospectively)
Keepin' it Unreal (Dave Graney and Clare Moore...featuring Stu D . Reverberation 2006/7)
Hashish and Liquor,(Dave Graney and Clare Moore. Reverberation 2005)
The Brother who lived, (the Royal Dave Graney Show, Cockaigne 2003)
The soundtrack to the movie Bad Eggs (David Graney and Clare Moore,Liberation,2003)
Two Fisted Art (the Moodists, WMinc, 2003)
Heroic Blues (the Dave Graney Show, Cockaigne 2002)
The Third Woman (Clare Moore solo CD, Chapter Music 2001)
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (the Dave Graney Show, Cockaigne 2000)
The Dave Graney Show (the Dave Graney Show, Festival 1998)
The Devil Drives (Coral Snakes, Universal 1997)
The Soft'n'Sexy Sound (Coral Snakes, Universal 1995)
You wanna be there… (Coral Snakes, Universal 1994)
Night of the wolverine (Coral Snakes, Universal 1993)
Lure of the tropics (Coral Snakes, Torn and Frayed 1992)
I was the hunter and I was the prey (Coral Snakes, Fire 1992)
My life on the plains (White Buffaloes, 1990)
Double Life (the Moodists, 1985)
Thirstys Calling (the Moodists, 1984)
Engine Shudder (the Moodists, 1982)

Here is a page with links for downloads , from the lastest albums , "keepin it unreal" and "hashish and liquor" as well as many other Dave Graney cds. Tracks can be digitally bought and downloaded from emusic, itunes, mp3.com.au, Rhapsody, Napster etc.....

Dave Graney broke up the Coral Snakes in December 1997. Having formed a new 4-piece band, and discarded the two-gig try-out moniker of Love Me Love My Balls, he settled on the new band name of The Dave Graney Show. In the meantime, Graney and Clare Moore, backed by the Dirty Three, had contributed a cover of the Hal David/Burt Bacharach song ‘What the World Needs Now (Is Love)’, to the all-Australian To Hal and Bacharach tribute album on WEA (April 1998). Graney also made a two-episode acting appearance in television soapie Neighbours (late 1997).
As well as Graney and Moore, The Dave Graney Show comprised 21-year old jazz/funk guitarist Stuart Perera and Adele Pickvance (bass; Pickvance had also worked with the Robert Forster Band and Grant McLennan’s Far Out Corporation). The band’s new album, The Dave Graney Show, came out in November 1998. It was a strong album, and featured guest players like Sean Kelly (backing vocals), Andrew Duffield (keyboards) and Billy Miller (guitar, vocals). The album spawned a single, ‘Your Masters Must be Pleased with You’, in February 1999, by which time Miller had joined The Dave Graney Show as a permanent member.
At the end of 1999, the Grudge label issued the Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes compilation "The Baddest" (September). It was released simultaneously with a batch of ‘Best Of’ collections, comprising Clouds’ Favourites, The Cruel Sea’s The Most and Beasts of Bourbon’s Beyond Good and Evil.
The Dave Graney show single, ‘Drugs are Wasted on the Young’ (February 2000), was the first release on Graney’s own label, Cockaigne. It was also the first single lifted from the album "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" (April 2000). Graney took the album title from the Horace McCoy book (1948) and the James Cagney film (1950). It was also released through out the UK and Europe on the Cooking Vinyl label.
Another classy release, the album included the masterful pastiche ‘Have You Heard About the Melbourne Mafia?’. By that stage, Billy Miller had issued his new, solo CD Elsternwick ’69 (March 2000), which featured contributions from Graney and Moore.
2001 began with Graney and Moore extending their field of endeavour outside the shores of Australia, completing showcase shows in New York and London , a tour of Vietnam and and a two month stint opening for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds throughout Europe.
In July 2001 Clare Moore released her highly acclaimed debut solo cd, "the Third Woman" on the Melbourne based Chapter Music label.

2002 saw the release of Heroic Blues (COCK005) on Cockaigne through MGM. Also the single release of "are we goin' too fast for love?". (both available online through this site)
2003 saw the release of "two fisted art", a double CD compilation of material by the Moodists. Shows were played in Melbourne and Sydney in June.
The CD was released and distributed by Hot in Europe in May.

In July there was also the release of "the soundtrack to the motion picture Bad Eggs by David Graney and Clare Moore" This was a 20 track instrumental collection which was composed for Tony Martins debut feature.
A new RDGS single "Midnight to Dawn" (COCK007) followed in August.
The Brother Who Lived (COCK008) was released in October 2003.
A second single, "all our friends were stars" (COCK009) was released early in 2004.
"Night of the Wolverine" (COCK010) was released, along with six extra tracks in July 2004).
This was followed by the first non Graney release on Cockaigne, Spike Priggens "stars after stars after stars" (Cock011) in October 2004.

2005 saw the release of Hashish and Liquor on Sydney label Reverberation. A double set with Graney taking one disc and Moore the other.
Late 2006 saw the release of "Keepin' it unreal". An album credited to Dave Graney and Clare Moore...featuring Stu D aka le comte d'alucard. Again released on reverberation.

Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop / Ian McFarlane 1999
Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd

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