Ashley John Naylor (born 1970) is an Australian musician, best known for his guitar and vocals in

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-based band

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entry. Retrieved 4 February 2010. In 1987 at the age of 17, Naylor played guitar in Melbourne

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band The Swarm, whose bassist Tim Aylward was best known as guitarist for

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between 1989 and 1994. He occasionally played guitar with Melbourne band Pray TV on studio recordings and also live. In 1994 he formed Even with Matthew Cotter, whom he had played with in Swarm, and bass player Wally Kempton of

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. In 1995, Naylor was playing with both Even and Fragment, who later changed their name to

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, a group fronted by Naylor's songwriting friend Danny Vertessy, turning his main focus to Even by 1998. In 1999 Naylor created another side band, The Grapes, with singer

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. In 1999 he contributed guitar to

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' ''Spiritual Burn'' album. He also played with the

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's house band. In 2006, together with Cameron Bruce, he joined Paul Kelly's touring band, replacing

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, who left to join The Drones. Naylor released his debut solo album, ''Four Track Mind'', in 2004 on El Reno Records, later released in September 2006 in the USA on Elephant Stone Records. He also plays guitar in a band with Spiderbait drummer-vocalist Kram, in The Ronson Hangup and in the Manta Trio. Naylor released his second solo album ''High Horse'' in November 2011 on El Reno Music. In 2016 Naylor joined

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. In 2015 and 2016 he was guitarist for the RocKwiz 'Orkestra', the house band for the TV music trivia quiz

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. In February 2020 Naylor joined Australian band The Church. Naylor is not related to fellow Australian guitarist Tony Naylor of the

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Discography

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