David Daniel Lane (born 31 January 1981) is an Australian musician. He is a solo artist and lead guitarist of

You Am I You Am I are an Australian power pop band, fronted by its lead singer-songwriter and guitarist, Tim Rogers. They formed in December 1989 and are the first Australian band to have released three successive albums that have each debuted at the ...

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entry. Retrieved 4 February 2010. He was also lead singer-guitarist of

The Pictures The Pictures are an Australian rock band based in Melbourne, Victoria. They were founded in 2000 as a side-project by Davey Lane, the lead guitarist of Australian alternative rock band You Am I. In their initial run, The Pictures released thre ...

(from 2000) and member of Australian supergroup, The Wrights.

Biography

As a teenager, Davey Lane transcribed the guitar parts for Australian alternative rock group,

's, website. He provided lead guitar as a session musician for the group's founding mainstay Tim Rogers on his debut solo album, '' What Rhymes with Cars and Girls'', which was released in March 1999. To promote the album, Rogers formed The Twin Set as his backing band, including Lane alongside Jen Anderson on violin; Ian Kitney on drums; and Stuart Speed on upright bass. When You Am I reconvened in July that year, Lane joined as a second guitarist for the band. Lane's first recorded work with You Am I is the live album, '' ...Saturday Night, 'Round Ten'', which was issued in September 1999. It had been recorded at the Casa del Resaca Warehouse in

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, in July. His first studio album with the group, ''

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'', appeared in April 2001. Australian music journalist,

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, felt that Lane's addition was "an important change" as it gave the group "extra guitar bite both on stage and in the studio". Also in 2001, Lane formed a side-project, the alternative rock group,

, with Leigh White on bass guitar and Brett Wolfenden on drums. Their debut single, "You'll See", appeared on the Illustrious Artists label that same year. They followed with a four-track debut extended play, ''I Dealt a Rollercoaster'', in 2002. Fist2Face's reviewer describes their work as the "sound of the modern world colliding with blood, sweat and wood to create timeless, melodic rock music. High on total energy yet grounded by killer hooks and playing".

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of ''

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'' noted their style "alternated between impassioned Neil Young workouts and Who-like eruptions". In January 2004, Lane was nominated as Best Lead Guitarist at the inaugural

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. In October that year

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of Jet organised a charity project, The Wrights, to raise money for Australian musician,

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. The supergroup recorded a cover version of Wright's signature song, " Evie", which was an 11-minute hit single from 1974. Lane provided rhythm guitar for Part 1 of "Evie", titled "Let Your Hair Hang Down" and lead guitar for Part 3, "I'm Losing You". On 29 January 2005 Lane performed "Evie" with The Wrights at

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in relief of the

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, presented at the

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. "Evie" by The Wrights was issued in February 2005, which peaked at No. 2 on the

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. Since 2005, Lane has periodically played in

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' backing band for touring and live recording. In June 2005 The Pictures' debut album, ''Pieces of Eight'', appeared. Mathieson felt that its "best moments, such as the melancholic 'All My Ties' and opener 'Stupid Me', forsake the usual bravado of first albums for a more reflective tone". In 2007 he joined

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for their tour in

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and Australia, temporarily replacing

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on miscellaneous guitar, keyboard and backup vocal duties. Late in 2008 Lane's groups each released an album: both You Am I's '' Dilettantes'' (September) and The Pictures' ''Kicking Indifference'' (November). On 6 September 2013, Lane issued his debut solo extended play, ''The Good Borne of Bad Tymes'', which was supported by a national tour in September and October. '' The Herald''s Jade Lazarevic described its "five tracks are a departure from Lane’s retro rock roots, with synths influenced by '70s groups such as the Gary Numan-fronted Tubeway Army and German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk working their way into the sound and even a 'space rock jam' track". He joined

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in November 2017 replacing the late Richard Lane (no relation) and toured Europe April/May 2018 for the 30th anniversary of the group's debt album "At First Sight Violets Are Blue". In 2018, he formed a group to back the legendary

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for an Australian tour. According to Lane, they have also collaborated in the studio on upcoming releases. In 2025, Lane's band toured with Rundgren again, this time in Australia and Japan. Since 2016, he has also performed periodically as touring guitarist for

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Movies, television and media

* Contributed to the '' Dirty Deeds'' soundtrack. * Lane has made multiple appearances on talk shows and musical presentation programs such as

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, JTV (now known as Triple J TV), The Carnival with Roy and HG, The Fat, Studio 22, The Gig, 10:30 Slot, as well as getting the honorable privilege of programming the music video program

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(ABC) with You Am I in 2006. * He is also webmaster and an occasional presenter on Melbourne Community Radio station Stereo 974's Let It Be Beatles program.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Other appearances

*The Vandas – ''Didn't Come Here To Be Alone'' (EP, 2004) * Charles Jenkins – ''Bungalow'' (LP, 2004) * The Wrights – ''Evie'' (single, 2005) *

– ''Double Happiness'' (LP, 2005) *

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– ''

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'' (LP, 2006) *

– ''Live at the Enmore'' (LP, 2009) * Charles Jenkins & The Zhivagos – ''Walk This Ocean'' (LP, 2010) * Laura Imbruglia – ''The Lighter Side Of...'' (LP, 2010) *

– ''Rage & Ruin'' (LP, 2010) *

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– ''Babylon'' (LP, 2011) *

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– ''Dirty, Dirty'' (LP, 2011) * Tim Rogers – ''Rogers Sings Rogerstein'' (LP, 2012) * Charles Jenkins & The Zhivagos – ''Love Your Crooked Neighbour With Your Crooked Heart'' (LP, 2012) *

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– ''Translations'' (LP, 2013) *

– ''30:30 Hindsight'' (LP, 2014) * Charles Jenkins & The Zhivagos – ''Too Much Water in the Boat'' (LP, 2014) *

– ''Age Against The Machine'' (LP, 2014) *Fraser A. Gorman – ''Slow Gum'' (LP, 2014) *

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''Can't Be Bothered'' (single, 2015) *

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– ''Anything Could Happen'' (LP, 2017) * Tim Rogers – ''An Actor Repairs'' (LP, 2017) *

– ''Tides'' (LP, 2018) * Charles Jenkins & The Zhivagos – ''The Last Polaroid'' (LP, 2017) *The Fame-Beats – ''Don't Tell No Lies/The Watford Stomp'' (single, 2018) *Fraser A. Gorman – ''Easy Dazy'' (LP, 2018) *

– ''My Criminal Record'' (LP, 2019) *

– ''Space Force'' (LP, 2022) *

- ''1967: Vacations in the Past'' (LP, 2024)

Awards and nominations

Music Victoria Awards

The

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, are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005. ! , - ,

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