Peter Luscombe is an Australian drummer and composer.

Career

Luscombe was a member of

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from 1985 to 1993 appearing on the albums ''A Place in the World'' (1986), ''Dear Children'' (1987), ''Hold on to Me'' (1988), ''Harley and Rose'' (1990), ''Better Times'' (1993). He worked with

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as a member of Stephen Cummings' Lovetown, and the Stephen Cummings Band. He joined Rebecca's Empire which was formed by

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and Shane O'Mara (both also part of Cummings' backing bands). They released two albums, ''Way of All Things'' (1996) and ''Welcome'' (1999) before breaking up in 2000. In the mid '90s he joined Paul Kelly's Band and later Professor Ratbaggy and

Stardust Five Stardust Five is five-piece surf rock and pop music, pop band based in Melbourne, Australia. The members of the band Dan Kelly (musician), Dan Kelly, Paul Kelly (Australian musician), Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Peter Luscombe and Bill MacDonald hav ...

. In 1998 he was part of the Singers For The Red Black & Gold who released a cover of " Yil Lull" which was nominated for the

ARIA Award The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austra ...

for Best Indigenous Release. Along with Paul Kelly, Shane O'Mara and fellow members of Professor Ratbaggy he provided the soundtrack to ''

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''. This earned him an ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack Album in 2002. From 2005 to 2016 he was drummer and singer for the RocKwiz Orkestra, the house band for TV music quiz show, ''

RocKwiz ''RocKwiz'' is an Australian television live music trivia quiz show, focused on rock music and featuring different guest artist musicians who perform live in each episode. The show was co-created by Brian Nankervis, Peter Bain-Hogg, and Ken C ...

''. He appeared on their 2011 '' The RocKwiz Christmas Album'' which was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album in 2012. His younger brother Dan Luscombe is also a musician. The two brothers were both members of Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions.

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

is an annual awards ceremony held by the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luscombe, Peter Australian rock drummers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Stardust Five members Professor Ratbaggy members