Peter Oxley was the

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for 1980s Australian

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band

The Sunnyboys Sunnyboys are an Australian power pop band formed in Sydney in 1979. Fronted by singer-songwriter, guitarist Jeremy Oxley, the band "breathed some freshness and vitality into the divergent Sydney scene". Their first two albums, ''Sunnyboys ...

. He is credited with writing two songs with

: "The Stooge" (from the 1984 album ''Get Some Fun'') and "You Don't Need Me" (from the 1983 album ''Individuals''). He also co-wrote "Let You Go", from the group's 1981 self-titled debut album with his brother Jeremy. The older brother of Sunnyboys front man Jeremy Oxley, Peter later teamed with their sister Melanie Oxley in her band The Sparklers. Peter lives in Newtown, Sydney, working at the gourmet pizza restaurant he owns and manages. In 2017, Peter joined Ed Kuepper's revival of The Aints! for a series of shows playing material from Kuepper's earlier band, The Saints. Following the tour, the band recorded an album of songs originally written around the time of The Saints, and followed this with another tour in late 2018.

Discography

Albums with (The Sunnyboys : 1980–84, 92 & 98)

* ''The Sunnyboys -

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(1981) * ''Individuals'' - Mushroom (May 1982) * ''Get Some Fun'' - Mushroom (1984) * ''Real Live Sunnyboys'' - Mushroom (1984) * ''Days Are Gone'' - Closer (1984) * ''Plays The Best'' -

Mushroom Records Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival M ...

(July 1991) * ''Shakin: Live August 1991'' - Phantom Records (1992) * ''This Is Real: Singles/Live/Rare'' - Feel Presents/

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(20 September 2004)

Albums with (The Sparklers : 1985-1989)

* ''Persuasion'' - Mighty Boy (October 1988)

Albums with (The Aints! : 2017-2018)

* ''The Church of Simultaneous Existence'' -

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(2018)

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