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Venetians were an Australian synthpop act formed in 1982 by English-born Rik Swinn on lead vocals, who enlisted Matthew Hughes on keyboards (ex-Gotham City); Tim Powles on drums (ex-Ward 13); Dave Skeet on guitar, bass guitar, synthesiser and vocals; and Peter Watson on guitar, bass guitar, synthesiser and vocals (ex-Scandal, Extractors). They issued three studio albums, Step Off the Edge (May 1985), Calling in the Lions (June 1986) and Amazing World (1988). They had top 30 hit singles in Australia with "So Much for Love" (December 1985), "Inspiration" (March 1986) and "Bitter Tears" (May 1988). Swinn disbanded the group in 1989.

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rdfs:comment	Venetians were an Australian synthpop act formed in 1982 by English-born Rik Swinn on lead vocals, who enlisted Matthew Hughes on keyboards (ex-Gotham City); Tim Powles on drums (ex-Ward 13); Dave Skeet on guitar, bass guitar, synthesiser and vocals; and Peter Watson on guitar, bass guitar, synthesiser and vocals (ex-Scandal, Extractors). They issued three studio albums, Step Off the Edge (May 1985), Calling in the Lions (June 1986) and Amazing World (1988). They had top 30 hit singles in Australia with "So Much for Love" (December 1985), "Inspiration" (March 1986) and "Bitter Tears" (May 1988). Swinn disbanded the group in 1989. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Australian new wave musical groups Vic Coppersmith-Heaven 1982 establishments in Australia Musical groups disestablished in 1989 Musical groups established in 1982 Compact disc Chrysalis Records Dance Club Songs Angry Anderson Chrysalis Records artists Tim Powles Triple J Alex Proyas Musical groups from Sydney Festival Records Nik Kershaw Kent Music Report Festival Records (Australia) The Canberra Times The Church (band) ARIA Charts LP record Billboard Hot 100 Sydney Electropop Mark Opitz Split Enz Ian McFarlane Icehouse (band) New South Wales New wave music Cassette tape Scribble (band) Rock music The Divinyls
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.top40book.com.au/
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past members	* Rik Swinn * David Skeet * Peter Watson * Tim Powles * Matthew Hughes * Steve Ball * Lee Borkman (en)
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