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| The new Collusion CD is currently being mixed and mastered and will be available soon... Watch this space! |
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| Good Question/Collusion (David Kelsey) would welcome
any feedback you may have, so send any comments, criticisms, encouragement,
etc. to frogpond@diddyweb.com |
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A Brief History
Good Question was basically formed in 1991 when
a couple of friends, the Two Davids (Elms and Kelsey)
began playing around with putting music to some
lyrics that DK had written a long time earlier.
It was mainly thought of as an outlet for writing
some original songs rather than sitting around the
house trying to work out the chords to other peoples'
songs.
It was also seen as a chance to prove to themselves
that anything was possible.
Another friend, Rudi, had played bass for various
bands around Brisbane in his younger days, with
varying degrees of success, Valhalla
being one of the more notable excursions, so we
recruited him as the original bass player. DK's
wife at the time played piano, so we recruited her
(although she was a little reluctant) and then added
another guy, Fred, who happened to own a drum kit.
The original formation had been born.
Initially, we gained access to a large space at
the top of the old Coles Building in Brisbane City,
but after a few sessions had to relocate. The only
space available was in David Kelsey's office, so
most Sunday afternoons were spent making a noise,
much to the chagrin of any other occupants of the
building at the time.
Our first gig came as a bit of a surprise. Rudi
announced one day that a friend was having a 40th
birthday party and would like us to play. This was
a lot more serious than any of us had ever intended,
so a manic period of rehearsals took place and we
arrived at the party reasonably confident in what
we could do.
It was about this stage that DK and Rudi were talking
to a couple of people who asked the name of the
band. Since the band didn't have a name at that
stage, they kinda looked at each other and said
"Good Question." And then, looked at each other
again and both said at the same time, "Sounds good,"
and so the name was created.
The party was a blast!
The audience were into the music and were dancing
to the songs, which was such a great feeling for
us.
We only had 8 songs, 6 of our own and two cover
versions. After we had finished playing, some of
the partygoers asked us to do them again.
Unfortunately, our drummer, Fred, had to leave as
he had been having a disagreement with his girlfriend
and she was waiting in the car outside.
One of the audience offered to act as a substitute
and so we replayed the same songs again, to great
effect.
Our second gig wasn't so much fun as we were playing
outside at a party and none of the audience were
too concerned about our efforts. That night, we
had talked about giving it away as it hadn't been
a good experience.
The next gig, a few weeks later, was similar, but
better. At least the audience was sitting listening
to us for the majority of our songs.
The band rehearsed a total of twelve songs and then
arranged to go to a professional studio to record
them.
 In
August 1991, Good Question recorded their first
self-funded album - "That's a Good Question"
- whose listening audience consisted mainly of family
and friends, although a few copies were actually
sold to several people, which wasn't really the
purpose, but it helped pay for the recording costs
in a small way.
This album included a variety of influences from
Country to Guitar Pop. Although the first CD sounds
a bit dated these days, there were always plans
for a second CD.
The recording experience was fantastic and although
we felt that the first batch of songs were ok, we
thought we could do better and needed to progress
to another level in order to continue our objective.
Eventually, the office next door to DK became vacant
and so we moved all the gear into that room and
set it up as a practice room.
This idea came to an abrupt end one friday night
when were manically trying to rehearse for a gig
- a surprise party being held for the guitarist,
Dave Elms, and we caused too much noise for the
other tenants of the building and were asked to
leave in no uncertain terms.
After Dave's party, a final gig was held at a church
hall in Newmarket, Brisbane, where we invited all
and sundry with the promise of free beer. Many people
promised to attend, but unfortunately only about
15 people turned up. There was a lot of beer left
over that night and it took a long time to finish
it!
Not long after the initial recording sessions, however,
we lost two of the original band members.
Unfortunately, DK separated from his wife, and eventually
got divorced, so we lost a keyboard player, and
then the bass player, Rudi, met a woman - the night
before the first gig as it happened! - and eventually
got married and, naturally, wanted to spend more
time establishing the relationship with his new
wife, so we had to find a new bass player.
A couple of months later, with the intention of
recording a second self-funded album, a new bass
player was found, Steve Norris - a workmate of Fred's,
although in actuality, Steve was more of a guitar
player than a bass player.
In early 1992, writing, rehearsing and recording
the new material began. It was a long and laborious
process.
At the same time, Steve introduced us to another
friend going by the name of Jesse Parker, who
came along to a few rehearsal sessions and put
a different perspective on the arrangements of
some of the songs, which in the end turned out
to be quite a bonus as it changed our approach
to songwriting and arrangements.
A part time keyboard player/guitarist, Warren
Mitchell, was added in 1994 to bring some keyboards
to the sound.
 After
rehearsing the next set of songs, and spending around
5 years in the recording process, the second album
- "Faces in the Crowd" - was finally
completed in late 1999. This album was seen as a
massive progression from the first recording, also
involving other musicians from outside the band.
After completing the second CD, however, it was
basically a slow downward spiral into inactivity
as babies, marriage and outside demands got in the
way of the music.
The band's influences vary from Hard Rock to New
Age covering a broad spectrum in between, this ensures
diverse and often contradictory styles within the
songs.
The band considers itself to be primarily a studio
band rather than a live group. Although we have
played live on numerous occasions, we feel our music
is better suited to the studio environment and the
freedom this provides.
However, we haven't played together in a very long
time so don't expect to see us live any time soon!
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