Music Gregory Sneddon (aka Gregg and Greg Sneddon)

There is an excellent profile of composer Greg Sneddon, here, in relation to his 1975 album Mind Stroll:

Australian composer and instrumentalist Greg Sneddon is a man of which not much is known today, but he has written himself into Australian history books due to one particular event: He assembled a group of backing musicians while he was recording the soundtrack of a musical called "Riff Raff", and following these recording sessions this group of musicians would later eastablish a solid career as Men At Work.

Prior to that Sneddon released a single solo album however. "Mind Stroll" was recorded in 1974 and released in 1975. A nice and varied example of keyboard driven, accessible symphonic rock, by some described as similar in style to Australian band Sebastian Hardie. 

Greg Sneddon (Synthesizer - Arp) has been in the music industry since the early 1970ʼs, working in various bands (Alroy 1974 and Rainbow Theatre 1976), as a session man for the likes of Skyhooks (Living in the 70ʼs and Ego) and even the Comedy Company (Kylie Moleʼs ʻI Go I Goʼ). Greg was also one of the founding members of Men At Work..While studying economics in 1979 at university, Colin Hay met drummer Jerry Speiser and invited Speiser to one of the duo's informal jams at the Grace Emily Hotel. With a drummer on board Men at Work joined prog-rocking keyboard player Greg Sneddon to provide backing music for the amateur musical Riff Raff to which Sneddon had written the lyrics and music. For a short time Sneddon was an official member of Men At Work but multi-instrumentalist Greg Ham who provided keys, sax, flute and other instruments to the Men at Work sound replaced him.

Sneddon released a solo album in1974 called ʻMind Strollʼ with a follow up single ʻTake It Slow and Easy / Minuet In Eʼ in 1975. Rare and essential mid 70s piano/synth driven melodic progressive rock, but was never picked up by the radios. With flavours of Rick Wakeman in his keyboard playing and vocals similar to Peter Gabriel, this album is still worth a listen, and a vital addition to any collectorʼs vault. One could say that this album was a launching pad for many oz progressive rock bands of the 70ʼ, in particular Sebastian Hardie (aka Windchase).

For a review of the album and further details, head to that site. Sneddon's name also pops up elsewhere on the internet, often in relation to his time with Men at Work.

(Below: Greg Sneddon and his 1975 album Mind Stroll)