Vince Melouney
Australian musician (born 1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vincent Melouney (born 18 August 1945) is an Australian musician. He is best known as an official member of the Bee Gees from 1967 to 1969 during the group's initial period of worldwide success.
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Birth name | Vincent Melouney |
Born | (1945-08-18) 18 August 1945 (age 78) Sydney, Australia |
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Years active | 1963–present |
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Before becoming a member of the Bee Gees in March 1967, he founded the bands The Vibratones (1963), The Aztecs (1964), Vince And Tony's Two (1965), and The Vince Maloney Sect (1966). Billy Thorpe later joined The Aztecs. Melouney assembled the Australian "supergroup" Fanny Adams in 1970. Along with Tony Worsley and The Blue Jays in 1965, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke in 1969, and The Cleves in 1971, he also had brief stints with each group.