Pseudo Echo

In the 1980s, Pseudo Echo had multiple Australian top 20 hits with "Listening", "A Beat for You", "Don't Go", "Love an Adventure", and "Living in a Dream".

[1][3][4] Molly Meldrum, television presenter and talent co-ordinator for the pop music series Countdown, saw the group at a gig and aired them on his show with a demo version of "Listening" in June 1983.

[1][2] The band were signed to EMI Records and "Listening" – re-recorded and produced by Peter Dawkins – was issued in November as their debut single.

[6] Their debut album, Autumnal Park, produced by Dawkins and John Punter, was released in June 1984 and peaked at No.

[2] Another line-up change occurred after its recording with Argiro replaced by James' brother Vince Leigh (aka Vincent Dingli) on drums.

[6] In November 1985, Canham was part of the supergroup the Incredible Penguins, who recorded a cover of the John Lennon and Yoko Ono hit "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" for charity; it peaked at No.

[6][10] In November 1986, Pseudo Echo released a cover version of the Lipps Inc. disco song "Funky Town", which spent seven weeks at number one from December.

In September 1986, James and Vince Leigh appeared in the music video for John Farnham's single, "You're the Voice" despite not contributing to its audio recording.

[1] After Pseudo Echo disbanded, in 1990, bassist Pierre Gigliotti joined All the Young Dudes with former Geisha lead singer Chris Doheny.

Andy McIvor was added on bass guitar and Dave Stuart on keyboards, and they toured as Brill, which issued a self-titled album in August 1997.

[1] Pseudo Echo reunited in March 1998, with Canham and Gigliotti joined by Danielson on drums and Tony Featherstone on keyboards (ex-the Badloves), and toured Australia.

In February of that year, they supported international visitors Culture Club and Village People on the Retro Event of the New Millenium tour.

In 2007, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pseudo Echo, Canham and Gigliotti were joined by previous members James and Vince Leigh for a sold-out show at the Crown Casino, Melbourne.

This performance was followed by a short Australian tour before Canham and Gigliotti were rejoined by latter day members, Danielson and Grayson.

In 2012, co-founder Gigliotti resigned from the band and was replaced by Simon Rayner (bass keys, backing vocals).

In 2014, the band undertook a successful crowd-funding campaign which enabled them to release their fourth studio album, Ultraviolet.

In January 2015, the group recorded a live performance in Hollywood's Viper Room in front of a sold-out crowd.

In July 2024, the lineup consists of Brian Canham, Matty Ray, James Mudd, Abigail Lula, & new backing vocalist Valentina Taylor.

Note: [on-line] version of The Who's Who of Australian Rock was established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

Pseudo Echo's touring lineup for 40th Anniversary Love an Adventure Tour. From left to right: Valentina Taylor (backing vocals), Elliott Orban (drums), Andrea Krakovská (guitar), Brian Canham (lead vocals, guitar), Danny Ammar (keyboards), Michael Kasif (keytar)