Dennis ‘Mop’ Conlon: Singer and guitarist for Mop and the Dropouts.
David Corazza: Founder of Boxcar with singer David Smith, serving as songwriter and producer before leaving the band in 1990.
Joc Curran and C: Proprietors of long-standing venue The Zoo, established in December 1992.
Paul Curtis: Manager of Regurgitator. After co-founding the Velvet Urge label with Graham Don, he set up his own label, Valve, and management company, Consume.
Jim Dickson: Bass player for the Survivors and, earlier, Railroad Gin. Went on to play with Radio Birdman, the New Christs and Deniz Tek (in the Passengers) as well as English garage-surf band the Barracudas.
Graham Don: DJ at the Funkyard, 1991–1992. Co-founded the Velvet Urge label with Paul Curtis.
Nick Earls: Author whose third novel, Bachelor Kisses, took its title from a Go-Betweens song.
Ben Ely: Bass player for Regurgitator. Also played with funk-punk band Pangaea.
Bernard Fanning: Singer of Powderfinger. Solo artist.
Michael Finucan: Triple Zed announcer, 1977–1982.
Robert Forster: Co-founder, singer and guitarist of the Go-Betweens with Grant McLennan. Solo artist.
Kiley Gaffney: Musician and performance artist who has recorded two albums, Bitter Fluff and Sweet Meat.
James Gifford: Commerce representative for Victoria Brazil’s team that gained control of the University of Queensland student union in 1989. Successfully ran for the 1991 union presidency, replacing Jane Lye.
Lachlan ‘Magoo’ Goold: Producer who began his recording career at Red Zeds studios in Albion. Worked with dozens of Brisbane bands including Custard and Regurgitator.
Steve Gray: Journalist who helped break the story of the police raid on a hippie commune at Cedar Bay, 1976.
Brendan Greenhill: Triple Zed journalist, 1992–1996, and presenter of the current affairs program, Brisbane Line. Continued volunteering as a news coordinator at the station until 1999.
Helen Hambling: Triple Zed announcer, 1975–1977. Continued as a volunteer at the station until 1985.
Ian Haug: Guitarist for Powderfinger.
Mark C Halstead: Guitarist and mandolin player with the Disposable Fits, Tex Deadly and the Dum Dums, the Kingswoods and Pineapples from the Dawn of Time. Released one solo album, Before And After Love, produced by Graham Lee.
Darren Hayes: Singer of Savage Garden. Solo artist.
Anne Jones: Triple Zed station co-ordinator, 1982–1983.
John (Francis) Kennedy: Singer and guitarist for JFK and the Cuban Crisis and John Kennedy’s Love Gone Wrong.
Tony Kneipp: Political activist. Recorded the protest song Pig City under the name the Parameters in 1983. Later played with bands including Trash of all Nations and Fugitive Microbes.
Alan Knight: Editor of Semper Floreat in 1973. Announcer and journalist at Triple Zed from 1975–1976, hosting the Request Show as the obnoxious Duane Flick.
Ed Kuepper: Founder and guitarist of the Saints. Later formed the Laughing Clowns before embarking on a prolific solo career. In the early ’90s he also led the Aints.
Brian Laver: Activist who helped create Foco, a multi-media Sunday evening speakeasy, at Trades Hall in 1968. These events were the inspiration for Triple Zed’s Joint Efforts.
Dave Lennon (née Qualischefski): Triple Zed producer and announcer, 1985–1994. Co-ordinated and promoted several early Market Days.
Kellie Lloyd: Bass player of Screamfeeder. Solo artist.
Jane Lye: Campaigned to oust the University of Queensland student union executive led by Victoria Brazil in 1989. Successfully ran for the 1990 union presidency.
David McCormack: Singer and guitarist for Custard and COW, as well as many other bands associated with the ’90s Spring Hill scene. Solo artist.
Dylan McCormack: Guitarist for Biro. Along with older brother David, played in several bands around the Spring Hill scene in the ’90s. Co-wrote many of Custard’s best-known songs.
Grant McLennan (d. 2006): Original bass player, later guitarist and, with Robert Forster, co-founder of the Go-Betweens. Solo artist. Collaborated with both the Church’s Steve Kilbey (in Jack Frost) and Powderfinger’s Ian Haug (in Far Out Corporation).
Rod McLeod: Guitarist for Young Identities. Also played with the Bodysnatchers, Just Urbain, Section Urbane and Kicks. Singles by all of these groups were released on the Savage/Shake Music label. Bass player with Pineapples from the Dawn of Time.
Simon McKenzie: Editor of Brisbane street paper Time Off, 1994–1997.
Stuart Matchett: One of the original announcers for Triple Zed on its debut in December 1975. Defected to Sydney and Triple J in 1977.
Mick Medew: Singer and guitarist for the Screaming Tribesmen.
Robert (Bob) Moore: Bass player for COW. COW served as Robert Forster’s backing band on his Calling From A Country Phone album. The group released one independent album, Beard.
Lindy Morrison: Drummer for the Go-Betweens, playing on all six of the band’s albums until their breakup in 1989. She also briefly played drums for Zero (later Xero) and the Four Gods. In the early ’90s she formed the short-lived Cleopatra Wong with Amanda Brown.
Brett Myers: Singer and guitarist for the End. Later formed Died Pretty with Ron Peno.
Nick Naughton: Drummer with several bands associated with the Spring Hill scene in the ’90s, including Hugbubble and Cunningham.
Andy Nehl: Announcer and producer at Triple Zed, 1980–1982. Later returned to Sydney to take up a position at Triple J.
Damian Nelson: Founder of the Able Label and the Go-Betweens’ first manager.
Terry O’Gorman: Prominent barrister and president of the Australian Council for Civil Liberties. At the Fitzgerald Inquiry, he famously cross-examined former premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, refusing to address the former Premier as anything more than ‘witness’.
Phil Parker: Announcer at Triple Zed, 1979–1986, and from 1990–1997.
Tam Patton: Keyboard player for Full Fathom Five. Also played bass in Nightstick, featuring Heinz Riegler (ex-Not From There) and former Regurgitator drummer Martin Lee.
Ron Peno: Began his singing career (as Ronnie Pop) with the Hellcats in Sydney. Later joined Mick Medew in the 31st in Brisbane before returning to Sydney to form Died Pretty with Brett Myers.
Greg ‘Tex’ Perkins: Singer, Tex Deadly and the Dum Dums. Later played in countless bands (sporting names like Salamander Jim, Toilet Duck and Thug) alongside his role as frontman for the Beasts of Bourbon. In the ’90s, became a bona fide mainstream rock star with the Cruel Sea.
Paul Piticco: Manager of Powderfinger. Founder, Secret Service Artist Management.
Douglas Porter: Long-serving secretary and registrar at the University of Queensland until his retirement at the end of 2008.
John Reid (aka The Brisbane Devotee): Promoter of many punk shows, or ‘hall dances’ as they were usually advertised, in the late ’70s. Manager of Razar.
Bill Riner: Assisted Triple Zed in test broadcasts in 1975. Joined the station from AM broadcaster 4KQ in December 1976. Later joined Triple M when it began broadcasting in Brisbane in 1980. Joined the ABC in 1989.
Peter Rohweder: Started volunteering at Triple Zed in 1994; began assisting in the coordination of the station’s Market Day in March 1996. Station manager, 2000–2002, before taking up the same post for ethnic broadcaster 4EB.
Julian Sheezel: Treasurer in Victoria Brazil’s student union executive that attempted to evict Triple Zed from its campus premises in 1988. Former president of the Australian Liberal Students’ Federation. As of 2014, federal deputy director of the Liberal Party.
Brad Shepherd: Singer and guitarist for the Fun Things, originally known as the Aliens. Briefly joined the 31st before moving to Sydney, where he joined the Hitmen before becoming lead guitarist with the Hoodoo Gurus.
Mark Simpson: Police officer originally subcontracted by Triple Zed to oversee police operations at the Cybernana Market Day in 1996.
Phil Smith: Proprietor of Discreet Records, 1975–79.
John Stanwell: Student activist who played a key role in the establishment of Triple Zed. As the events co-ordinator for the station, helped set up the first Joint Efforts.
Tim Steward: Singer and guitarist for Screamfeeder.
James Straker: Original member of Custard Gun, later to become Custard. Later he opened his own shop, Silver Rocket, and joined cartoon pop band the Melniks.
Glenn Thompson: Drummer for COW. Joined Custard (replacing Danny Plant) after the recording of the band’s second album Wisenheimer. Also played with bass player Adele Pickvance in Robert Forster’s backing band, Warm Nights, and later played with Pickvance in the Go-Betweens.
Warwick Vere: Proprietor of Rocking Horse Records.
Robert Vickers: Bass player for the Numbers. Later joined the Go-Betweens, playing on three albums (Spring Hill Fair, Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express and Tallulah).
Clinton Walker: Journalist and author.
Peter Milton Walsh: Singer and songwriter for the Apartments. Also briefly a member of the Go-Betweens, and later the Laughing Clowns.
Peter Walsh: Founder and producer of the Livid Festival.
Ross Watson (d. 2013): Key player in the establishment of Murri Radio on Triple Zed. He also played a vital role in the establishment of 4AAA (Murri Country).
Marian Wilkinson: Began her journalism career at Triple Zed in 1975. She has since worked as a deputy editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and as an executive producer of Four Corners.
Liz Willis: Announcer and journalist at Triple Zed, 1982–1985.
John Willsteed: Guitarist in Xero. Played bass and additional guitar on the Go-Betweens’ sixth album, 16 Lovers Lane.
John Woodruff: Manager of Savage Garden. Previously had worked with other emerging Australian artists including the Baby Animals and Mark Lizotte, then known as Johnny Diesel.
Linden Woodward: Journalist at Triple Zed, 1979–1982 before joining Triple J in Sydney.
Ed Wreckage (née Dzidrch): Drummer of the Leftovers, shifting to guitar after the departure of Jim Shoebridge.
Quan Yeomans: Singer and guitarist for Regurgitator. Solo artist. Also played in Happyland with Spiderbait’s Janet English.
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