Person · Male
Ed Kuepper
- From
- Bremen, Brisbane
- Since
- 1955–present
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- Releases
- 50
- rock
About
Edmund Kuepper (born 20 December 1955) is a German-born Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded the punk band The Saints in 1973, the experimental post-punk group Laughing Clowns (active 1979–85) and the grunge-like The Aints! (1991–94, 2017–present). He has also recorded over a dozen albums as a solo artist using a variety of backing bands. His highest charting solo album, Honey Steel's Gold, appeared in November 1991 and reached No. 28 on the ARIA Albums Chart. His other top 50 albums are Black Ticket Day (August 1992), Serene Machine (March 1993) and Character Assassination (August 1994). At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 he won Best Independent Release for Black Ticket Day and won the same category in 1994 for Serene Machine.
Member of
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Laughing Clowns banjo, guitar, lead vocals
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The Aints lead vocals, principal, electric guitar
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The Aints! lead vocals, principal, electric guitar
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Asteroid Ekosystem guitar
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Colonel Kramer & The Eamon Dilworth One Man Brass Ensemble lead vocals, electric guitar
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Ed Kuepper with Jim White guitar, lead vocals
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The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper eponymous, lead vocals, principal, electric guitar
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The Saints '73-'78 electric guitar
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Ed Kuepper & The Yard Goes On Forever guitar, lead vocals
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Ed Kuepper + Queensland Symphony Orchestra lead vocals, electric guitar
Discography
Albums
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Electrical Storm Apple Music
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Rooms of the Magnificent
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Everybody’s Got To
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Today Wonder Apple Music
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Honey Steel’s Gold
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Black Ticket Day Apple Music
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Serene Machine
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Character Assassination
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Character Assassination
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I Was a Mail Order Bridegroom
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A King in the Kindness Room
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Exotic Mail Order Moods
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Starstruck: Music for Films & Adverts
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Frontierland Apple Music
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Cloudland
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The Blue House
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Smile... Pacific
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Ascension Academy
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Second Winter
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The Return of the Mail-Order Bridegroom
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Lost Cities Apple Music
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Asteroid Ekosystem
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After the Flood
Singles
Live
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The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper - Live Apple Music
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Ed Kuepper Live: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series Volume 15: Long Rider On The Shortwaves, Radio Sessions 1999
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Ed Kuepper Live: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series Volume 5 - Duos, Solos And Trios
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Ed Kuepper Live: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series Volume 1
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Ed Kuepper Live (Tour CD 2008)
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Ed Kuepper Live: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series Volume 3: The Euroboot Album
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Ed Kuepper Live: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series Volume 14: Long Rider On The Shortwaves, Radio Sessions 2000
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Ed Kuepper Live: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series Volume 11: Live at The Judith Wright Centre, Late 2007
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Live!
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With a Knapsack on My Back
Compilations
Other
Links
Listen
Official
Concerts
Also known as
Ed Keupper · Ed Kuepper and His Oxley Creek Playboys
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 75b51945-e1fe-43cd-92d9-a5e372972eef
- ISNI
- 0000000078250262
- IPI
- 00038278463
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 11 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.