Person · Male

Steve Hadley

Australian bassist for Professor Ratbaggy

From: Australia
Since: present
Releases: 1

About

Stephen Hadley is an Australian musician. Hadley was a member of The Black Sorrows from 1991 to 1993 appearing on the album Better Times (1993). In the mid 90s he joined Paul Kelly's Band and later Professor Ratbaggy. In 1998 he was part of the Singers For The Red Black & Gold who released a cover of "Yil Lull" which was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release. Along with Paul Kelly, Shane O'Mara and fellow members of Professor Ratbaggy he provided the soundtrack to Lantana. This earned him an ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack Album in 2002.

Hadley has also had stints in Joe Creighton Band, Vince Jones Band, Kate Ceberano and The Ministry Of Fun, Christine Anu Band, Men at Work and the Colin Hay Band. Currently, Hadley is a member of Tex Perkins and The Fat Rubber Band.

From Steve Hadley (musician) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Professor Ratbaggy 1999–now background vocals, electric bass guitar
Tex Perkins and the Band of Gold now bass guitar
The Voodoo Sheiks now double bass
Tex Perkins & The Fat Rubber Band now

Discography

Other 1

Lantana (Music for the Feature Film) 2001

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Reference

Also known as

Stephen Hadley

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 77d74558-30cf-4921-a592-75c00a30a11b

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 14 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.