How long have you been playing?
co-wrote my first songs 15 years or so ago, only started learning guitar recently. All a work in progress!
What was the first concert you ever went to?
Slade in the mid 70's! Great Live Band! With my Dad! The first gig on my own was Thin Lizzy, and soon after The Jam are great early memories! The best ever gig was The Boss in Brisbane in '85! Rivalled by Only his 2013 concert. Dylan in Cardiff in '98, Sydney State Theatre in 2014. Pink Floyd in Sydney in '88, Sinatra (several times). Front row Willie Nelson, The Highwaymen in Birmingham, The Stones 2003, the list goes on!
What are you looking for from Fandalism?
To get good feedback from other musos and music lovers! Also, hearing great tunes from others!
What gear do you use?
Shure Beta 58A stage microphone! Just before my Dad passed away he said to me "you can't be a proper singer without your own mike", and sent me the cash to buy one.
The last conversation we ever had was about the microphone! Every time i sing i remember!!
The last conversation we ever had was about the microphone! Every time i sing i remember!!
Who was your biggest musical influence growing up?
Bob Dylan, but before that Tamla Motown, Bruce Springsteen Slade T>Rex Bowie.etc
First heard Bob Dylans Greatest Hits at around the time "Hurricane" was released, and the "Desire"album (still one of my favourite albums to this day).
My older Sister was into all the Mowtown stuff and that was always around growing up!
Slade (from my hometown of Wolverhampton) was my first gig.
Then the Clash, The Stranglers etc.
At some point I got into Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, who later formed the Highwaymen.
Frank Sinatra was also a musical influence from my folks!
First heard Bob Dylans Greatest Hits at around the time "Hurricane" was released, and the "Desire"album (still one of my favourite albums to this day).
My older Sister was into all the Mowtown stuff and that was always around growing up!
Slade (from my hometown of Wolverhampton) was my first gig.
Then the Clash, The Stranglers etc.
At some point I got into Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, who later formed the Highwaymen.
Frank Sinatra was also a musical influence from my folks!
Are you in a band? Have you been in bands?
STEVE WERNICK BAND (current) THE CLEANSKINS. THE TWISTED WALTONS.
If you could jam with anyone, who would it be?
Shan Chard (rest In peace Shan, and thanks for a lifetime of musical memories) - Bob Dylan - Bruce Springsteen -
What's the biggest audience you ever performed to? What's the smallest?
biggest, probably 1500 plus at The Canberra Country Blues and Roots Festival and have also played in a band that once outnumbered the audience! The biggest club audience was about 250.
You're stuck on a desert island and only get to bring one album with you. What do you pick?
Desire - Bob Dylan! I loved Boxing and heard the song 'Hurricane'! An amazingly powerful and evocative narrative about the imprisoned World Middleweight Contender Rubin Carter! The rest of the album is also full of gems like "Joey" ,"Mozambique" and "Sarah"! Loved the violin playing of Scarlet Riviera! The whole thing blew my young mind!
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NEW ALBUM - LOVE IS A GAMBLE



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New album, 'Talent To Burn' now in Sydney record stores!!!



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Every gig I've ever played, Rolfe's been there. We've co-written many songs, and he's a great friend. Modest, but seriously talented as an artist and musician.



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With Rolfe, Joe and Big Daddy K, after our 2RRR Radio show...



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With Rolfe and Jono at Songwriters Across Australia



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Steve Wernick Band - "The One That Got Away"..
Featuring Damien Leith on Piano..




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Steve Wernick Band- Husbands and Wives..Vocals - Steve Wernick. Music - Damien Leith..A song for my Wife..




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Rock Bottom Song / Hometown - The Cleanskins Christmas Jam at Lazy Bones Lounge. It's all come full circle as the Cleanskins get back together. Rock Bottom Song written by Rolfe Knudsen and Hometown Steve Wernick/ The Cleanskins




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Steve Wernick Band - Soul Of This Dying Town (Wernick/Knudsen) Recent archaic licensing restrictions and gentrification have really damaged Sydney night life..Though I suspect it may be a global problem...




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Steve Wernick Band-THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA with new guitarist Paul E. Hayward and Immo on drums. Cara on Violin and Jono on Bass. Pauls string broke towards the end, but a wry smile and never skipped a beat. A race for the beers at the end..




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Kill Your Own Snakes..Track number 3 on the Love Is A Gamble album. A bit of surf-rock i think...




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Keep on Wearing Black. Track 2 from the Love Is A Gamble album. A true story about a dear friend who passed suddenly....




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Love is a Gamble..This is the opening track from our new album of the same name.



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Steve Wernick Band - Open Heart Open Mind - Sydney Vision Song Contest 2017 #3rd Place filmed in Newtown Sydney by Liam Vanderwaal..




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Steve Wernick Band A song about the gentrification of Sydney..the Soul of This Dying Town...




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Steve Wernick Band - War For Peace Blues/Roots, Alternative Country, Folk, Rock 13/06/2017
Talented Sydney-based singer songwriter with a pithy, politicised edge to many of his songs. Will appeal to fans of Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg, Paul Kelly and Joe Strummer.
Wernick and Knudsen conjure up a blistering anthemic “Call-to-Arms” with this one. Reflecting on a dystopia fuelled nightmare of chaos, fake news and alternative facts. Wernick spits out the relentlessly bleak lyrics matched with haunting intensity by a swaggering beat and guitar/violin crescendo echoing the glory days of The Clash.




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Steve Wernick Band KILL YOUR OWN SNAKES




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Steve Wernick Band GRAVEYARD BLUES




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Steve Wernick Band - Kill Your Own Snakes - Back at the Gasoline Pony - Sydney.. July 2017




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Steve Wernick Band - Keep On Wearing Black from the new album 'Love Is A Gamble'...available on all good streaming/downloading services. Thanks to Rolfe, Cara, Yianni, Greg and Roan!




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Steve Wernick Band - Talent To Burn.
From our December Warehouse gig! Massive thanks to Rolfe, Gen,Cara, Jono and Ben!




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2016 has been a blast from my songwriting perspective! Just a few weeks back I was the SPOTLIGHT ARTIST on Q-BURN Radio hosted by legendary Radio Caroline dj Peter Antony. Four songs frommeand in good company. He played some of the new STONES album!! Happy 2017 Fando friends!!!




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Steve Wernick & Band - Graveyard Blues.Thanks for all the encouragement, and back next year with some new recordings in a studio version of this. Thanks to the fabulous muso's who've helped all year. Rolfe, Cara, Gen, Ben, Jono, Pierre, Yianni, Greg, Pierre and Lizzie. SEASONS GREETINGS EVERYONE!!




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Steve Wernick & Rolfe Knudsen Band - River Of Whiskey..
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Hi Fando friends. I've just uploaded the last of the 6 tracks from the "Talent To Burn" album, called "The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea". A song about the asylum seeker crisis. Thanks for all the great feedback so far. Much appreciated!!




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SHINING IN YOUR SHADOW, featuring the violin of Cara Zaetta Thomas, Rolfe Knudsen on guitar, Jono on bass, and special guest Sam Miller on percussion..




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track #4 from my new mini album. This one is "River of Whiskey"..Joe D'Onofrio is on one guitar, Rolfe the others Jono bass and Gen drums...




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OPEN HEART OPEN MIND co-written with Rolfe Knudsen. Thanks to Jono Chosid, (bass) Cara Zaetta-Thomas (violin) and Gen Baijan (drums).................




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"It's All About Me", from my "Talent To Burn" CD. Written with Rolfe Knudsen..
more on....
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Hi, I'm back! Working on new songs, but this one didn't quite make the cut. It does have it's merits .. I think! What do you reckon?




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New album called Talent To Burn and this is the title track.Also, a new website......www.stevewernicksongwriter.com
Thanks for all the support and kind words




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A big thanks to everyone who's supported my music on Fando over the last few years.Plus I've made so... read moreme great friends to stay in touch with. . I started with this song so a live version (featuring my late departed friend Shan Chard) . Love is a Gamble / Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone - Cleanskins NEW WEBSITE OPENING SOON...stevewernicksongwriter.com




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Steve Wernick - Keep On Wearing Black
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Steve Wernick/Rolfe Knudsen & Gen, Jono, Cara SHINING IN YOUR SHADOW




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Steve Wernick with Rolfe/Jamie/Jono/Gen..THE PATHWAY TO HELL




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Steve Wernick/Rolfe Knudsen & Band, Gen, Jono, Cara.
WAR FOR PEACE (Wernick/Knudsen)
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Rolfe Knudsen with (Steve Wernick and Band) THE ROCK BOTTOM SONG
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SHINING IN YOUR SHADOW. Another track from our SWAA TV SHOW ON TVS. With Rolfe, Jono, Ben and Mark. Produced by Paul McQueen




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Steve Wernick/Rolfe Knudsen THE NEWTOWN SONG (OPEN HEART OPEN MIND)
Recorded live for the TVS show "Songwriters Across Australia"
With Ben Charters (keys) Jono Chosid (bass) Mark Graeber (drums)



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Steve Wernick & Rolfe Knudsen TALENT TO BURN (CLIP)




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Steve Wernick/Rolfe Knudsen & Band LIVE on SWAA. (Songwriters Across Australia) with Jono, Ben, Mark....All About Me - more on:stevewernicksongwriter.com
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Steve Wernick/Rolfe Knudsen & Band LIVE on TELEVISION. TVS(Songwriters Across Australia). So we were booked for one song. Ended up doing four and taking almost the whole show!




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TALENT TO BURN -Steve Wernick/Rolfe Knudsen & Band LIVE on TELEVISION. (Songwriters Across Australia) broadcast May 2015..with..Rolfe, Jono, Ben and Mark.
Dedicated to my Dad Pete. Rest Easy x




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Steve Wernick/Rolfe Knudsen with Cara (Violin), Jono (bass) and Gen (drums)THE DEVIL & THE DEEP B... read moreLUE SEA)written by Wernick/Knudsen recorded 1-5-15




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Like It's My Last - The Cleanskins (original) at Lazy Bones Lounge. The last gig we ever played with Shan, who sneaked out of hospital to play the gig and who passed away 4 weeks later. An astonishing performance under the circumstances. A truly inspirational lady and sadly missed. Thank goodness we recorded this show.




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SHINING IN YOUR SHADOW Steve Wernick & Rolfe Knudsen (Full Band)
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BORN TO LOSE HER...(Wernick)
Vocals and Rhythm Guitar - Steve Wernick
Drum, Bass, Keys, Additional instruments Greg Egg
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Love Is A Gamble Steve Wernick with Shan Chard {The Cleanskins} who sadly passed away 16-1-14.
RIP Shan. Thanks for all the wonderful musical memories, and for being a great friend. You're sadly missed and frequently remembered..




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SHINING IN YOUR SHADOW..Steve Wernick & Rolfe Knudsen




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The Devil & the Deep Blue Sea - Steve Wernick & Rolfe Knudsen
Recorded live at the Town 'n Country Sydney 15-1-15




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All About Me - written by Steve Wernick/Rolfe Knudsen



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You're The Only One I Want (with lyrics)
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DREAMS GO TO DIE
vocal ; Steve Wernick
backing vox. Rolfe Knudsen.
Greg Egg
guitars..Rolfe Knudsen
bass/keys Greg Egg
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PATHWAY TO HELL with lyrics




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River of Whisky, easy to write about when you drank as much I once did ...BUT... I don't drink much at all now. I just sing about drinking :-)



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You're the only one I want (original song)
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Dedicated to the beautiful Jo, who passed away 18 months ago. KEEP ON WEARING BLACK. featuring keyboard Anna Armstrong and all other instruments and production Simon Fox



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FATAL explosions drowned out the music and formed the soundtrack to his life-If you're Born under the gun you learn how to run, to protect your children and wife
She bore him two sons who he loved more than life who'd be lucky to reach adulthood
Every moment awake they dreamed of escaping those dirty rivers of blood
CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DEVIL
AND THE MERCILESS SEA
THEN YOU GET DEALT WITH MERCILESSLY
NO COMPASSION, NO DIGNITY,
WHEN YOU'RE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DEVIL
AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
they sometimes went hungry but they never stopped trying and took whatever work they could get
Inside he was dying his wifes softly crying was a sound that he'd never forget
In this world of plenty, running on empty all that they had was there faith
Caught somewhere between two brutal regimes, surrounded by mirrors of hate
RPT CHORUS
He had no choices but to listen to the voices screaming inside of his brain
History tells us of some brutal lessons of voyages destined to fail
He had faith that his God would take care of the odds and lea



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original take of LOVE IS A GAMBLE with Greg, Jamie and Gen, recorded Jan 2012




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'LOVE IS A GAMBLE" - (original song)
vocals STEVE WERNICK muso's GREG EGG, GEN BAIJAN, JAMIE FORSBERG;




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I'LL KEEP ON (WEARING BLACK) -STEVE WERNICK original song - Steve Wernick (vocals/guitar) organ/keys/ Simon Fox (producer) DEDICATED to JO. (RIP)




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DEFYING GRAVITY (1) lyrics vocals -STEVE WERNICK = music backing vocals ROLFE KNUDSEN
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ALL I EVER WANTED vocals by BETTE WERNICK (my Step Mother, who lives in England).artwork by kind permission of ROLFE KNUDSEN




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ALL I EVER WANTED (WAS YOU)
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MUSIC - GREG EGG




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WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? - vocals/lyrics - Steve Wernick music -Greg Egg - backing vocals - Anita Stolberg




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THE PATHWAY TO HELL --Steve Wernick vocals-- Francis Edwards vocals guitar-- Greg Egg bass/drums etc (orginal song dedicated to my late Father, Pete Wernick)




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Alt. version of LOVE IS A GAMBLE. Vocals -Steve Wernick/ lead guitar- Chris James/rhythm -Jamie Forsberg/.Bass- Greg Egg/ drums- Geneveive Baijan . Artwork by kind permission of Rolfe Knudsen)




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WHERE DREAMS GO TO DIE!! Steve Wernick -vocals/ Rolfe Knudsen--guitars and backing vocals/ Gregg Egg--Bass, backing vocals/Geneveive Baijan--drums(original song)




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LOVE IS A GAMBLE (as featured on "Songwriters across Australia) Steve Wernick vocals Gregg Egg guitars keyboards Gen Baijan drums.(original song)



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