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Southend is an Australian house-techno band formed in 1992. The original lineup consisted of synthesiser-keyboardists Stuart McCarthy, Steve Younan, and Sameer Sen-Gupta, and vocalist Melinda Page. The group met by chance in 1991 when McCarthy and Younan were lining up to buy tickets for a Depeche Mode concert. Their debut release was a four-track 12-inch single, 600 Miles from Nowhere (1992) via Volition Records. This was followed by the six-track extended play, Fanatical (1993) on Volition Records/Second Nature, which provided another 12-inch single, Get Down. The EP was recorded at Sony Music Studios (Sydney) and D.T.U., with the group producing. McCarthy provided guitar and programming, Sen-Gupta on machine effects and programming, Page and Younan were both on vocals and keyboards. The group's biggest success came in June 1994 with the release of the single The Winner Is... which was co-written by McCarthy, Sen-Gupta and Nik Fish (a.k.a. Nik Vatoff), an Australian trance DJ. The single reached No. 9 on the ARIA Charts. They followed this up with the re-mix album, Fanatically Remixed (1994) with eleven tracks. In 1995, Sen-Gupta left the band to start his solo career and was replaced by guitarist Justin Frew. The group have performed at the annual Big Day Out from 1993 to 1996. Southend has also produced local and international releases for Hoodoo Gurus, Paul Holden, Acid Babies, the Whitlams, Kim Salmon, and Michal Nicholas. They undertook a remix collaboration with S...

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