Wallpaper Rock by Peter Read

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Here we have a vast collection of previously unreleased tracks by Peter Read, recorded over the last 10 years or so of his life. I have compiled them into 4 different albums, all released today for your enjoyment. These albums are free to download. Please help yourself!

Peter Read, a founding member of infamous (and great) Sydney band THUG (with Tex Perkins and Lachlan McLeod), also Moist (with Patrick Kavanagh and Ralph Philips), a some time member of Lubricated Goat, Leather Moustache and sound person for the early Kim Salmon & The Surrealists, Dirty Three, Toys Went Berserk and many more.

Read formed Thug with Perkins and McLeod in 1987 and swiftly earned a reputation for frenetic, visceral and challenging live shows that would often transcend the typical hallmarks of a live music gig to include dancers, theatrics and other visual elements alongside their hypnotic tunes.

Read’s stint with Thug yielded two albums — 1987’s Mechanical Ape/Proud Idiots Parade and 1988 follow-up Electric Woolly Mammoth; both albums saw a collective re-release on CD in 1999, under the title ‘Everything Is Beautiful In It’s Own Way’.

Peter released a CD in 2004 titled 'Chimp Inc’ through Smelly Records. In 2007 he released 'Plumbing the Underbelly’ as “Spiney Fleshpot”, a collaboration with Patrick Kavanagh, then in 2008 he released his solo CD, 'The Wellington Boot Up Files’.

Tracklist

1.	Horse	3:23

2.	Squeal	1:56

3.	Jive	4:29

4.	Asio	4:12

5.	Try Hard	2:24

6.	Hayride Dislex	1:06

7.	Sexsax	1:38

8.	Trumpet	5:26

9.	Memories	3:00

10.	Wallpaper Rock	27:31

11.	Easement in C Major	3:01

12.	The Big Squid	8:27

Credits

released December 12, 2025

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