Matt Finish - Fade Away 1981

[oldludwig]

My band gigged with these guys in 80 and 81 and they were such an inspiration. Such a great period in Australian rock music. Long live Matt Finish. x

[AndrewCookDrums]

Greatest australian band in history my dad was lucky enough to be at this gig and he was a stagehand and he loved every moment of it!

[newromantic888]

tHE VOICE THE BAND THE BASS. unique.



[333pg333]

Hadn't seen this clip before. Great clarity and they were on that night. Instantly transports me back....

[MrMicksta45]

matt finish rocked and I was saddened to here of matts death in his sleep legends die young rock on matt!!!!!!!!

[MegaMegatiger]

0:03  " This is called prelude....... "

[RubyRed4eva]

Bring more Matt Finish and Matt Moffitt to itunes please!

[csimmo2]

takes me back to the bayview tavern

[Scratch1golfer]

Matt would be blown away by the many positive and endearing comments. Thank you one and all. He is an Australian icon in my heart.

[oldredun]

@Scratch1golfer . . . 100% with you !!!!

[oldredun]

supported them 2 nights in a row at the Playroom in about 83 . . . sat side stage and was mesmerized, Moffat, Prior et al . . . what a band !!!

[FeralasHELL]

I have this on vinyl, got it the day it was released, top stuff.

I remember seeing Matt Finish at the Governors Pleasure at the Rocks many a time, great memories. Fucking awesome band.

[69ragazzo]

hi guys and gals can anyone let me know how i can get my hands on matts solo album , as little as a look,,,,,ta

[casperblackcat1975]

I just bought 4 Matt Finish albums & I can't wait to have a relaxing Saturday morning in bed with Matt Finish blaring out of my CD stacker just pure magic.

[casperblackcat1975]

@casperblackcat1975 I got my CD's in the post today & I'm listening to the studio version of this song & it's FUCKING SPECTACULAR

[wilsonmcphert]

Great performance. DVD should be great.

[guyleclairemusic]

Yo me old Bro

[fxunow]

Just Awesome!

[GeminiAussie]

Rest In Peace Matt. Gotta love this band. The bass line, the unmistakeable voice of Matt Moffitt...so Australian, so cool. As an ex-pat Aussie living in LA these days, I miss going to see a great pub band like this one. Last time I saw this band was at the Intersection nitespot, Ramsgate Sydney, early '90s.

[EcBaPr]

Great song.. RIP Matt..

[scant73]

fuck no i didn't even hear he had passed what a loss to aussie music RIP MATT

[swanstoon]

This is such a powerful song.

[GeneralG1810]

OK does anyone remember a song these guys sung called "Blue"

And any idea of where I can get it from???

[casperblackcat1975]

@GeneralG1810 I don't think I'm allowed to post links here but if you go to the Matt Finish website you may find it there.

[blunt1]

feliix, why are you so anti the opinion of a legend. fade Away is very Who like. Enjoy all that life has to offer without Aussie shit man.

[blunt1]

Just brilliant

[rondo196246]

aussies set the standards!! the world should follow our example!!!

youth of today!! r dragging brain dead when it comes to music!!!

[felixq78]

Why the fuck do we need Pete Townsend's fucking approval??

It's the same old bullshit AUSSIE  cultural cringe, WE DON'T NEED THE FUCKING APPROVAL OF THE REST OF THE FUCKIN' PLANET!!

Do we need to prove it to ourselves. I've seen the days of the Bondi Lifesaver Selinas blah blah blah and our bands have NOTHING to prove, they kicked arse!

mind you the youngsters are draggin' the chain nowdays or am i just gettin' old? Tell me.

[patonmatt]

I hope Matt rests in peace not piece!

[MrLuke1968]

I havent seen a Matt Finish gig since Matt Moffitt. Im gonna go and check them out at Balmain or Heathcote in August. I remember seeing MM in 1981, I was 14, then saw them a few times in the nineties. They always sounded great, but it was the voice of Moffitt that hooked me in. He had that distinct sound, you can never forget it.

[casperblackcat1975]

Dose anyone know where I can get this song it's not on the Short Note album which I have listening to this morning, I totally agree with F4UNick this song is totally UNFUCKENBELIEVABLE This song makes me want to get into a car & cruise the highways. Matt you may have passed on but you are still here with killer music like this MAY YOU FOREVER REST IN PIECE.

[adsdanmatgab]

This was on a live EP called Fade Away - I have it on Vinyl from it's first release - maybe you can track it down.

[adsdanmatgab]

There's a copy on Ebay right now ... I'd grab it!!

[zorzipa]

Yep grab that copy on ebay, I have it, you won't be disappointed

[defrepplicaaustralia]

Matt finish died,when did this happen?

[bonzoAU]

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Wild one with a dark angel's voice

September 10, 2003

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Matt Moffitt, Singer, songwriter, 1956-2003

Matt Moffitt, songwriter and founder and lead singer of the rock band Matt Finish, has died in Sydney in his sleep, apparently from a stroke, at the age of 46.

Matt spent much of his childhood in Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains of NSW.

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[jamesglendenning]

13th August 2003, he had a Stroke

[F4UNick]

Unfuckingbelievable Have To Agrea With dooveelacker Avter hearing this I Had to Go To Your Web Site And Buy The DVD i Loved This Band in my young days Thanks :)

[dooveelacker]

The track 'Fade Away' takes me back to the Amadale Hotel (Melbourne) 1981, drenched in sweat, half tanked and wired listening to Matt Finish pump out some of the most powerful rock songs I'd ever heard ..... There was an immediate addiction!

[dooveelacker]

I guess the term 'Unfuckingbelievable ' gave it away ? or do you know some Germans who also use this term :-)

No, Matt Finish were not so well know in Europe (never toured there as far as I know) BUT, Pete Townsend of the Who thought the Short Note album was fantastic....

[wha65]

How good is the sound and quality of the recording. It looks like it's in high definition but was recorded in 1981!!!

I first saw Matt and the boys at Parramatta Park around this time, at a gig billed as the last 2JJ concert. After they got through Laymans Day, Mancini Shuffle and Short Note i was blown away.

Thanks for the clip mattdontfinish.

[dooveelacker]

Unfuckingbelievable .... This track still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Classic Matt Finish!

[kickpix1965]

OMG remember the days of actual steady camera-work? ..no hand-held back then ..nice work on the DVD xxxthnx for sharing xx parky

[theblondetiger]

matt is truly an australian music icon

[watersideguy]

What a killer song. Matt may be gone...but he'll never Fade Away in my mind.

[casperblackcat1975]

I couldn't have said it better myself well said.