Music Career
Lovelock first came to fame as the lead singer and songwriter for the Sydney hard rock band The Celibate Rifles.
Lovelock recorded his debut solo LP, It's A Wig Wig Wig Wig World. In June 1988 Lovelock issued the album followed by a single, "Disco Inferno" in April 1990. Lovelock's studio band included Peter Koppes (guitar; from The Church), Rick Grossman (bass; from Hoodoo Gurus), Joe Latty (guitar; ex-Itchy Rat) and Richard Ploog (drums; from The Church). Guitarist Reeves Gabrels, from David Bowie's band Tin Machine, also appeared on "Disco Inferno". Lovelock formed a touring line-up of Damien Lovelock's Wigworld which comprised Joe Latty, Clyde Bramley (bass; ex-Hoodoo Gurus), Patrick Polnov (guitar) and Hamish Stuart (drums). During 1991, Lovelock issued the single "The Dalai Lama" (October 1991) and album Fishgrass (December 1991) on Festival Records.
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