Deckchairs Overboard was an Australian Pop music band based in Sydney (1982–1985). They developed from Melbourne based Cheks (1980–1982) with the addition of Cathy McQuade and had some minor hit singles "That's The Way" (1983), with Ken Campbell on vocals, "Shout", (1983) with McQuade on vocals, "Walking In The Dark" (1984) and "Fight For Love" (1985) both with John Clifforth on vocals, which received some airplay on TV and radio. The band featured Paul Hester (drums), later of Split Enz and Crowded House, John Clifforth (vocals, guitar, keyboards), McQuade (bass, vocals), and Campbell (vocals, guitar, drums). After Hester left in 1983 they had numerous drummers including Matthew Wenban and Michael Davis. Michael Hoste on keyboards during 1983 was a member of Flowers and Icehouse.
McQuade and Clifforth, were involved in ABC's TV series Sweet and Sour (1984) supplying vocals for two of the characters, McQuade also provided bass guitar; Deckchairs Overboard also performed "That's The Way". Their self-titled first album had an alternative front cover for its Canadian release showing McQuade and Clifforth. The film I Can't Get Started (1985) starring John Waters had Deckchairs Overboard's "Mixed Low" and "Legion" on its soundtrack.
John Clifforth released Craven's Pharmacy, featuring work with the late Paul Hester, in 2011.
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“In our man-of-war world, Life comes in at one gangway and Death goes overboard at the other. Under the man-of-war scourge, curses mix with tears; and the sigh and the sob furnish the bass to the shrill octave of those who laugh to drown buried griefs of their own.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)