little bit of brass". The group issued a single, "The Singing City", in September, which dealt with Kennedy's birth town of Liverpool. They followed with an album, Always the Bridegroom, in December. Another single, "World Upside Down", was issued in May of the next year and by August the group broke up after Armiger accepted an invitation to join The Johnnys. By late 1988 the line up of The Johnnys was Armiger on bass guitar with Paul Doherty on guitar; Billy Pommer Jr. on drums; and Spencer P. Jones on guitar and vocals. The group toured in support of their second album, Grown Up Wrong, which had been recorded before Armiger joined. A single, "Anything Could Happen", appeared in November but the band dissolved early in the next year. Armiger joined The Go-Betweens in 1989 to replace John Willsteed on bass guitar; alongside Amanda Brown on violin, oboe, guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals; Robert Forster on vocals and guitar; Grant McLennan on vocals and guitar; and Lindy Morrison on drums and vocals. That group disbanded later in the same year. During 1990 Armiger was briefly a member of three successive groups: Snakey Blake's Bon Ton Experience, Sean Kelly and the Iron Dukes and Mary-Jo Starr and The Drive-in Motel (alongside former bandmate Frawley). He joined fellow ex-The Go-Betweens, Brown and Morrison, in a pop group, Cleopatra Wong, with Colin Bloxsom on percussion and guitar; David Lane on keyboards; and Mark Moffatt on guitar and pedal steel. They issued a six-track extended play, Egg, in February 1992 and followed with a five-track EP, Cleopatra's Lament in March of the next year. However Armiger had already left to form Roadhead with Ben Mullins (The Pheromones, The Madisons, The Benedicts) on vocals and guitar. When Andrew Axton joined on drums they were renamed Atlas Strings. Their "sound mixed melodic pop with a contemporary folk outlook". They issued a self-titled six-track EP in 1994, which was followed by another EP, Carelessly later that year. Greg Throsby joined on guitar and they issued another two EPs in 1995, Miss Judas (July) and Needs (November). The group released their debut studio album, Dagger Stare, in May 1997 but both Armiger and Throsby had left before it appeared. Armiger completed a B.A. Communications and Masters Teaching (primary), and, as of February 2013, is a music teacher. References General Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality. Specific Australian