Edmund " Ed " Kuepper ( born 20 December 1955 , Bremen , West Germany ) is an Australian guitarist , vocalist and songwriter . He co-founded the punk band The Saints ( 1973 – 78 ) , the experimental post-punk group Laughing Clowns ( 1979 – 85 ) and the grunge-like The Aints ! ( 1991 – 94 , 2017 – present ) . He has also recorded over a dozen albums as a solo artist using a variety of backing bands . His highest charting solo album , '' Honey Steel 's Gold '' , appeared in November 1991 and reached No . 28 on the ARIA Albums Chart . His other top 50 albums are '' Black Ticket Day '' ( August 1992 ) , '' Serene Machine '' ( March 1993 ) and '' Character Assassination '' ( August 1994 ) . At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 he won Best Independent Release for '' Black Ticket Day '' and won the same category in 1994 for '' Serene Machine ''
ARIA Music Awards of 1993
ARIA Music Awards of 1993
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