Brad Robinson

Bradford Leigh Robinson (28 January 1958 – 13 October 1996) was an Australian rock musician best known as lead and rhythm guitarist with the 1980s band Australian Crawl. He had a later career as a manager for musicians and sports personalities.

In 1993 Robinson was diagnosed with lymphoma and, in October 1996 when Australian Crawl were inducted into the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame, he was hospitalised with the disease and unable to attend. He died two weeks later, aged 38.

Early life Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Robinson was a son of Federal Arbitration Court Justice James Robinson. He was raised in Frankston South on the outskirts of Melbourne and educated at The Peninsula School.

Career Spiff Rouch By early 1978, Spiff Rouch had separated and a new band was formed with Robinson, Reyne, Binks and Williams. They were joined by James Reyne's younger brother, David Reyne on drums. Bill McDonough replaced David Reyne within the first year. Besides guitars, Robinson also supplied keyboards, backing vocals and song writing for the group. It appeared on the band's debut 1980 album, The Boys Light Up. The song describes the car accident which resulted in Reyne breaking both wrists immediately before they recorded their first single "Beautiful People" (1979). His father also helped Robinson write "Way I've Been" for the album,

The Crawl's 1982 release Sons of Beaches also reached #1 on the albums charts. This was followed by 1983's Semantics EP which topped the Australian Singles Charts, containing the song "Reckless". He was the manager for Chantoozies (which included David Reyne) in the late 1980s.

Robinson was a member of the Challenge Board of Management, which assists children with cancer. Australian Crawl had been inducted into the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame two weeks before Robinson died. later an Australian Film Institute Award winner, and they co-wrote "Easy On Your Own", In order to work and obtain residency, Armstrong and Robinson agreed she should marry a US citizen, so the couple divorced and she married Alexander Bernstein, a friend and fellow actor.

Robinson died in Melbourne on 13 October 1996, three years after being diagnosed with lymphoma.

Discography Australian Crawl studio albums with Robinson: The Boys Light Up (1980) Sirocco (1981) Sons of Beaches (1982) Semantics (1983 EP, 1984 LP) Between a Rock and a Hard Place (1985)