Matt Moffitt

Matthew David Moffitt (20 August 195612 August 2003) was an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He fronted the rock band, Matt Finish (1978–81, 1983–85, 1990–2003), and worked as a solo artist. Matt Finish were a popular live band, which had a top 20 hit on the Kent Music Report singles chart with "Short Note".

Moffit's released a solo album in 1986, titled As Little as a Look, it provided the single, "Miss This Tonight", which reached the top 30 in June 1986. Matt Moffitt died "in his sleep, apparently from a stroke";

In his teens Moffitt formed a Blue Mountains-based band, Rum Jungle, which performed cover versions of rock musicians; their "gigs sometimes turned into bloodbaths." It was produced by Dawkins and provided the group's second single, "Short Note", in February, which peaked at No. 18 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart. Short Note was re-released on CD in 1989.

Matt Finish released another album, Word of Mouth (1984), before Moffitt disbanded the group late in that year and travelled to London. In July 1986 he explained to Pollyanna Sutton of The Canberra Times, why the group split, "Somewhere towards the end of 1984 I didn't feel that I was writing the best... it wasn't good enough for people in that band to be near enough, they wanted to do their own thing." The album was a departure from his material with Matt Finish, attracting a different demographic. It was released on compact disc by CBS/Sony/JAPAN.

Moffitt co-wrote material with Glenister, including two album tracks, "Miss This Tonight" (June 1986) and "All That Stuff" (August), which were released as singles. The group performed Matt Finish material.

2003: Death

On 12 August 2003 Matt Moffitt died in Sydney in his sleep, "apparently from a stroke", at the age of 46. His funeral on 20 August 2003 was attended by family, friends and key Australian music figures, including John Prior and Rick Grossman from Matt Finish, Don Walker (Cold Chisel), Doc Neeson (The Angels), Rob Hirst (Midnight Oil), John Swan (Swanee), Bernie Cannon (producer of GTK on ABC TV) and Rob Scott (Triple J).

Discography Studio albums + List of albums, with Australian chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions AUS As Little as a Look Released: 1986 Format: LP, Compact Disc Label: CBS (SBP 8133) 30

Singles + List of singles, with Australian chart positions Year Title Peak chartpositions Album AUS 1986 "Miss This Tonight" 27 As Little as a Look "All That Stuff" 84 1992 "Euroka" -