Guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, born 20th December 1955 in Bremen, Germany, emigrated to Brisbane, Australia as a child.
Founding member of seminal Australian punk band The Saints he left the band after their third LP "Prehistoric Sounds" to found Laughing Clowns.
in 1985 he released his first solo LP, "Electrical Storm" followed by "Rooms of the Magnificent" in 1986 and a further 14 studio albums between 1987 and 2000. In a stunning burst of creativity in 1992 and 1993, he recorded 3 of his best regarded records - Honey Steels Gold, Black Ticket Day and Serene Machine - in 18 months, and also found time to record 2 albums with his side project The Aints
Although in the 90s his records did break into the lower reaches of the charts, commercial success has largely eluded him, and in recent times this may be at least partially due to the wide range of musical styles he has covered - from blues (on "Today Wonder") to experimentation with beats ("A King In The Kindness Room), ambient ("The Blue House") and soundtracks ("Starstruck").
After a 7 year hiatus, Kuepper's 17th solo studio album "Jean Lee And The Yellow Dog", a concept album about Jean Lee, the last woman hanged in Australia, was released to critical acclaim in 2007
In early 2009 Ed Kuepper played in reformed original versions of The Saints and reformed Laughing Clowns to play at the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival curated by Nick Cave. In 2009 & 2013 he toured Europe as part of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. A new album by The Aints was released in 2018
Founder of Prince Melon Records.
Married to Judi Dransfield Kuepper.
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May 8, 2025
The Triffid
Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaApril 26, 2025
Milton Theatre
Milton, New South Wales, Australia1. Miracles(Ed Kuepper and the Kowalski Collective cover)
2. Fever Dream
3. Pavane
4. Electrical Storm
5. Horse Under Water
6. The Crying Dance(Laughing Clowns cover)
7. Descending Into Blue(The Aints! cover)
8. Friends With the Leader
9. It's the Ruins
10. Messin' Pt. II
11. Swing for the Crime(The Saints cover)
12. All of These Things
13. Car Headlights
14. Collapse Board(Laughing Clowns cover)
15. Eternally Yours(Laughing Clowns cover)
1. Fireman Joe
2. The Way I Made You Feel
April 25, 2025
Camelot Lounge
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1. Miracles(Ed Kuepper and the Kowalski Collective cover)
2. Fever Dream
3. Electrical Storm
4. Horse Under Water
5. The Crying Dance(Laughing Clowns cover)
6. Descending Into Blue(The Aints! cover)
7. Friends With the Leader
8. Pavane
9. It's the Ruins
10. Messin' Pt. II
11. Swing for the Crime(The Saints cover)
12. All of These Things
13. Car Headlights
14. Collapse Board(Laughing Clowns cover)
15. Eternally Yours(Laughing Clowns cover)
1. Last of the Steam Powered Trains(The Kinks cover)
2. The Way I Made You Feel
April 24, 2025
Camelot Lounge
Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaApril 19, 2025
Brunswick Ballroom
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia1. Horse Under Water
2. Electrical Storm
3. Fireman Joe
4. Sleepy Head (Serene Machine)
5. It's the Ruins
6. Messin' Pt. II
7. Swing for the Crime(The Saints cover)
8. All of These Things
9. Ill Wind(The Aints cover)
10. Collapse Board(Laughing Clowns cover)
11. Friends With the Leader
12. Pavane
13. What You Don't Know
14. Rue the Day
15. Eternally Yours(Laughing Clowns cover)
1. Also Sprach the King of Euro-Disco
2. Everything I've Got Belongs to You
February 4, 2023
The Outpost
Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaSetlist incomplete and out of order
1. The Sixteen Days
2. Messin' With the Kid(The Saints cover)
3. Pavane
4. The Church of Simultaneous Existence(The Aints! cover)
5. Eternally Yours(Laughing Clowns cover)
6. Collapse Board(Laughing Clowns cover)
November 17, 2022
Enmore Theatre
Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaJuly 27, 2022
It's Still a Secret
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia1. King of Vice
2. Confessions of a Window Cleaner
3. Everything That Flies(Laughing Clowns cover)
4. Sea-Air
5. Hang Jean Lee(Ed Kuepper and the Kowalski Collective cover)
6. Demolition(Ed Kuepper and the Kowalski Collective cover)
7. What Can I Leave You?
8. Church of Indifference(The Saints cover)
9. The Only One That Knows(Laughing Clowns cover)
10. What You Don't Know
11. Master of Two Servants
12. Without Your Mirror
13. Always the Woman Pays
14. Queen of the Vale (That's V.A.L.E.)
15. Electrical Storm
16. Also Sprach the King of Euro-Disco
July 20, 2022
It's Still a Secret
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia1. Friday's Blue Cheer/Libertines of Oxley
2. Horse Under Water
3. Car Headlights
4. You Can't Please Everybody(The Aints cover)
5. Maria Peripatetica
6. The Prisoner(The Saints cover)
7. Chameleon(The Saints cover)
8. My Best Interests at Heart
9. Nothing That Harms(Laughing Clowns cover)
10. Told Myself
11. It's the Ruins
12. Ghost of an Ideal Wife(Laughing Clowns cover)
13. Walked Thin Wires
14. Fireman Joe
15. Every Day’s a Holiday, Every Night’s a Party(The Saints cover)
16. La Di Doh
July 13, 2022
It's Still a Secret
Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaSetlist posted by Ed on Instagram. Not listed are a series of improvised instrumental segues
1. Song of Joy(Laughing Clowns cover)
2. Come One, Come All(Laughing Clowns cover)
3. All Times Through Paradise(The Saints cover)
4. Swing for the Crime(The Saints cover)
5. Spartan Spirituals
6. Everything in the World
7. Messin' Pt. II
8. I Am Your Prince
9. All of These Things
10. The Church of Simultaneous Existence(The Aints! cover)
11. Burned My Fingers
12. Rue the Day
13. The Cockfighter
14. Messin' With the Kid(The Saints cover)
July 6, 2022
It's Still a Secret
Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaMissing the encores
1. Some Said
2. Bride of Jesus(Laughing Clowns cover)
3. Little Fiddle (and the Ghost of Xmas Past)
4. Free Passage to Mars
5. Pavane
6. Friends With the Leader
7. Miracles(Ed Kuepper and the Kowalski Collective cover)
8. Fever Dream
9. A Minor Aversion(The Saints cover)
10. One Way Street(The Saints cover)
11. Eulogy(Laughing Clowns cover)
12. Descending Into Blue(The Aints! cover)
13. Real to Me(Ed Kuepper and the Kowalski Collective cover)
14. Blind Girl Stripper
15. Ill Wind(The Aints cover)
December 19, 2020
Private Venue
Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaLivestreamed as Ed Kuepper's Xmas Request Show
1. Blind Girl Stripper
2. All of These Things
3. I Wish You Were Here
4. Messin' Pt. II
5. Everything's Fine(The Saints cover)
6. Brisbane (Security City)(The Saints cover)
7. Sam Hall([traditional] cover)
8. Ill Wind(The Aints cover)
9. How Would You Plead?
10. Fireman Joe
11. Spartan Spirituals
12. Last of the Steam Powered Trains(The Kinks cover)
13. It's Still Nowhere(The Aints cover)
14. Electrical Storm
15. Walked Thin Wires
16. (When There's) This Party
17. Memories Are Made of This(The Saints cover)
18. Little Fiddle (and the Ghost of Xmas Past)
19. Pavane
20. Also Sprach the King of Euro-Disco
21. Eternally Yours(Laughing Clowns cover)
22. Everything I've Got Belongs to You
August 22, 2020
Private Venue
Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaLivestreamed as "Kuepper Plays the Clowns"
1. The Year of the Bloated Goat(Laughing Clowns cover)
2. New Bully in the Town(Laughing Clowns cover)
3. Theme From 'Mad Flies, Mad Flies'(Laughing Clowns cover)
4. I Want to Scream(Laughing Clowns cover)
5. The Crying Dance(Laughing Clowns cover)
6. Bride of Jesus(Laughing Clowns cover)
7. Ghost of an Ideal Wife(Laughing Clowns cover)
8. Sometimes (I Can't Live With Anyone)(Laughing Clowns cover)
9. Clown Town(Laughing Clowns cover)
10. Come One, Come All(Laughing Clowns cover)
11. Collapse Board(Laughing Clowns cover)
12. The Laughing Clowns(Laughing Clowns cover)
13. Eternally Yours(Laughing Clowns cover)
July 24, 2020
The Outpost
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia1. Horse Under Water
2. Electrical Storm
3. Pavane
4. Collapse Board(Laughing Clowns cover)
5. Always the Woman Pays
6. Honey Steel's Gold
7. The Way I Made You Feel
8. Last of the Steam Powered Trains(The Kinks cover)
9. Messin' With the Kid(The Saints cover)
10. It's Lunacy
11. The Sixteen Days
12. Rue the Day
13. Sleepy Head (Serene Machine)
14. Nothing Changes in My House
15. Rainy Night
16. La Di Doh
17. Everything I've Got Belongs to You
18. New Bully in the Town(Laughing Clowns cover)
19. Fireman Joe
20. If I Had a Ticket(Phil Jones & The Unknown Blues cover)
21. Also Sprach the King of Euro-Disco
June 20, 2020
Private Venue
Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaLivestream to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Today Wonder
1. Friday's Blue Cheer/Libertines of Oxley
1. Horse Under Water
2. Always the Woman Pays
3. Everything I've Got Belongs to You
4. What You Don't Know
5. Devil Got My Woman(Skip James cover)
6. There's Nothing Natural
7. Today Wonder / Hey Gyp / White Houses
8. Pretty Mary(Peter, Paul and Mary cover)
9. Eternally Yours(Laughing Clowns cover)
10. If I Were a Carpenter(Tim Hardin cover)
1. The Way I Made You Feel
May 23, 2020
Private Venue
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia1. Car Headlights
2. No More Sentimental Jokes
3. Master of Two Servants
4. A Trick or Two
5. When the Sweet Turns Sour
6. Another Story
7. Electrical Storm
8. Told Myself
9. One Small Town
10. Palace of Sin
11. Rainy Night
1. New Bully in the Town(Laughing Clowns cover)
2. Collapse Board(Laughing Clowns cover)
December 6, 2019
The Street Theatre
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia1. Electrical Storm
2. Swing for the Crime(The Saints cover)
3. Horse Under Water
4. Descending Into Blue(The Aints! cover)
5. Pavane
6. Friends With the Leader
7. Messin' Pt. II
8. Honey Steel's Gold
Audience only, coached by Ed9. Always the Woman Pays
10. Collapse Board(Laughing Clowns cover)
11. New Bully in the Town(Laughing Clowns cover)
12. Rough Neck Blues(The Allen Brothers cover)
snippet13. Messin' With the Kid(The Saints cover)
14. Fever Dream
15. When I First Came to This Land([traditional] cover)
16. By the Way
17. So Close to Certainty
18. My Best Interests at Heart
19. Clown Town(Laughing Clowns cover)
20. Come One, Come All(Laughing Clowns cover)
21. Master of Two Servants
22. Nothing Changes in My House
23. Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula(The Diamonds cover)
24. Country Song in G(The Aints! cover)
25. King of Vice
26. The Prisoner(The Saints cover)
27. The Way I Made You Feel
28. River Deep, Mountain High(Ellie Greenwich cover)
29. Lipstick on Your Collar(Connie Francis cover)
30. Robot Man (Robot Girl)(Connie Francis cover)
snippet31. Know Your Product(The Saints cover)
November 30, 2019
Imperial Hotel
Eumundi, Queensland, AustraliaOctober 2, 2019
The Junk Bar
Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaSeptember 28, 2019
Lizotte's
Newcastle, New South Wales, AustraliaSome of Ed Kuepper's most popular tracks include The Way I Made You Feel, Finding You, Everything I've Got belongs to you, Highway to Hell, La Di Doh. Listen to these songs and discover more from their extensive catalog.
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