Bernard Fanning

Best known as the front man of the Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, Bernard Fanning is a singer/songwriter and musician who creates a fusion of acoustic folk, rock and blues music. After forming Powderfinger in 1989, he and his band released their debut album Parables for Wooden Ears, in 1994, followed by a succession of four multi-platinum albums. At the top of Powderfinger's success, Fanning put the project on hold and embarked on a solo career with his debut studio album Tea & Sympathy, in 2005. Though he earned a fair amount of attention for the effort, he returned to Powderfinger in 2007, and the band picked up right where it left off with the number one, multi-platinum record, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence.