caption associated_acts years_active notable_instruments birth_place label article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
kim , melbourne november 2008 salmon & the surrealists , ding dong lounge the , the scientists , louie louie , beasts of bourbon cheap , salamander jim , kim salmon and the surrealists , nasties kim salmon and the business , antenna , darling downs , the exterminators , the invaders 1976 -- present yamaha g55 acoustic guitar bunbury , western australia , australia citadel top , mushroom , polydor , mgm , shock , half a cow , carrot kim salmon
 kim salmon solo_singer 1957 vocals , guitar , banjo indie grunge rock , swamp rock , punk blues , kim_salmon _ & _ the_surrealists . jpg perth , western australia , australia kim leith salmon singer-songwriter
kim salmon

kim leith salmon -lrb- born 1957 , bunbury -rrb- is an australian indie rock musician and songwriter from perth .
he has worked in various groups including the scientists , beasts of bourbon , kim salmon and the surrealists , kim salmon and the business , and darling downs .
australian rock musicologist , ian mcfarlane , described salmon as one of the first australians to `` embrace wholeheartedly the emergent punk phenomenon of the mid-to-late 1970s '' with the scientists .
he declared that beasts of bourbon were `` masters of uncompromising gutbucket blues and hard-edged rock 'n' roll '' while the surrealists early works provided a `` dark , confrontational sound powered by salmon 's scratchy , neurotic guitar and snarling vocals '' .
in 2004 salmon was inducted into the west australian music industry association hall of fame .
