years_active label article_title background genre origin name
1979 -- present giant , cbs , sony bmg , mammal matt finish
 group_or_band rock sydney , new south wales , australia matt finish
matt finish

matt finish are an australian rock band formed in early 1979 by singer-songwriter and guitarist matt moffitt -lrb- 1956 -- 2003 -rrb- and multi-instrumentalist , composer and producer john prior , later joined by singer , bass guitarist and guitarist jeff clayton and bass guitarist rick grossman .
the band 's 1981 debut album , `` short note '' peaked at no. 14 on the australian kent music report albums chart .
the title song , `` short note '' , peaked at no. 18 on the related singles chart and became a standard on australian radio stations .
on 13 august 2003 moffit died in his sleep , aged 46 .
from 2006 prior has continued matt finish with various line-ups .
in 2004 `` short note '' was covered by wendy matthews and appeared on her album `` café naturale '' .
it was listed in triple m network 's 2005 best songs of the eighties poll , it appeared in the 2007 australian feature film `` the final winter '' and on numerous compilation albums .
