caption birth_place name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
simon austin , february 2009 melbourne , victoria , australia simon austin 9 october 1966 simon-austin . jpg simon austin
 simon sean nicholas david austin singer , songwriter , guitarist , producer
simon austin

simon sean nicholas david austin -lrb- born 9 october 1966 , melbourne , victoria -rrb- is an australian guitarist , songwriter , producer and sound engineer .
austin was a founding member of frente !
in melbourne in 1989 with angie hart on vocals , tim o'connor on bass guitar and mark picton on drums .
their top five hits on the australian recording industry association -lrb- aria -rrb- singles chart were `` ordinary angels '' -lrb- co-written by austin and hart -rrb- and '' kelly street '' -lrb- both in 1992 -rrb- .
their debut album , `` marvin the album '' , reached top five on the aria albums chart in the same year .
after frente !
disbanded in 1996 , austin moved into record production and sound engineering .
