The Celibate Rifles

An Australian garage rock band, The Celibate Rifles, was formed in 1979 by a group of friends at a suburban Sydney high school. The guitar duo of Kent Steedman and Dave Morris has been with the band since its early days, contributing to every era. Known for their energy, humor, and disregard for fashion trends, the band emerged as a true garage band in a sea of carports. Damien Lovelock took over vocal duties from the first singer Ian in 1980/81 and remained the lead singer until his passing in August 2019.

Over the years, The Celibate Rifles had some changes in their rhythm section. Michael Couvret played bass from 1979 to 1982 and then again from 1984 to 1986 and from 2001 to 2011. James Darroch held the bass position from 1982 to 1984 before sadly passing away in March 1986. Rudy Morabito joined as bassist from 1986 to 1988, followed by Jim Leone who played bass from 1988 to2001 and then returned again from2011to2019.

The drummers for The Celibate Rifles also saw some variations throughout their career. Phillip Jacquet handled drums between1979and19986.Paul Larsen Loughhead took over drumming dutiesfrom19`86to1991andthenagainfrom200