1. In 1984, with bass player Mark Ferrie, guitarists Terry Doolan and Andrew Pendlebury, and drummer Des Hefner, Ian formed the Slaughtermen in Melbourne, a mid eighties post-punk alternative Southern gospel group.
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Around this time Ian Stephen began private voice lessons with vocal coach Eve Godley and later at the Melba Conservatorium.
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Much earlier Ian Stephen had studied piano at the Andrios School of Music in Footscray, which was attended by Mark Ferrie, although not at the same time.
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The Armchairs, later with the help of Stephen Cummings, who in the early 1980s Ian had struck up a songwriting partnership with, morphed into the mildly successful, yet short lived 11 piece group, Go Wild in French, which featured songs of Elvis Presley, as well as original compositions.
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In 2000, Ian Stephen moved to San Francisco and while living in the Mission District continued recording and releasing a number of left of center albums.
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The group split somewhat acrimoniously in 2006, and Ian Stephen returned to creating new music in the Brisbane environment.
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In Nov 2009 Ian Stephen released "War is Peace" an album psychedelic comedy music, featuring the musical and instrumental contributions of fellow Australians now residing in the USA, Keith Glass and Randy Bulpin.
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In Dec 2006, at Federal Hall National Memorial in New York City Ian Stephen became a United States citizen.
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On March 6,2015, Ian Stephen released 9, his tenth solo album.
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In 2018 Far Out Man was effectively mothballed, and Ian Stephen returned to eponymous releases with Insanity in 2019 and International Excellence in 2020.