18 Facts About Peter Koppes

Peter Koppes was born on 21 November 1955 and is an Australian guitarist, best known as a founding and almost-continuous member of the independent rock band The Church.

Peter Koppes is a multi-instrumentalist, playing mandolin, drums, piano, and harmonica.

Peter Koppes has released various solo albums and various recordings with his group The Well.

Peter Koppes's daughters are Tatiana 'O' Koppes and Neige Koppes who had their own band, Rain Party [1] but now have independent solo careers.

Peter Koppes spent his teenage years in Canberra in the 1970s.

Peter Koppes was 12 when he became the drummer at school in a rock band called Bacchus Marsh.

Peter Koppes then learned guitar from the members of this early group.

Peter Koppes joined, but the singer left and they became Precious Little, with Steve on vocals.

On his return in March 1980, Peter Koppes came to Sydney and formed a three-piece band, Limazine, in Sydney with Nick Ward on drums, and began performing.

Peter Koppes attended a show with a friend of Koppes and was asked to join the band because he could play guitar, looked like he belonged in the band, and the music needed another player to develop it further.

Willson-Piper contributed to the demo, and with Peter Koppes spent a week arranging his parts for some live shows.

Peter Koppes then announced to Chris that the band couldn't continue and was disbanding.

Peter Koppes was convinced to return to participate in an Australian tour to promote the album which was then followed by a US visit with Kilbey to meet Capitol Records who were interested in signing the band.

Thereafter Peter Koppes continued with The Church to tour internationally, recording several more albums, though he recommenced writing and recording his own songs.

At the time, Steve invited Peter Koppes to write and record some songs for his double solo album Remindlessness and he contributed "Danielle" and "Soul Sample".

Peter Koppes collaborated on songwriting with singer Margot Smith, and played in her live band.

Peter Koppes returned to The Church as a guest player on the album Magician Among the Spirits in 1996.

In 2002, Peter Koppes released his 5th solo album 'Simple Intent'.