Brian Lord is an Australian country music artist located in Echuca, Australia. He has been a lead vocalist/guitarist for Bendigo-formed bands Total Kaos, No Mercy, BJ & the Fatties. In Echuca, he formed the Brian Lord Party Band in 1996, changed later to The Party Band , which mainly performed as a Duo/Trio with various members, including country music artist and 1986 Winner, Jane Maddick for a short time. The Party Band was also known as a Solo act, with backing music. 1996 saw Brian release his first independent album titled "The Brian Lord Band", which included two original tracks, "Just A Boy From The Country" and "Fantasy Waltz", and twelve popular cover songs from the country and country rock genres. Apart from local "live" gig requests this release did not make many waves and forced him to refocus on his love of country music. In 2000 with new manager Maree Spinkle, Brian became the oldest entrant, at 35 years of age, to become a finalist at the prestigious Awards to be held in January 2001, which was eventually won by Grant Richardson. This helped boost his career profile in the Australian country music scene. By mid-2001, Brian had independently released two singles into the Australian Country Music Charts - "My Bare Hands" pre-released on and "Love Had The Last Word" pre-released on . These two singles garnered a few nominations being a top 5 finalist in the Male Vocal, Heritage Song and Open Section - Duo divisions at the held in conjunction with the . Brian & Kaylene performed their duet at these awards. 2002 saw Brian release his third independent single into the Australian Country Music Charts - "Finders Keepers". This track was added to his mid-2001 release of "My Bare Hands/Love Had The Last Word" as a third track and had limited availability. Although Brian continues songwriting and home-recording along with his long-term passion of teaching music, where he his live performances are presently limited due to time spent . His other passions, marketing and breeding and showing have also presently taken a back seat. Brian is married to Kim, who was an Australian amateur womens boxing champion and undefeated professional women boxer. They have 3 adult children.
