Girl Overboard

Biography

In 1983 Lisa Schouw auditioned as a vocalist for Melbourne band "Pointz". It was in this band that she met Robin Gist for the first time. Over a period of two years the band changed its name to "Short Story", played around Melbourne, almost secured a publishing and recording deal with Wheatley Records and finally self-destructed. Lisa went back to New Zealand for about six months, but decided to return to Australia and met up with Robin to begin writing songs. After auditioning various players...

In 1983 Lisa Schouw auditioned as a vocalist for Melbourne band "Pointz". It was in this band that she met Robin Gist for the first time. Over a period of two years the band changed its name to "Short Story", played around Melbourne, almost secured a publishing and recording deal with Wheatley Records and finally self-destructed. Lisa went back to New Zealand for about six months, but decided to return to Australia and met up with Robin to begin writing songs.

After auditioning various players they settled on keyboards player Brett McNaughton and together the three formed "Separate Tables" in 1987. The line-up was augmented by Lee Davidson on drums and Jenny Milroy on backing vocals and percussion. The band released an independent single - "Long Dark Night" backed with "Wrap Your Arms Around Me". After a year of writing and gigging the band secured a recording deal with RCA/BMG, a gig as the support act for John Farnham's "Jack's Back" tour and spent months on the road promoting the single "When The Word Came Down" playing Entertainment Centres and concert halls around Australia.

The next single "Change My Sex" was largely ignored by radio. John Favaro joined the band on bass guitar and another single - "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" was released. The band began recording their debut album "Paint a Picture" with producer Ross Fraser at Metropolis Studios in Melbourne. The name change to Girl Overboard came with the release of the next single - "I Can't Believe". Four singles were released from this album including the top 20 hit "The Love We Make". The band toured extensively to promote "Paint A Picture" culminating in a trip overseas to write material for the next album.

Armed with more than enough songs, the band began pre-production for their second album "GO". Veteran producer Charles Fisher gave the collection of songs an overall sense of cohesion while new drummer Tony Day settled into the line-up. Although spawning turntable hits with "Your Love", "Chain Of Fools" and "Jackie", "GO" was not the success hoped for and some band members became disillusioned. The band finally broke up in 1993.

You can follow Lisa & Robin's latest ventures on Lisa's official site: www.lisaschouw.com




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