South End

Name = Southend | Background = group or band | Years active = 1992-1997 (approx), 2003 - Present | Origin = Sydney, Australia | Genre = Techno, House, Electronica | Label = Volition Records (1993-1996), Distributed by Nettwerk Records in North America, Yep! Records (2009-) | Current members = Stuart McCarthy, Steve Younan, Melinda Page Southend (sometimes known as South End) is an Australian house-techno band formed around 1992. Based in Sydney a... more

Name = Southend | Background = group or band | Years active = 1992-1997 (approx), 2003 - Present | Origin = Sydney, Australia | Genre = Techno, House, Electronica | Label = Volition Records (1993-1996), Distributed by Nettwerk Records in North America, Yep! Records (2009-) | Current members = Stuart McCarthy, Steve Younan, Melinda Page Southend (sometimes known as South End) is an Australian house-techno band formed around 1992. Based in Sydney and formed around synthesiser/keyboardists Stuart McCarthy, Steve Younan, Sameer Sen-Gupta and vocalist Melinda Page, they had a number of hits in the mid-1990s, most notably "The Winner Is...", released in June of 1994 which reached the national ARIA Top 10. "The Winner Is..." was based around a sample of the then International Olympic Committee chairman Juan Antonio Samaranch announcing that the winner of the 2000 Summer Olympics was "Syd-er-ney". They were signed to the Volition Records label and performed regularly at the Big Day Out from... less