Band Profiles

Get to know the people behind the success of many corporate team building events. Live Band Karaoke promise 100% entertainment and has earned the best reputation in terms of corporate entertainment. Browse our band profile to know more about the men behind excellent performances and successful events.

Live Band Karaoke was established by two former Macquarie Bank executives, Greg Peel and Andrew Coorey.

Greg Peel

Greg's post banking work has been with Opera Australia, in children's theatre, in event management and as a published author and journalist. He has produced scores of successful Live Band Karaoke events.

Andrew Coorey

Andrew Coorey is a professional events presenter who has organised literally thousands of trivia nights, has been flown overseas numerous times to MC client dinners, he has written for, produced and presented radio programs for some of the biggest names at 2UE... and for himself.

The LBK Band

While the LBK band will always consist of a minimum of lead guitar, bass, keys, drums, lead and backing vocals, there is no one LBK band as such. Instead, the LBK band is drawn for each gig from a stable of working musicians boasting several decades of experience between them. This ensures the LBK show is almost always available for bookings. LBK has regularly played two simultaneous gigs on one night with different line-ups.

The stable has changed often over seven years but still includes three founding members and others of several years' association. Please meet the current band members:

 Brent Murphy - Lead Guitar and Vocals

Aside from his LBK residence, Brent has since joined with Central Coast original band Rocwater which has released two CDs, extensively toured Australia's east coast, played the Peats Ridge festival, won an ABC music award and sold out local Central Coast venues such as Lizotte's on many occasions. He now performs covers as a solo act and in the duo Nothing Sacred and has formed his latest original band, The Evolvrs.

 Greg Lines - Bass Guitar and Vocals

Greg has more recently been a stalwart of the Sydney pub and club scene in covers outfits including a solo act and the long running GTS, joined at different times by Live Band Karaoke members including Brent Murphy and Gordon Heazlewood. Greg became a founding member of LBK in 2003 and also runs his own real estate agency while maintaining his solo and GTS performances.

 Gordon Heazlewood - Drums and Vocals

Eventually returning to Sydney, Gordon joined original/covers band Back and Forward and met guitarist Brent Murphy. In 2003 Gordon became a founding member of Live Band Karaoke and continues to play with various covers outfits including Extremely Elvis and the Legend Killers with LBK members Jim Astley and Graeme Wyburd as well jazz and folk ensembles. Gordon is employed as a rigging equipment manager and draftsman with concert production company Jands.

 Jim Astley - Lead Guitar and Vocals

Jim left the Southern Highlands for Sydney in the late 70s and formed covers band Norts & Crosses, followed by Big Kids in which he was joined by bassist Graeme Wyburd. He took a break in the 80s to pursue a career as an audio producer for Channel Seven and was ultimately to become the network's head sound engineer.

Jim engineered everything from sitcoms to live shows such as Mulray, Denton and The Fat and was called upon to mix visiting acts from Deep Purple to Michael Buble. He also engineers shows at Tamworth each year including Wendy Matthews and the Screaming Jets, and now as a freelancer has recorded The Eagles live among others.

But musicianship was never far away, and more recently Jim has been involved in earlier karaoke shows, Extremely Elvis (with LBK members Graeme and Gordon) , the Mike Whitney Band, and as backing band for the likes of Doc Neeson, Mark Gable and Swanee. Jim also formed his own covers band, the Legend Killers, which is variously accompanied by other LBK members. Jim joined Live Band Karaoke in 2004.  

Graeme 'Wal' Wyburd - Bass Guitar and Vocals

Graeme's musical career began in high school when he formed a band that later became Mistress and led him to meet guitarist Jim Astley. Graeme and Jim have since teamed up in many outfits, including earlier karaoke and tribute shows (Abba for example) and more recently Extremely Elvis.

Graeme joined Live Band Karaoke in 2004 but is also resident bassist in other projects, including The Supreme Motown Show, Saturday Night Divas and in a regular duo with Operatunity star Nick Savas. Graeme also runs his own audio/video installation business based in Penrith.

 Suzi Liddell - Keys and Vocals 

From a classical background, Suzi made the leap to rock 'n' roll in the 80s when she joined original band Detective Red which toured with Richard Clapton, Eurogliders and Jimmy Barnes and played all the major venues in Sydney supporting seminal Australian acts such as Divinyls, Mondo Rock, Icehouse, and the Party Boys.

After a stint as booking agent, Suzi returned to the stage in the 90s to provide percussion and backing vocals for Jan Preston, joining band members such as Jim Conway and Hamish Stuart, and later played in cover bands including the Divinyls concept show Pleasure and Pain and Queen of Charts, a best of women in rock tribute band. Suzi joined Live Band Karaoke in 2004 and has since co-founded original band Pleasuredogs. In her spare time she is an administrator at Sydney University.

 Stewart Booth - Lead Vocals

In more recent times, Stewart has been singing with various covers outfits including fellow LBK member Jim Astley's Legend Killers and the Wayne Pearce Big Hitters as well as participating in many charity events including Westpac's Youth Off The Street fundraisers. Stewart joined LBK in 2008. In between he also finds the time to be Managing Director (Australia & NZ) for US-based electronic component distributor Arrow Electronics.

Michael Rumore - Drums

Over 25 years, Michael has played and recorded with a number of high profile bands including The John Field Band, Ray Burgess, Glen Shorrock, The Australian Blues Bros Show, Digger Revell, McCauleys Raiders (Mo Award nominees), Mister Sister, Think Baby Think, The Australian Pink Show, The Fleetwood Mac Show, Boogie Wonderland, Ivy Somerfield (Golden Guitar Award winner) and many others. Michael is routinely retained for live and recording session work and also operates his own rehearsal studio in Sydney where he teaches drums and mentors young bands.

In his spare time Michael runs his own private investigation agency which has been retained by everyone from government bodies through to celebrities. His business has led Michael to several radio interviews on the ABC and 2GB and appearances on Today Tonight, A Current Affair and Insight (SBS) as well as references in newspapers and book publications. Michael joined Live Band Karaoke in 2007.