Tom Morgan and long-time partner in crime, Nic Dalton.  One of
our great Australian songs, generally not considered an
Australian song, is the Lemonheads' Outdoor Type, sung by the
once omnipresent Evan Dando.  The Lemonheads are, of course, an
American punk/pop band that peaked in popularity in the late
'80s to early '90s, when Dando was youth culture's pin-up dude,
radiating the twin virtues of cover-boy good looks and musical
credibility.  I count his song as Australian, though, because it
was written by an Australian, Maitland's Tom Morgan (variously
of the groups Smudge, Sneeze and the Givegoods) and was first
recorded by Smudge and released sometime around January 1994 -
you can see a live version here - so the Lemonheads' version is
actually a cover.  "Always had a roof above me, always paid the
rent, but I've never set foot inside a tent. Can't build a fire
to save my life, I lied about being the outdoor type," the first
verse goes.  A confession of sorts, the song describes how a
bloke who can't grow