| Biography | Cameron Avery is an Australian multi-instrumentalist, musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the bands Pond and Tame Impala, and as the frontman for The Growl.
Avery initially started off as a member in the band, Red Shoes Boy, and played drums for singer Abbe May, but gradually moved off to form The Growl. He eventually bonded with Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker. He would then become a part of the Perth music scene; becoming a founding member of Pond, alongside Jay Watson, Jamie Terry and Joe Ryan. Avery would then go on to live with fellow band member and friend Nick Allbrook and create the duo Allbrook/Avery. Avery formed and fronted Fremantle based garage rock band, The Growl, recruiting fellow musicians Clinton Oliver, Marc Earley, Michael Jelinek, Samuel Kuzich and James Ireland. Not long after joining Tame, Avery and Kevin Parker founded the psychedelic funk band, AAA Aardvark Getdown Services.
In 2012 it was revealed that Avery and Nick Allbrook had collaborated with London-based shoegaze band, The Horrors, to record new material for Allbrook/Avery. Avery spent the majority of 2016 touring with The Last Shadow Puppets on their Everything You've Come To Expect tour. After contributing backing vocals to Arctic Monkeys' 2018 album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, Avery joined them on tour as both supporting act and multi-instrumentalist in the band's newly-expanded live line-up. |