Kevin Stanton

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Kevin Stanton - guitarist with Fragments Of Time, Transformer and founding member and guitarist with Mi-Sex

Kevin Stanton was born on 21 June, 1955 and passed away on May 18th, 2017 at the age of 61.  He formed Mi-Sex in New Zealand in 1978 with the late Steve Gilpin and bassist Don Martin, with Murray Burns and drummer Richard Hodgkinson.  He relocated to Sydney with his fellow members later that year, but left the band for a spell in 1982 to attend to on-going health issues.  He returned four months later before being joined by second guitarist, and former Silent Movies player, Colin Bayley, in 1983, staying with the band through their fourth album Where Do They Go? before departing for good.  Kevin was was the songwriter or co-songwriter of several of Mi-Sex's best-loved tunes, including their seminal hit Computer Games, from their 1979 debut album Graffiti Crimes, as well as that record's title track and other songs including But You Don't Care (1979), People, Space Race, It Only Hurts When I'm Laughing (all 1980), Shanghaied! (1981), Castaway (1982) ..... and more!

Fragments Of Time

Mi-Sex

Kevin suffered from severe cervical spondylosis, a serious spinal condition, and was the subject of a fundraiser in 2014 featuring a line-up of local greats.   He relocated to France to await an operation in England after it was found that local doctors could not help him further.  He is survived by his wife, Aleta, and children Nyran, Georgia, Miki, Benjamin and Lenore.  Mi-Sex have enjoyed a resurgence over recent years, reuniting in 2011 for a Christchurch earthquake benefit show and releasing their first new single in 25 years in 2016, though Stanton was able to take part in either reunion.

Transformer RVZ003a (Revolution)

Transformer RVZ003b (Revolution

The MI-SEX Discography was as follows .....

Space Race (1980) CBS Aust SBP 237442 LP   Computer Games Epic 1980 LP   Graffiti Crimes CBS Aust 1979 LP SBP 237329   MI-SEX '79-'85 CBS 4625502 CD