By 1998, mark seymour felt that he had done all that he could as the front man of hunters and collectors. In that year he plunged into the unknown. After eighteen years of touring with what became one of australia"s most successful and deeply loved rock bands, he found himself alone on stage with just an acoustic guitar. In going solo mark has discovered a new and refreshing intensity in his voice that he believed he had lost in the band. His work has developed and grown around this simple and direct approach to performing. He continues to search for the emotional truth in a song. Mark seymour"s strength as a performer remains undiminished despite the ever-present shadow of the band he used to be in.