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Troy Newman

Occupation:
Singer
Born:
11-23-1964
Died:
11-23-1997
Remembered Best As:
Australian singer-songwriter and musician who was a member of Perth pop, rock band Boys from 1987 to 1988 and also had a solo career, releasing two albums, Gypsy Moon (1991) and It's Like This (1995) before he died in March 1997
Suicide/Overdose:
Overdose

Biography

Troy Adrian Newman was born in Perth, Western Australia.[1][2] He began writing songs while attending Hollywood Senior High School and, in his earlier years, fronted The Exdreamists. At age seventeen he joined popular local Perth band Boys as a vocalist, when they reformed in 1987 with Camillo Del Roio and Lino Del Roio on guitar, Eddie Parise on bass guitar, drummer Frank Celenza and Tony Celiberti as keyboardist.[3][4][5] A year later the band changed their name to Boyschool but split soon after,[4] with Parise and Celenza moving to form Bamboo Curtain, before joining Baby Animals

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