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Stevie Wright was the prototype rock frontman despite his demons | Andrew Stafford

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The Easybeats singer had an enormous influence on generations of Australian rock’n’rollers, from AC/DC to the Saints to You Am I

The news that Stevie Wright – solo artist, singer for the Easybeats and, thanks to that band’s immortal single Friday On My Mind, Australia’s first international pop star – has died at the age of 68 will not surprise anyone familiar with his story. That does not make his loss any less devastating.

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