Leadfinger
No Room At The Inn
Leadfinger is the nome de plume (and band name) for songwriter/guitarist Stewart Leadfinger Cunningham. Born in Glasgow, Scotland and raised in the southern NSW city of Wollongong, Cunningham has been a fixture on the Australian underground scene for over 20 years. He first plied his guitar-slinger trade in the late 80s with the pre-grunge Proton Energy Pills before heading to Sydney to play in seminal underground guitar bands - Asteroid B-612, Brother Brick and Challenger-7 - and a stint in Melbourne with The Yes-Men - all of these bands released highly sought after records in Australia and overseas. No Room at the Inn revisits classic seventies rock (think Tom Petty, Big Star, Flamin Groovies) without forgetting the bands seminal roots (MC5, Radio Birdman, The Saints). Eschewing modern-day gadgetry and production tricks, the band relied on vintage recording gear and great songs to create an album that could easily be mistaken for a lost seventies masterpiece.