Matt Moffitt

Matt Moffitt
A 27-year-old man is shown in three-quarter shot. He is playing a guitar while leaning back slightly and his head is turned to his right. He wears a black singlet, strums the strings with a guitar pick in his right hand and holds strings at the fret board with his left. Behind him is part of a cymbal.
With Matt Finish, 1984
Background information
Birth nameMatthew David Moffitt
Born(1956-08-20)20 August 1956
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died12 August 2003(2003-08-12) (aged 46)
Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active1972–2003
Labels
  • Giant
  • CBS
  • Mushroom
  • Alberts
  • Warners
  • Universal

Matthew David Moffitt (20 August 1956 – 12 August 2003) was an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He fronted the rock band, Matt Finish (1978–81, 1983–85, 1990–2003), and worked as a solo artist. Matt Finish were a popular live band, which had a top 20 hit on the Kent Music Report singles chart with "Short Note" (1981).

Moffit's released a solo album in 1986, titled As Little as a Look, it provided the single, "Miss This Tonight", which reached the top 30 in June 1986. Matt Moffitt died "in his sleep, apparently from a stroke";[1] his funeral was held on 20 August 2003, on what would have been his 47th birthday.

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