Tamam Shud

This article is about the Australian rock band. For the unexplained death at Somerton, Adelaide in 1948, referred to as the Tamam Shud case, see Somerton Man.

Tamam Shud
Also known asFour Strangers, The Strangers, The Sunsets
OriginNewcastle, New South Wales, Australia
GenresPsychedelic rock, progressive rock, surf rock
Years active1964 (1964)–1972 (1972), 1993 (1993)–1995 (1995), 2002, 2006, 2008–present
LabelsCBS, Warner, Polydor
Members
  • Lindsay Bjerre
  • Peter Barron
  • Tim Gaze
  • Nigel Macara
Past members
  • Gary Johns
  • Eric Connell
  • Alex Zytnik
  • Dannie Davidson
  • Kevin Stephenson
  • Kevin Sinott
  • Richard Lockwood
  • Larry Duryea-Taylor

Tamam Shud is an Australian psychedelic, progressive and surf rock band, which formed in Newcastle in 1964. The initial line-up were known as The Four Strangers with Eric Connell on bass guitar, Dannie Davidson on drums, Gary Johns on rhythm guitar and Alex "Zac" Zytnik on lead guitar. At the end of that year Johns was replaced by Lindsay Bjerre on guitar and vocals as they trimmed their name to the Strangers. By late 1965 they had become the Sunsets. They took the name Tamam Shud in late 1967 after replacing Connell with Peter Barron on bass guitar. The group released two albums, Evolution (1969) – after which Tim Gaze replaced Zytnik on lead guitar – and Goolutionites and the Real People (1970) before disbanding in 1972. After a lengthy hiatus they reformed in 1993 to release a third album, Permanent Culture in 1994, but disbanded again in 1995. Beginning in 2008 the group worked together periodically on new material: it took eight years to complete their fourth album, Eight Years of Moonlight (January 2016).