Vince Melouney

Vince Melouney
Melouney in 1967
Melouney in 1967
Background information
Birth nameVincent Melouney
Born (1945-08-18) 18 August 1945 (age 79)
Sydney, Australia
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Years active1963–present

Vincent Melouney (born 18 August 1945) is an Australian musician. He is best known as an official member of the Bee Gees from 1967 to 1969 during the group's initial period of worldwide success.

Before becoming a member of the Bee Gees in March 1967, he founded the bands The Vibratones (1963), The Aztecs (1964), Vince And Tony's Two (1965), and The Vince Maloney Sect (1966). Billy Thorpe later joined The Aztecs. Melouney assembled the Australian "supergroup" Fanny Adams in 1970. Along with Tony Worsley and The Blue Jays in 1965, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke in 1969, and The Cleves in 1971, he also had brief stints with each group.