Our last Christmas in England, 1956.

My first press appearance in New Australia ship newspaper, for chucking Mum’s watch overboard. Check out the fancy footwear.

Me in Canberra, 1971. I only ever got one pimple at a time but it was always a whopper!

Me rocking the loungeroom in Lyneham, 1970, with my first bass.

Me and Fernando, 1971. We’re in the garage going through ‘Rock Around The Clock ’ for the one millionth time.

Saga in a Canberra newspaper, 1972. Far right is the singer Ron. He had a really great voice.

Me and Dad. He hated that I had grown taller than him, and I took every opportunity to stand up straighter around him to get that extra inch.

Me in 1972, figuring out the mysteries of a C chord ... looks like I got it wrong!

Baby Grande in 1975 in a Canberra newspaper. The article said we played ‘screaming gutter rock’. And I’ve got my Mum’s blouse on back to front!

Me and Ken from Baby Grande, 1975. Perhaps we were attempting to embrace bisexuality.

Me in London, 1978. The English music industry did not take me to its bosom.

The Church’s first ever band photo shoot, 1980. The look on my face says it all.

At the very first Church gig as a three piece, a homemade banner and me attempting some rococo malarkey, 1980.

Playing fretless bass, 1981. I had finally achieved the angularity and the aloofness.

Me at the Diplomat Hotel in Melbourne, 1981. Enough eye makeup to make a panda laugh.

The Church photo shoot, at Richard’s house in Balmain, 1981. Ploogy ever the snappy dresser.

Woolloomooloo, 1981. One of my first big photo shoots on my own. I thought life was a bowl of cherries.

Melbourne gig in 1982. Fans took so many pictures of us, we must have kept Kodak in business for a year.

Stockholm, 1983. This was from a Swedish newspaper, and the headline was ‘Never a dull moment’. This was taken in Karin’s incredible apartment.

The Church goofing off in Bondi, 1986.

Dinner in Paris. By the looks of me and Ploogy there were no vegetarian options, 1986.

Party animal in Paris motel, 1988.

Me, Ploogy and a German record company guy at the Berlin Wall, 1988.

Me and Ploogy clowning around in the clouds in Europe, 1988.

Me getting interviewed on Dutch television, 1988. We loved Holland for obvious reasons.

Karin and I with one of our twins, 1994.

Me, the twins, and my good friend Dr James Blogg, 1994.

Me and my second set of twins, Aurora and Eve, on Bondi Beach, 2002.

Junky daze, London, 1998.

Me in Prague, 2007. At least I’m not in a fucking Kafka tshirt.

Ooooh, the modern era, baby. Kilbey, 2014. Photograph courtesy of Mal Viles.

Black Madonna by Steve Kilbey.

Mary was a little lamb by Steve Kilbey.

Renaissance man searching for a renaissance … a self portrait.