Benjamin Michael Lee (born 11 September 1978) is an Australian musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake (2003).[1] He has released eleven solo studio albums.
Lee’s musical career began in 1993 with the band Noise Addict, who were signed to Steve Pavlovic’s independent label Fellaheen Records, on the strength of a self-produced and distributed four-track demo recorded in Lee’s bedroom. Pavlovic’s connections brought the band to the attention of Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Beastie Boys’ Mike D, both of whom released the band’s material in the US. The group put out several releases on the Beasties’ Grand Royal Records.
These including the acoustic Young and Jaded EP in 1994, which contained Lee’s Evan Dando tribute, “I Wish I Was Him”. In 1995, Grand Royal released the band’s only full-length album, the Brad Wood-produced Meet the Real You. Noise Addict made a music video for the song “16”, toured with Sebadoh, but then broke up. Lee was also briefly a member of the alternative act Gerling. In 2009 Lee recorded a new Noise Addict album, It Was Never About the Audience, with a new lineup; Lou Barlow and Lara Meyerratken.
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