S.J.C. Powell

Born in Sydney in 1951. He was guitarist and vocalist in Australian band, "The Mint", who released 4 singles between 1969 and 1971 on the 'Ramrod' label. After securing a major recording contract with an Australian recording company, he recorded his first solo LP entitled: 'Celestial Madness', which was released throughout the world in 1974. Soon after this, Powell went totally deaf and was unable to record again. Since then, and the arrival of state of the art digital hearing aids, he has been able to record again. He was also the manager of a theatre for fifteen years and has written two plays and a musical comedy. He has also written a book, 'FAME OR INFAMY: The true story behind the Jack the Ripper diary', tells the story of just how the infamous diary of Jack the Ripper came to be written and how it has affected the literary world.