Cousin Creep

Who is Cousin Creep?

Cousin Creep is the alter ego of Australian Craig Barnes, known for his involvement in Melbourne Alternative music / Independent music scenes. In the late '80s he published a number of limited run cassette Fanzines called Aliens Mutants. He also worked on Radio 3RRR producing shows such as Trash on A Platter, Paint The Town Clear Gloss, Vindaloo Cocktail and Breakfasters. Between the years of 1990–1995 he ran independent label Hippy Knight Records known for releasing a number of Superchunk singles and Right Here A Tribute To The Go-Betweens which featured Frente, The Meanies, Snout & Smudge. Between 2002 & 2004 he completed a music documentary called In The Raw about Australian underground band Lubricated Goat and their infamous nude appearance on the Andrew Denton show Blah Blah Blah in 1988. In late 2004 he relocated to Bakersfield, California in the United States where he continued to work in broadcasting at KKXX & KERN. In late 2005 he started up two MP3 blogs Short Term MP3 Loss and Black Eye Records Jukebox. In 2006 he started Interviews Archive, a library which collects and stores audio interviews as a resource for researchers, academics, broadcasting, publishing or for private use.