Glenn Thompson (musician)

In 1997, Thompson joined Brisbane band Custard.Pig City: From the Saints to Savage Garden. Univ. of Queensland Press. {{ISBN|0-7022-3561-X}}, 9780702235610. Andrew Stafford. (2006) He was a member for the recording of their third album We Have The Technology in Easley Studios, Memphis, in 1997 and Loverama in Brisbane in 1999. Thompson wrote the unexpected hit "Music Is Crap", which made it into the list of the 50 best songs from the state of Queensland, as named by music critic Noel Mengel in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/noel-mengels-top-50-list-of-queensland-songs/story-fnihsrf2-1226674854483|title=Top 50 Queensland songs|website=M.couriermail.com.au|date=5 July 2013}}

Custard split in 2000 after years of heavy touring and low CD sales. David McCormack founder and lead singer of Custard went on to form the Titanics with Thompson, journalist Emma Tom, and filmmaker/video artist Tina Havelock-Stevens. The Titanics released Love Is The Devil in 2000 and disbanded in 2001.

Robert ForsterThe Go-Betweens. Verse Chorus Press. {{ISBN|1-891241-16-8}}; David Nichols (2005) reformed The Go-Betweens with co-founder Grant McLennan and bassist Adele Pickvance to record The Friends of Rachel Worth in 2000 with Janet Weiss of Sleater Kinney on drums. Thompson replaced German drummer Mathias Strauder when the world tour to promote Rachel Worth reached Australia for the 2001 Big Day Out.{{cite web|url=http://go-betweens.net/gb/reviews/gb010126.htm|title=>The Go Betweens: Big Day Out, Sydney, 26th January|website=Go-betweens.net|access-date=5 August 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053415/http://go-betweens.net/gb/reviews/gb010126.htm|url-status=live}} Thompson went on to play on the Go-Betweens next two records, Bright Yellow Bright Orange and Oceans Apart,{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/result?q=identifier:%22nla.cs-ma-destra%20Media~881DA4EE-34D1-414D-8222-9206C5E6A22F%22|title=Search results for 'identifier:"nla.cs-ma-destra Media~881DA4EE-34D1-414D-8222-9206C5E6A22F"' - People and organisations|website=Trove.nla.gov.au}} he was a member of the band until its demise in 2006 with the death of Grant McLennan.

Thompson formed Beachfield{{Cite web |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3042439.ece |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 January 2009 |archive-date=8 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908052539/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3042439.ece |url-status=dead }} in 2006 as a vehicle for his songwriting. Brighton Bothways, Beachfield's first album, was released in Europe in 2007.

Pickvance, Thompson and Forster reconvened in 2007 to record Forsters fifth solo album The Evangelist.{{cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/music/forster-strikes-out-on-his-own/story-e6freqgx-1111116086331|title=Forster strikes out on his own|website=Couriermail.com.au|date=18 April 2008}}

In 2010, he formed a duo with Adele Pickvance from The Go-Betweens, called Adele&Glenn. They released the album Carrington Street on Glitterhouse Records in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/music-carrington-st-adele-glenn/story-fn6ck8la-1226352996412|title=MUSIC: Carrington St - Adele & Glenn|website=Couriermail.com.au|date=11 May 2012}}

From 2012 - 2016 Glenn performed in the three-piece family band The Answers with his son Wintah on electric guitar and daughter Nellie on synthesiser.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/theanswersband?ref=hl|title=The Answers - Facebook|website=Facebook}}

In July 2013, Thompson was named in the top ten greatest alternative music drummers in Australia.{{cite web|url=http://m.fasterlouder.com.au/news/35775/The-10-greatest-drummers-of-Australian-alternative-music.|title=The 10 greatest drummers of Australian alternative music|date=23 May 2013|website=M.fasterlouder.com.au}}

The first new album by Custard in 16 years, Come Back, All Is Forgiven, was recorded and mixed by Thompson at his Horses of Australia Studio, in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/dave-mccormacks-custard-comes-back-and-all-is-forgiven-20151201-glc5oz.html|title=Dave McCormack's Custard comes back (and all is forgiven)|first=Craig|last=Mathieson|date=3 December 2015|website=Smh.com.au}}

Custard's seventh studio album, The Common Touch, was released in October 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/reviews/custard-the-common-touch-adam-wilding/qH67ur28v74/03-10-17|title=Album Review: Custard - The Common Touch|first=Adam|last=Wilding|website=Themusic.com.au|access-date=29 April 2023|archive-date=29 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429141307/https://themusic.com.au/reviews/custard-the-common-touch-adam-wilding/qH67ur28v74/03-10-17|url-status=live}}

In 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, Custard released Respect All Lifeforms.

Custard's most recent album Suburban Curtains came out in 2024

Thompson works as an exhibition manager at Bundanon NSW.

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• Calling from a Country Phone - Robert Forster (1993)
• Beard - COW (1994)
• We Have The Technology - Custard (1997)
• Loverama - Custard (1999)
• Size Isn't Everything - The Titanics (2000)
• The Safety Jump - The Titanics (2000)
• Love is the Devil - The Titanics (2000)
• Bright Yellow Bright Orange - The Go-Betweens (2002)
• Oceans Apart - The Go-Betweens (2005)
• Brighton Bothways - Beachfield (2007)
• Write Your Adventures Down - Compilation (2007)
• The Evangelist - Robert Forster (2007)
• Carrington Street - Adele&Glenn (2012)
• Come Back, All Is Forgiven - Custard (2015)
• The Common Touch (album) - Custard (2017)
• Respect All Lifeforms - Custard (2020)
• Suburban Curtains - Custard (2024)

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• [http://glennthompson.bandcamp.com Glenn Thompson's website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729012814/http://glennthompson.bandcamp.com/ |date=29 July 2013 }}
• [http://www.myspace.com/beachfield Beachfield's MySpace] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702030139/https://myspace.com/beachfield |date=2 July 2013 }}

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