Melinda Page was the lead vocalist with Southend (sometimes known as South End) a house-techno band that formed around 1992. Based in Sydney they had a number of hits in the mid-1990s, most notably "The Winner Is...", released in June 1994 which reached the national ARIA Top 10. "The Winner Is..." was based around a sample of the then International Olympic Committee chairman Juan Antonio Samaranch announcing that the winner of the 2000 Summer Olympics was "Syd-er-ney". They were signed to the Volition Records label and performed regularly at the Big Day Out from 1993 to 1996.
Southend performed at Utopia on Near Years Eve in Sydney in 2004. They were then invited to be the first band to appear live on Channel V’s "Room 208". After having three tracks licensed by Ministry of Sound Australia in 2009, Undercover Music's Yep! Records has released Southend's entire back catalogue (including previously unreleased material) through MGM Distribution & iTunes.
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