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Wayne was born in Bristol, UK and migrated to Australia at an early age. At the age of seven he began learning the recorder at primary school which was to become his introduction to a long musical career. His father was a drummer with the Boys Brigade in England and was encouraged to learn all facets of music. In 1959, he enrolled with the Victorian Music Academy and began playing piano accordion. At the age of 13, Wayne started playing drums having won a scholarship.

By 1967, he had joined Brown Eyed Handsome Jam who gained a name for themselves by backing Johnny Farnham and Lyn Randell. In 1969, he was offered a position in TV compare, Ross D. Wylie's backing band. He then took up role as drummer for the stage musical, Hair, lasting eight months.

Upon talking with a publican, he was told that the resident band was looking for a drummer. He went on to join this band called The Stringdusters, who, after a line-up change became Stoney Creek.

Steve was born in Hamburg, Germany & migrated to good old OZ in 1950.
At the age of 9, Steve was bitten by the entertainment bug after he was selected to sing solo at a  'Carols by Candlelight' Xmas concert at his local primary school church. Up until this time Steve used to sing along with all his mother's old 78s prized record collection taking off stars like Johnny Ray, Marty Robbins, Eddie Fisher & many others whilst mum was vacuuming the house.
In his first year of high school, Steve's music teacher persuaded him to attend music periods and introduced him to classical music and vocal training. it was about this time that that Steve became friends with a couple of guitarists from a popular local chart-riding band [The Henchmen] This was Steve's first real introduction to the professional music scene whereby he reckoned he was ready for his first guitar and so decided to form his own rock & roll bands 'The Vultures' and then finally 'The Unknowns'. After several
 years of playing on the early Australian rock scene with several groups, Steve finally teamed up with a member of a local rival band, Wayne Ford of ex Brown Eyed Handsome Jam.
After doing a stint with Wayne on the stage musical 'Hair', Wayne and Steve decided to change musical tac and head toward country music.....this led to joining the 'Stringdusters', a popular country group at the time.
After Stringdusting for a couple of years, it was decided to reshuffle members in the group and up came the name ' Stoney Creek' and head for a more professional pasture!

Brian was born in Bangalore, India, and began learning classical piano at the age of seven. He then branched out and began playing guitar and bass. Before moving to Australia, he played in a local band called the Checkmates, playing Beatles songs and local western hits. One of his early bands in Australia was Night Train before joining commercial rock band Mega Set. Brian joined the Stringdusters in 1978 where he was able to put his multi-instrumental abilities to good use playing bass, keyboards and pedal steel guitar. Brian contacted Graham Gould in 1979 to ask if he could fill in for Charlie Kneale, who was going overseas. After Charlie returned, he never rejoined until 1994.

Taking up guitar at the age of nine, Graham was weaned on the hits of the day being rock n roll with hillbilly influences. He joined his first band The Phables in 1965 while still at school and it was with them that he played his first professional job. 1969 saw him in a soul band called The Fuzz, who played in the Battle of the Bands at Festival Hall and television's Uptight. He went on to play in a showband called Live Sound Dimension who recorded their first single for Festival records, The Face I Love/What a Great Day, both written by Graham. The band was also joined by Brian Dullard while resident bass player was overseas. Prior to joining Stoney Creek, Graham had been a regular on TVs The Earlybird Show,  recorded a solo single and had worked on TV shows such as Prisoner and The Sullivans. See also; grahamgould.com

Clayton was born in Calcutta, and from the age of five was interested in music and acting. Clayton's first group The Skylarks, was invited by Beatle George Harrison to record on the Apple label, but the group fell apart before the offer could be taken up.

Arriving in Melbourne in 1969, he formed the duo David and Nawab, who won New Faces and also appeared on TVs Fred Bear's Brekky Show. He also appeared on the Don Lane Show, The Mike Walsh Show and Hey Hey It's Saturday. Prior to joining Stoney Creek, Clayton had his own radio show at 3YB Warrnambool called Into Country before recording his first single Joanne/Silver Lady.

 An exceptionally fine guitarist and songwriter, Bernie has been part of the Australian music industry for more than 30 years. As a member of the "Rondells" in the '60s, he worked with many well-known local artists, and was the guitar soloist on "I Belong With You" - the premier hit recording for Bobby Bright and Laurie Allen. As a member of the band Saltbush, formed in 1975, they toured Australia and supported Ray Stevens. They recorded several albums and played at the Tulsa Festival in Oklahoma, US.  Bernie joined Stoney Creek in 1984 and gave the band a new direction with his experience as a writer, guitarist, dobro and fiddle player. Bernie has since recorded another solo album.

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Steve's first solo vocal performance was at the age of 11 at the Coburg Town Hall. Also at this age he entered a number of amateur radio contests, through which he gained regular work at wedding services. A short while later he learnt guitar and then joined his first band, Blue Waters.

At the age of 14, he appeared on Young Talent Time winning his way through to the preliminary finals. It was at this stage, that the show's producer insisted that he gets singing tuition. He was also appearing in a number of amateur musical productions.

Steve g played a three year stint as bass player and vocalist with

the band Country Grass, who won the best Bluegrass Band award at the Wandong Music Festival. It was during some time off that he appeared on New Faces where he came second. He then recorded his first single record Dulcify/Try To Live which gained him airplay in Melbourne and Victorian country areas. Steve was working with the band Silverwater when he was invited to join Stoney Creek.

He was born in Wales before moving to England for awhile. One of his earliest influences was hearing a steel guitar being played in the Slim Whitman band who were doing the first ever European tour by a country and western act. He practised every moment he had determined to be the best at his instrument. Living in Melbourne, he got a phone call from a recording studio, requesting his services playing for Bruce Woodley of The Seekers. After this first first paid job, his services were sought by many including the Little River Band, Brian Cadd, Barry Crocker, Stars, Kamahl and many more. His signature sound was largely responsible for the success of the song Wind and Rain, performed by the band Bluestone, of which he was a member. As a member of Stoney Creek, he went on to teach himself fretless bass with the same dedication that he used to learn pedal-steel guitar.

 Born in Bunyip, Gippsland, with identical twin brother Graeme, and together they learnt singing and had piano lessons. Like other Creek members they too had their beginnings on TVs New Faces show winning their heat and singing in the Grand Final. Both brothers, who hold degrees in music formed the band 1901 in 1977 which won many awards before its demise five years later. Known simply as the Howie Brothers after this, they continued to work their hectic schedules until a break in 1985. Graham Gould joined Michael Burke in the Howie Brothers as bass player for two months before the split, after which Graham, Michael and John joined a new line-up of Stoney Creek. After about six months, John returned to Graeme to continue their union.