Career
They released four albums on Australian independent labels to some level of critical acclaim and very limited sales. Their fifth album, Tabaran, was to be released internationally through Warner Brothers, but was dropped at the last minute. In the early 1990s, Bridie formed a second band, My Friend the Chocolate Cake with Helen Mountfort as a side project
The new band became Bridie"s main focus when Not Drowning Waving broke up after the release of the 1992 Circus album.
My Friend the Chocolate Cake has released six studio albums and a live album. Bridie has released four solo albums, Acting of Free Choice (2000), Hotel Radio (2003),, and most recently Wake in May 2013.
He has also written several soundtracks for Australian movies and television, most notably The Manitoba Who Sued God in 2001, Remote Area Nurse and The Circuit in 2007-2010. During his secondary school years, Bridie attended Camberwell High School.
