Career
Stuart Leach was originally the drummer in Carpet, a funk band formed by Leach"s brother Simon (guitar) and fellow year 12 Hollywood Senior High School student, Joel Quartermain (guitar), in Perth, Western Australia. With Temperley on board, the band changed its name to Freud"s Pillow, performing around Perth and Fremantle between 1995 and 1998. The Leach brothers formed One Horse Town, with Sasha Ion (vocals)(ex-Spank) in 2002, with the line-up including Kathy Potter before finalsing on a three piece outfit with Ronan Charles (ex-Seahorse Radio) on piano, with Ion taking on the guitarist role.
Simon Leach went onto join Little Birdy in 2002.
The band released a self-titled European Parliament in October, 2004 and an album Six Feet of Snow in 2006. The band disbanded in March 2007 when Ion relocated to Melbourne.
Leach then joined The Bank Holidays, where he replaced the band"s former drummer, Stafford Chater later in 2007.
