Career
Also known for his time in teenage band GOD, Geelong"s Bored! and the Yes-Men, Tim Hemensley was in his first band, Royal Flush at age nine. A tireless participant in the Australian rock and roll scene, among other things he occasionally played bass for Peter Wells of Australian band Rose Tattoo. Hemensley died of a heroin overdose on 21 July 2003.
Hemensley was the son of the poet Kris Hemensley.