Best-known for his use the Verlaines (where period he appeared in a complete of seven albums), singer/guitarist Graeme Downes tripped for a single career in the first 21st century. Furthermore to composing and executing music, Downes also functions at College or university of Otago in New Zealand, where he acts as a lecturer on modern rock and roll music. Although he completed recording his single debut in 1999, it wasn’t released until August of 2001 beneath the name Hammers and Anvils.