Phillip John "Pip" Proud was born in
Adelaide on 11 September 1947. He is the younger brother of artist
Geoffrey Proud (1946–2022). The family lived in different parts of South Australia including the inner city suburb of
Hindmarsh, where his parents were "middle class and so on, and so on." In his book
Ubu Films: Sydney Underground Movies 1965-1970 (1997) Peter Mudie described the film as an "experimental documentary" which "observes Pip and his constant companion Alison in a variety of settings which project Pip's attitudes to urban life. Slow, fast and single frame filming are used, and some images are drawn on and punctured. Pip sings his own songs on the sound track." He ceased working with the Philips label and did not release any further recordings until the mid-1990s. Proud travelled to Britain in late 1969 to further his career. he told Keavney, that he intended to travel to the east, "Buddhism is a very gentle, unbinding religion. That's why I want to learn more about it. I might stay in a monastery for a year just to see." He lived in northern Tasmania for some years before relocating to northern New South Wales, eventually living in
Tenterfield in the mid-1990s. Proud was tracked down in 1995 by historian David Nichols leading to the re-release of his two
Polydor LPs on CD via
Nic Dalton's
Half a Cow label as
Eagle-Wise (1996). Nichols and Dalton also helped Pip record six new songs in 1996, two of which have been released to date. Proud resumed recording new material to release more albums, primarily, for the
Emperor Jones label. He described how, "I started recording again. I had to learn the guitar again. I recorded to a cassette player that was hooked up to the car to power it, then a petrol generator, then solar cells. I've released four or five albums on the Emperor Jones label and I'm looking forward to doing another, a call-and-response rap album." He moved to a care facility in
Healesville to be close to his two oldest sons, who were living in Melbourne. In 2006, he played two live shows, his first in over thirty years, in Melbourne. Proud died in March 2010, aged 62, from throat cancer. He was survived by five children and their two mothers. == Discography ==