Ben Franz – Double Bass

Principally a roots and jazz player, Ben Franz has also worked in eclectic genres ranging from noise bands to post rock. Since 2000 he has been actively involved in record production and engineering.

After studying jazz at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts in the early 90’s, he began a seven year stint with Lucky Oceans’ band The Zydecats. In 2001 he joined The Waifs as their regular bass player, with whom he remains to this day.

Ben plays double bass on Lolita on Against the Odds.

Ben was born in Perth and began learning classical piano at age seven. He pursued this for ten years also doing a year of classical guitar in his teens before launching his professional career at seventeen, playing double bass in the Perth pub scene.

In mid 2009 he relocated to Melbourne where he now mainly works playing bass, lap steel and pedal steel guitar.