In Recent Years
In 2004, Kuepper and Wegener began performing together on Ed Kuepper's MFLL project, a live performance of soundtracks to short films which performed in Australia and Europe, including a show at the Cartier Foundation. Subsequently, Wegener joins Kuepper's touring band The Kowalski Collective and appears on his 2007 concept album, Jean Lee and the Yellow Dog.
An anthology of Laughing Clowns material, Cruel But Fair, was released on 3 October 2005 on the Hot label to great critical success, and having the band regarded in retrospect as "the most inventive and innovative Australian band of the post-punk era."
In 2008, Ed Kuepper reignites the Prince Melon record label, and later releases a live album by the band, their first release of new material since their split.
A version of the band reunited in 2009 for the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, curated by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and an eastern states tour.
This version of the band consisted of Kuepper, drummer Jeffrey Wegener, saxophonist Louise Elliot, bassist Les 'Biff' Millar - the line-up that played on the Everything That Flies... 12" EP, and Sydney-based keyboardist Alister Spence.
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