Stephen Aravena heralds from Sydney but spent 9 of his formative years in Chile where his parents were originally from. He thought that until the age of 21 he would be a footballer, but one day he tripped over an old guitar, starting strumming on it for the first time and was hooked.
After playing around Sydney with various bands and other like minded musicians and also a solo act he decided in 1998 to form “Aravena”. They were played rather successfully on Nova 96.9FM a commercial radio station in Sydney.
Moving to London in 2003 he decided to form a new “Aravena” where for 2 years they would play headlining gigs up and down the country. Unfortunately Aravena’s bass player and good friend Stewart Smith died after a long battle with cancer. Stephen was crushed and gave up playing music for 6 months.
Stephen then went on the search for a band of like minded musicians who could fulfill his now unquenchable musical passion. On answering an ad in NME in February 2006; and after the initial audition it was clear for all to see that he would be perfect for “Morning Lane”