Mourners gather in Sydney for Stevie Wright's funeral
Mourners have gathered at St Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney for the funeral of Australia rock legend Stevie Wright. (AAP)
Hundreds of mourners congregated at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney for the public funeral of rock legend Stevie Wright.
The hour-long service included live music performances from You Am I frontman Tim Rogers and pop singer John Paul Young.
Mourners young and old, dressed in frayed black rocker outfits and plenty of piercings, were handed sheet music of Wright's pop hit She's So Fine as they entered the cathedral.
The Easybeats frontman died in Moruya on the NSW south coast last month, aged 68, after falling ill with pneumonia.
His band's hit Friday On My Mind was a huge success, reaching number one in Australia, number six in Britain and making it to the top 20 in the US in the 1960s.
After the band broke up, Wright went on to become a top solo artist with his three-part epic Evie.
The rocker battled drug and alcohol addiction for two decades.
In 2005, he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame for his success with The Easybeats. His last performance was at the Legends of Rock Festival at Byron Bay in 2009.
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