Penthouse Paupers were an Australian rock band from Melbourne that was active in the 1980s.
They released one album, Penthouse Paupers, in 1987 on the Grown Up Wrong label. It reached #9 in the Indie charts. The following year they released a single Same Place Twice that reached #11 on the Indie charts.
The group name may have been inspired by Penthouse Pauper, a 1969 track by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Contemporaries in the Melbourne music scene included the Huxton Creepers,... meer