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Australian Musicians born in September

  • 1st Sept 1954 – Riccardo “Ric” Formosa
  • 2nd Sept 1947 – Ted Mulry – Solo, TMG. Born Martin Mulry in England. Died September 1, 2001.
  • 5th Sept 1976 – Ash Grunwald. Born Ashley Groenewald in Melbourne, Australia
  • 7th Sept 1963 – Nicky Bomba. Born Nicholas Caruana in Malta
  • 9th Sept 1946 – Jim Keays – The Masters Apprentices. Born James Keays in Glasgow, Scotland
  • 11th Sept 1953 – Renée Geyer – Born Renée Rebecca Geyer in Melbourne, Australia
  • 11th Sept 1978 – Ben Lee – Born Benjamin Michael Lee in Sydney, Australia
  • 13th Sept – Lawrie Minson
  • 16th Sept 1975 – Shannon Noll. Born in Orange, NSW
  • 17th Sept 1956 – Mandawuy Yunupingu. Born Tom Djambayang Bakamana Yunupingu in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
  • 22nd Sept 1957 – Nick Cave. Born Nicholas Edward Cave
  • 24th Sept 1948 - Garth Porter of Sherbet. Born in Hamilton, New Zealand.
  • 24th Sept 1983 – Liam Finn. Born Liam Mullane Finn in Melbourne, Australia
  • 27th Sept 1953 – Greg Ham – Men At Work

Australian Musicians Passing Away in September

  • 1st Sept 2001 – Ted Mulry – Aged 63
  • 29th Sept 2003 – Slim Dusty- Aged 76

Number One Singles in Australia in September

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Rick Springfield

by Mark Gibson on August 18, 2010

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Rick Springfield could be described as the epitome of a successful rock star. Aged only 20 he was a member of Zoot, a very popular band of its time. He’s had long-term success as a solo performer as well as an acting career in both movies and TV with his role in the soap General Hospital probably being his most noteworthy. While it hasn’t all been beer & skittles, he still tours extensively to this day. Not bad for a kid from suburban Merrylands in Sydney.

About

Rick Springfield was born Richard Lewis Springthorpe on the 23rd of August 1949 in Merrylands, NSW and spent his early years in England due to his Fathers military career. He was given a guitar as a present at age 13 and eventually left school early to pursue a musical career.

In 1969 he joined popular Australian band Zoot as a guitarist at age 20 and after a few years of success he started to chase a solo career. “Speak to the sky” was his first solo effort and went top ten in Australia prompting him to move to the U.S. [Read the full article…]

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Australian Rock Trivia Quiz 3 – Aussie Drummers

by Mark Gibson August 12, 2010

Here we are again folks with another dose of Australian Rock Trivia. This time we are featuring those all important band members… The Drummer! How well do you know your Aussie drummers? It’s time to find out for sure. As always there’s no prizes, just the warm glow you get from being a smarty pants. [...]

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Bombay Rock, Surfers Paradise

by Mark Gibson August 7, 2010

“Oh yes, I almost forgot the Bombay Rock. What great acts they had in there. I can remember seeing a very young Dragon and local bands like Metalworx and my own band, Streetlife, played there. “All the big Aussie bands played the Bombay Rock, from INXS, the Choirboys, Mental As Anything and Mondo Rock to [...]

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This month in Australian music – August

by Mark Gibson August 3, 2010

Australian Musicians born in August 8th August 1928 – Don Burrows 8th August 1981 – Vanessa Amorosi, singer-songwriter 10th August 1961 – Jon Farriss – INXS -  Born Jonathon James Farriss in Perth, Western Australia 15th August 1969 — Bernard Fanning – Powderfinger, Solo 16th August 1957 – Tim Farriss – INXS – Born Timothy [...]

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Steel City Sound

by Mark Gibson July 25, 2010

I received an email this week from Warren Wheeler asking me to check out his new blog, Steel City Sound which deals with the history of the Wollongong music scene. In his own words: “Steel City Sound is an online archive of the Wollongong (NSW, Australia) independent music scene from the 60′s to now. The [...]

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Mirrored Image Update

by Mark Gibson July 22, 2010

One of the things I like best about publishing this site is when I see band members and crew find each other again after many years apart. This is one of those stories. I’ve been meaning to get this post up here for a little while now and I apologise to Rob Manego and Christine [...]

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We’re back!

by Mark Gibson July 14, 2010

Hi folks, just a short note to explain where the site went over the last few days. We’ve had a small dilemma lately in that this site is really starting to become popular and had outgrown its’ “budget” server. It had been planned to move the site for a little while now to a bigger and faster [...]

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This month in Australian music – July

by Mark Gibson July 1, 2010

Australian Musicians born in July 3 July 1943 – Judith Durham, OAM – The Seekers. Born Judith Mavis Cock in Essendon, Victoria. 4th July 1958 – Kirk Pengilly – INXS. Born in Kew, Victoria 8th July 1953 – Wendy Anne-Marie Stapleton – Wendy and the Rocketts, Solo. Born in Melbourne, Victoria. 9th July 1946 – [...]

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Bandanna – Boogie Down Under

by Mark Gibson June 24, 2010

Boogie Down Under was a single released by Sydney band Bandanna back in 1988. I had the pleasure of doing sound for them from 1985 to 1987 and then again from 1989 through to the end of the band in about 1990. This version of the band featured original members Larry McMillan and Rick Doolan [...]

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