About this site

This site is an attempt to provide a permanent record of Australian bands, musicians, recordings and technical crew no matter what the musical genre. It will have a bias towards Rock and Pop in the beginning but eventually we would like to highlight Aussie music of all types.

We gratefully accept contributions directly from Bands and Muso’s so if you want yourself or your band listed just let us know. Similarly, if you spot something on our site that is not accurate, please let us know and we will correct it.

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Simone Rota March 3, 2009 at 4:12 pm

Looking for a contact phone number or email add. for the Party Boys or any one of the band members.
Thanks,
Simone

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sam March 10, 2009 at 11:04 pm

hey guys im just wondering if you know of a band called shantuzzi’s (i think thats it any way) im looking it up for a friend it is an all girl band and the lead singers name is elly or allie or sumthin like that and she is a former neighbours actor if you could help me in any way it would be much appreciated as my freind is interested in looking them up and ll searches so far have come up dead ta. ps one of there songs is wanna be or something along those lines sorry im so vague lol its all the info i was given cheers heaps. sam

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Josh April 12, 2009 at 8:39 pm

Chantoozies!

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Julie B May 18, 2009 at 1:22 pm

I was hoping someone could provide details about the 1983 Ash Wednesday appeal concert, date/line up/location etc

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Leighton G June 26, 2009 at 6:06 pm

The Prefects were a band that I worked for as a sound engineer about 1983/4 I can’t seem to find much about them anywhere. They had at least one single that made it onto the charts

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Martin Shanahan July 20, 2009 at 5:38 pm

In early 1971 I attended a concert at Paddington which featured among other artists a group which my (faulty) recollection tells me was called Heart n Soul.

The band had a hit which I think was called Lazy Life. The band had 8 – 10 members (a big band!)

Any help to locate information on this band – and even point me to a copy of that song, would be very gratefully received.

Best wishes,

Martin

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Sherry July 20, 2009 at 8:39 pm

Gees that’s a drag. Whilst engagaging and pertaking in the sounds of the era I am visciously thrust into silence and to text screen that presents like a navigational index when I navigate within your site.

Bit of a mood breaker me thinks—–

Sorry I seem to be a bit opinonated, and unshakable personality trait I guess. Still love the site but might take a bit of work to fully engage with your site.

Oops there is another inescapable trait “Lazy”

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Karen January 23, 2010 at 1:03 pm

I know a bit about music from the 1980′s to the late 90′s if your interested. I’m actually writing a blog with my favourite bands from A to Z and when I’m ready to share the information I’ll email you a link.

For the my blog A to Z I’m looking for information on a band (from Melbourne) called Flotsam Jetsam (not the thrash metal band of the same name). I think they were from Melbourne but I could be wrong, sometime between 1982 and 1990 at a guess and also information on a Sydney band called Kam Sha. If you can help please contact me via Twitter. Many thanks, Karen

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Dani July 25, 2010 at 1:58 pm

Hi Karen,
Flotsam Jetsam where definately from Sydney; google Stephen Ferris, and am pretty sure Cam Sha where the ones from Melbourne. Hope that helps.

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hilton donaldson February 1, 2010 at 1:47 am

Dear Karen,
The Flotsam Jetsam your looking for can be found at a radio station called JJJ.The man your looking for adopted a new role away from music to subsequent his income. He’s either Jay or the Doctor. Give them a ring.

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Tracey February 4, 2010 at 4:57 pm

Hi Karen/Hilton,
Flotsam Jetsam were a Sydney band around in the late eighties (and so far too long ago for either Jay or the Doctor to have been members). I’ve just grabbed my vinyl copy of “Power” which featured Terry Serio and the band members were: Stephen Ferris, Nick Ferris, Tony Gilbert, John Swanton, Peter Ciobo and Ashley Cadell.

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Neil Syratt February 13, 2010 at 11:00 pm

Love your site. I’ve recently started a Facebook group ’80s Oz Rock’ in a similar vein to your own site and I’ve looking for like-minded people to join in. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=286689442996

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gary May 1, 2010 at 1:45 pm

Can anyone out there help…Im looking for Crawl File From AUSTRALIAN CRAWL???? It’s been deleted from record stores >>>HOW CAN I GET MY HANDS ON ONE???

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Peter B August 24, 2010 at 4:53 pm

I have a copy. You could contact me at petermeredith16@optusnet.com.u.

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Cassie McCawley May 15, 2010 at 9:39 pm

Hi, I think your site is great! Just wondering if you would be interested in adding my band Tantalum to your site. We are an all girl Australian band who play rock.
Please visit our myspace- http://www.myspace.com/tantalum
thanks, Cassie – tantalum

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Mark Gibson May 23, 2010 at 9:56 am

Hi Cassie, sure we’d love to have you listed. Just go to the “Contributors Wanted” page on the main menu & you can get all the info you need.

Cheers, Mark

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Sean June 15, 2010 at 10:29 am

Wondering if anyone knows who sang, ‘the Fly and the Spider’. I’m thinking it was a short-lived Australian pop band of the mid/late 80′s.

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josh June 20, 2010 at 3:42 pm

Just wondering if anyone recalls a band called World that had a minor hit with a song called Picture Book ??

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Annette June 22, 2010 at 6:02 pm

Hi Sean. The song you refer to if it’s the one I have is Spider and the Fly by Non Stop Dancers. I don’t have a year it was produced. The mostly known track was Shake this City where the video was about two manequins going out.
Cheers Annette

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Carol July 14, 2010 at 2:07 pm

Hi,
I’m trying to track down a CD released in 1995 by a great Aussie band called ‘Best of Flying Circus 1969-71′ which was compiled by Glenn A. Baker and I’ve had absolutely no luck, any sugestions?

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Peter B August 24, 2010 at 4:52 pm

It was available through Raven Records but I cant see it on the catalogue. Maybe you could contact them to seem if they can make you a back order copy.

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andy p August 28, 2010 at 12:42 am

trying to get some info on a W.A. band called boys.had 2 albums that i know of,boys and inside the cage.found nothing on the net at all.am trying to get a copy of inside the cage on c.d or vinyl..

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