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Bands - B

Bandanna Desk Tape Found

December 27, 2009
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A few weeks back I had the extreme pleasure of finding a few old cassette tapes in a box in my garage. Amongst the rubbish was a couple of gems including these four songs here. They are from a live desk tape of Bandanna which was recorded around 1989 at, to the best of my [...]

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Baby Animals

June 22, 2007

About
Sydney based band from 1989 – 1996
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History
“Late 1989 Suze DeMarchi returns to her native Australia from London, where she had been recording/writing under EMI Records. She is unhappy with the record company’s attempt to [...]

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Black Label

February 26, 2007
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About
From the muddy waters of western Sydney, BLACK LABEL was born.
The name is always synonymous with “top shelf”, “extra special blends” & that’s exactly what you get with this act being touted as Sydney’s hardest working rock band.
With their pumping selections of tight riffy guitar tunes, BLACK LABEL blend awesome high energy performances with master [...]

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Blind Ambition

February 23, 2007

History
The first incarnation of this Sydney based pop/rock/punk outfit had it’s beginnings back in 1978, but didn’t become serious until around 1980.
The band was 50/50 covers and originals, and much like Mad Gorilla, was putting up huge light shows and pyrotechnic displays in pubs around Sydney and up the central coast. The musicians never saw [...]

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The Bleach Boys

February 22, 2007

About
When Tony Dean hitched up the wagons and moved his Beatles show, The Beatnix, east, he kicked of a phenomenon that has gripped the Australian music scene ever since. The concept band.
The second band to join this craze was The Bleach Boys who performed all the hits of The Beach Boys right up and down [...]

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Bandanna

February 11, 2007
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About
Sydney based Blues/Boogie/Rock band of the 80’s
History
Started in 1986 by Larry Macmillan, Terry Duffy, Graeme Newtown and Rick Doolan. Disbanded in 1990
Members

Larry Macmillan -Guitar and Vocals
Terry Duffy – Bass
Graeme Newton – Guitar
Rick Doolan – Drums
Mark Johnson – Guitar
Mark Langfield – Drums
Leo Auciello – Vocals
Mark Flack – Guitar
Mark Wells – Bass
Steve Edmonds – Guitar
Bob Montgomery – [...]

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Goin’ on tour – Bandanna

January 1, 2005

I had a conversation with Gibbo Junior the other day that brought back a few memories. He is “getting a band together” with a few mates as teenagers do and we were talking about things rock & roll. The word “tour” came up as it does. It is a funny word in the rock & [...]

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