Providing a permanent record of Australian bands, musicians, recordings and technical crew no matter what the musical genre, both current and past.
From the category archives:
These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1974. Here is the end of year singles chart based on sales.
*Denotes Australian artist
Top selling singles in Australia for 1974
My Coo Ca Choo - Alvin Stardust
Billy Don’t Be A Hero - Paper Lace
Evie (Part 1) - Stevie Wright*
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
Seasons [...]
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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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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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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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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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Sydney based Blues/Boogie/Rock band of the 80’s
Original lineup 1986 at Penrith Panthers Club. L-R: Terry Duffy, Rick Doolan, Larry Macmillan and Graeme Newton.
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 [...]
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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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