After the success of the last Trivia Quiz I couldn’t help but add another. Here it is folks, trivia quiz 2. Enjoy!
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About Jimmy And The Boys
Sydney based band. 1976-1982
“Outrageous and often obscene shock/horror group led by Ignatious Jones, who pioneered the use of theatrical trappings for Australian bands.”
From the Who’s Who of Australian Rock
“I’m not like everybody else” - 1979
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Here is the end of year singles chart for 1989.
* Denotes Australian Artist
Top selling singles in Australia for 1970
- Like A Prayer - Madonna
- The Look - Roxette
- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
- Eternal Flame - The Bangles
- If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher
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About Grinspoon
Grinspoon are an Australian post-grunge band from Lismore, fronted by Phil Jamieson with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass, and Kristian Hopes on drums.
Founded in 1995, they came to fame when they were Unearthed by national, commercial-free radio station Triple J thanks to their track “Sickfest”. This won them the competition for the Lismore area. The band was heavily influenced by the nu metal movement in their early career, including the bands Helmet and Prong, and developed a strong following among mosh pit crowds. Their sound changed in their later career to a more mainstream rock sound with their 2002 album New Detention and at this point they lost many of their earlier fans and gained a lot of fans in the mainstream. Lyrically, the band are very cryptic and disjointed, most lines from their songs are not related to the next line and the songs rarely make sense as a whole. This has been attributed to the writer Phil Jamieson and his tendency to pen short lyrics of only a few lines each, and then tying many of these together into a song, creating a lack of consistent themes.
The band name was taken from marijuana supporter Dr. Lester Grinspoon. The band has at times promoted recreational drugs during concerts and in their song lyrics. Jamieson has also gained a reputation throughout the industry as a heavy drinker.
The band has had limited success in the United States, most notably for the songs “Champion”, due to Gran Turismo 3, “Post Enebriated Anxiety”, which was on the international version of Guide to Better Living, “Chemical Heart”, via the internet, and a cover of the Prong song “Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck”, which was included on ECW: Extreme Music.
source Wikpedia
Videos
Grinspoon “Ready One” Broadcast 23.10.1999 Hey Hey it’s Saturday (3rd from Last Show)
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On this day…
Number 1 Singles in Australia on October 18
- 1970 - In The Summertime - The Mixtures
- 1971 - Daddy Cool - Drummond
- 1972 - Popcorn - Hot Butter
- 1973 - Can The Can - Suzi Quatro
- 1974 - The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
- 1975 - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - ABBA
- 1976 - Dancing Queen - ABBA
- 1977 - I Just Want To Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb
- 1978 - Are You Old Enough - Dragon
- 1979 - Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
Videos
On this day in 1986 The Hoodoo Gurus played “A Thousand Miles Away” on Hey Hey It’s Saturday. Thanks to Roger Garrod for the video.
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Ticket to Narara 1984
** Updated **
Check out the awesome photo’s below showing a genuine Narara ‘84 T-shirt. Thanks to John Love for the images.
Our article from sometime back on the Narara Concert of 1983 has proved to be one of our most popular with many folks leaving their recollections and memories in the comments. Many also commented that they’d like to see an article about the 1984 Narara concert. The problem has been a lack of reference material though. I still haven’t been able to find a full list of the acts that played. Rather than hold off, I thought I’d get the post started with the little information I have and let the commenters fill in the blanks once again.
Here’s what I’ve got so-far…
Like the 1983 concert, Narara ‘84 was held on the Australia Day long weekend from Friday the 27th the Monday the 30th of January 1984. It was held at the same location, being Somersby NSW.
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Susan is a Perth musician with a great jazzy / Blues voice.
She sings here live with the Hey Hey Band “God Bless The Child”
Broadcast on Hey Hey it’s Saturday 22.06.1991
I have left the segment intact as it was a classic Hey Hey moment.
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About
Zoot was a four piece pop/rock band formed in Adelaide, South Australia in 1965. They played many clubs and discos around Adelaide, gradually gathering a strong following. In 1968, they relocated to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and performed in several Australian cities. Two of the more notable members of Zoot were founder Beeb Birtles, who also founded the Little River Band in 1975 and Rick Springfield who, after moving to the United States in 1972, achieved international fame as a solo artist, songwriter and actor.
From Wikipedia.
Zoot with their classic version of The beatles song “Eleanor Rigby”
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About
Richard Pleasance (ex Boom Crash Opera) has had great success outside of the band. His 1991 album Galleon featured the singles “Sarah (I Miss You)” and “Don’t Cry”. The album featured some of his closest friends in the music industry including Paul Hester and Deborah Conway. Galleon was critically acclaimed and went on to earn five nominations at the ARIA Awards. Pleasance then toured the album, as a support act for Elvis Costello.
Also at this time Richard co-produced and performed on the highly successful debut album for Deborah Conway String Of Pearls. Conway and Pleasance co-wrote a song on the album called “King Of Jordan”. As well as producing and co-writing with Conway, Pleasance has also produced, arranged, played and written with acts such as Archie Roach, Paul Kelly, Suzanne Vega, James Reyne, Jon Stevens, Nick Barker, Seven Stories and Augie March. In 1996 Pleasance teamed up with singer/songwriter Wendy Morrison. They called themselves ‘Felt’ and released a self titled album on Gotham/BMG records.One of his Richard Pleasance’s biggest successes came when he wrote and produced the theme from the popular Australian television series SeaChange. He also started a band, Pleasantville, which included his wife, Michelle, releasing their debut album Hill of Beans in 2004.
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Videos
Sara I Miss You Broadcast on HEY HEY it’s Saturday 22-06-91
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Here is the end of year album charts for 1988.
* Denotes Australian Artist
- Kick - INXS*
- Dirty Dancing Soundtrack - Various Artists
- Freight Train Heart - Jimmy Barnes*
- Whenever You Need Somebody - Rick Astley
- The Lonesome Jubilee - John Cougar Mellencamp
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