Bands from Australia

[amethyst]

Which band from the 70,s or 80,s did you like from these eras from Australia?

What songs did you like was there a favourite,what has happened to them now anyone know if they are still around

Blue oyster Cult-Dont fear the reeper,this was a great song I have heard it being played on the radio quite often,are they still around?

Little river Band-Night Owls love this song,reminissing,its a long way there.Got their double album of their greatest hits are they still around?

Men at work-Buisness as usual album love that album,had it once on vinyl too!


Crowded House-weather with you they were here in the UK last year.

[Kiop]

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Always liked AC/DC they were a good laugh, not so good now though, perhaps they should call it a day?

[Richard1978]

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I like a few of Air Supply's songs, especially Even The Nights Are Better & Making Love Out Of Nothing At All.

[HG]

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INXS - I thought Kick was a great album

Kylie and Jason - aww bless

Mental As Anything - Live it Up was a great single

[Etch-a-sketch]

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Being an aussie myself, my fav bands in the 70s and 80s were:

70s
Dragon
Skyhooks
Sherbert
Split Enz
Little River Band
Mondo Rock
Birthday Party (Nick Cave's original band)

80s
Mi Sex
Mondo Rock
INXS (prefer their early stuff like 'Shaboo Shabah' album)
Icehouse
The Church
Split Enz
Crowded House
The Machinations
Spy vs Spy
GANGagang
Boom Crash Opera
The Triffids
Paul Kelly
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Real Life

[glam_racket]

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A list of bands from Australia and still no love for The Saints? For shame!

(I'm) Stranded from 1976

YouTube - The Saints - Stranded

[Richard1978]

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I forgot Midnight Oil.

As much as I like Crowded House, wern't they mostly from New Zealand?

[rossobantam]

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Being an aussie myself, my fav bands in the 70s and 80s were:



Real Life

a blast from the past there! "Send me an angel" IIRC?

[Danny]

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Being an aussie myself, my fav bands in the 70s and 80s were:

70s

Sherbert


Real Life

Is it them ? singers of Howzat?
(tell you what am betraying my ignorance here cos I always thought they were Brits for some reason - memory v faint, mind , so I may have knew at the time and just forgot!)

[Etch-a-sketch]

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Yep, Sherbet sang 'Howzat' and had loads of other hits here. They had to change their name to 'Highway' when they toured the US. Of course they changed their name back when they got home to Oz

Crowded House in the 80s were mainly Australian. Neil Finn is a NZers. Paul Hester and Nick Seymour are Aussies. Sadly, Paul Hester committed suicide in 2005. Very sad

[Richard1978]

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Yep, Sherbet sang 'Howzat' and had loads of other hits here. They had to change their name to 'Highway' when they toured the US. Of course they changed their name back when they got home to Oz

Crowded House in the 80s were mainly Australian. Neil Finn is a NZers. Paul Hester and Nick Seymour are Aussies. Sadly, Paul Hester committed suicide in 2005. Very sad

I see, there was also an American in Crowded House at one point.

[Etch-a-sketch]

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Yep, after Paul left as drummer in 1994...the US drummer joined. Neil's Brother Tim Finn also used to pop in now and again. But for me, the real Crowded House will always be Neil, Paul and Nick.

[Popsicle]

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Yep, Sherbet sang 'Howzat' and had loads of other hits here. They had to change their name to 'Highway' when they toured the US. Of course they changed their name back when they got home to Oz

Crowded House in the 80s were mainly Australian. Neil Finn is a NZers. Paul Hester and Nick Seymour are Aussies. Sadly, Paul Hester committed suicide in 2005. Very sad

I remember Sherbet, in particular their singer, Daryl Braithwaite. I love his solo albums, "Edge" from 1988 is one of my all time favorite albums.

I also had a bit of a soft spot for a single called "Most people I know think that i'm crazy" by The Aztecs. If my memory is correct they were an Aussie band.

[Richard1978]

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Since my first post in the thread I've picked up a copy of Midnight Oil's Diesel & Dust.

[sixtyten]

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No mention of the Divinyls??

this could also go on the One Hit Wonder thread..
Dunno how this ever got past the censor

YouTube - DIVINYLS "I TOUCH MYSELF" VIDEO