Bands from Australia

[sixtyten]

Re: Bands from Australia

Were the Cardiacs Australian? I quite liked them.

Cardiacs are British

[zip55]

Re: Bands from Australia

My favourites were:

I Got You by Split Enz (reminds me of my last year at school)
& Who Can It Be Now? by Men at Work

Blasphemer ... ! Split Enz are Kiwis ....

[sixtyten]

Re: Bands from Australia

Rose Tattoo

RIP Mick Cocks

[zip55]

Re: Bands from Australia

Yeh RIP ... Bad Boy for Love ... absolute classic.

[Austin Maxi]

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Another vote here for The Go-Betweens. '16 Lovers Lane' is a great album. I'm a particular fan of 'Streets Of Your Town'.

Also, I only know one song by a band called 1927 (I think they're Australian) - 'That's When I Think Of You' was a minor hit in the late '80s and was excellent.

[Jacqueline]

Re: Bands from Australia

INXS and Icehouse for me.

[zip55]

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Get on to youtube and check out 'Honeymoon is Over' by Tex Perkins and the Cruel Sea

[n3llyo]

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weddings parties anything - dont know much by them other then a folky rock tune called fathers day

[sixtyten]

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Just listening to Eighties Internet radio, and Icehouse have come on (Sidewalk)
Did they specialize in copying other 80's bands? as I would have sworn I was listening to Simple Minds
Hey little Girl was a Roxy/Japan soundalike

[zip55]

Re: Bands from Australia

Yeh, Iva Davies (Icehouse / Flowers) couldn't make his mind up who he wanted to be ... Ferry / Bowie / Kerr. His previous band Flowers started out as a cover band doing Roxy, Bowie etc ... so hardly surprising there.

[dwain-dibley]

Re: Bands from Australia

ac/dc
rose tattoo
inxs
cold chisel
midnight oil
sherbet
mental as anything
icehouse
men at work

[fatpizzaman]

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Blue Oyster Cult are not an Australian band. What the hoolie hoo?

Here are my fave Aussie bands though:

70's:

Skyhooks
Sherbet
AC/DC
Boys Next Door
Midnight Oil (they actually started in the late 70's!)
Mental As Anything
Supernaut
The Angels
Cold Chisel (who have recently re-formed)
The Saints
Chicks Incorporated
Silver Studs
Buffalo
Hush

80s:

Divinyls
Boom Crash Opera
1927
This Is Serious Mum
The Hummingbirds
INXS
I Spit On Your Gravy

90's:

Regurgitator
Savage Garden
Baby Animals
Powderfinger
The Mavis's
Company Of Strangers
Caligula
Lavish

[stud1al]

Re: Bands from Australia

Blue Oyster Cult are not an Australian band. What the hoolie hoo?Here are my fave Aussie bands though:70's:SkyhooksSherbetAC/DCBoys Next DoorMidnight Oil (they actually started in the late 70's!)Mental As AnythingSupernautThe AngelsCold Chisel (who have recently re-formed)The SaintsChicks IncorporatedSilver StudsBuffaloHushLavish

No L.R.B?

[fatpizzaman]

Re: Bands from Australia

Little River Band are alright, though not really my bag. I like "Help Is On Its Way", "Lonesome Loser" and "Love Is A Bridge" but that's about it.

[Heather74]

Re: Bands from Australia

Just heard Crowded House Drummer Pete Jones has died aged just 45 from Brain Cancer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18137221