The Innocents story is the great tragi-comedy of Australian rock history. It’s comical. Unbelievable, a terrible litany of misfortune punctuated by some of the best power-pop songs ever written.
‘Quasimodo’s Dream’ is generally chosen as The Reels moment, their epiphany, but years before they were from the outset not only impossible to quantify or box in any kind of genre, but also hugely brave.
Skyhooks were the first beneficiaries of the advent of colour TV (and Countdown specifically). Gone in a flash was the double denim greasy hair of the Sunbury blue-rock years. In came pancake make-up, feather boas, and the sheen of satin flares and white suits.
1971 – Sweet Sweet Love – Russell Morris After the shock waves of the mighty ‘The Real Thing’ had abated Morris’s follow up singles
Bill Bonney Regrets was released by Sydney band The Celibate Rifles in 1986. Taken from the album, The Turgid Miasma of Existence, the song
It’s hard to overemphasize just how big The Seekers were, how they eclipsed by some distance the achievements of any other Australian band in Australia and the UK with the exception of INXS. Eight top ten singles in Australia, Seven in the UK including two number ones, this at a time when pop was at its most fertile and competitive.
FLOWERS I Can’t Help Myself Flowers’ classic single I Can’t Help Myself is almost thirty years old. The band became Icehouse and Iva Davies is now famous around
Chrissy Amphlett – Geelong and Melbourne This is just a small selection of photographs of public tributes to Chrissy Amphlett in both her home
LOST VENUES The Corkman The Corkman in Carlton, Melbourne was never going to be a classic hipster band venue (although it was once home to the ‘hanging
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