This month in Australian music – January

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Australian Musicians born in January 4th Jan 1947 – Bernard “Doc” Neeson – The Angels. Born in Belfast, Ireland 6th Jan 1953 – Malcolm Young – AC/DC. The seventh of eight children, born to William and Margaret Young in Glasgow, Scotland. 8th Jan 1959 – Paul Hester – Split Enz, Crowded House – Born Paul [...]

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Tommy & The Dipsticks (The Crooked Hearts)

by Greg Morris January 26, 2012

Tommy & The Dipsticks were a Sydney based Punk Rock band that started around 1977. The Dipsticks’ guitarists John Cowper & Peter Mullany from Johnny Dole & The Scabs were school mates so Peter was able to help the band with their first gig. Tommy & The Dipsticks like Johnny Dole & The Scabs were [...]

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David Barsley’s Narara ’83 Photo’s

by Mark Gibson January 24, 2012

The Narara 1983 and Narara 1984 concerts have been the subject some of the most popular articles ever published on this site. The amount of incredibly valuable comments speak for themselves. Every now & then I get an email from someone who has stumbled upon the site and has some genuine Aussie Rock Memorabilia in [...]

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Skyhooks

by Mark Gibson November 23, 2011

Skyhooks smash hit single Horror Movie was one of the first 45′s I ever bought with my own money. I still have it! They were glam rock at it’s best. Well written, catchy songs, peformed beautifully by skilled showmen. It had everything a young westie lad like myself loved. Formed in Melbourne in early 1973, [...]

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3 Great Australian Music Blogs to check out

by Mark Gibson November 18, 2011

Fans of Australian music blogs are almost spoilt for choice these days which is wonderful. There a few dedicated folks out there who are taking the time to document large chunks of their personal collections & put them online. Some of the memorabilia is incredible & it’s positive to see that all the bands that [...]

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Australian Music Database

Australian Music Database – Now Open

by Mark Gibson October 18, 2011

I’m very excited to announce a new project which goes hand in hand with this site, the Australian Music Database. It’s somethng I’ve been working away at for some time & I can say with great pleasure that it is now open to the public. The Database is a reference site that aims to list [...]

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Aussie Rock Trivia Quiz 008

by Mark Gibson October 10, 2011

Here we are folks with another installment of the Great Aussie Rock Trivia Quiz, this time we are sticking with general knowledge. Some folks are commenting that they’ve been a bit easy lately but I think that you are all getting smarter! See how you go this time. As always there are no prizes, just [...]

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