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Australian Singles Chart for 1985

by Mark Gibson April 18, 2012

These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1985. Here is the end of year singles chart based on sales. Top Australian Singles “Live it Up” – Mental As Anything “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” – Models “What You Need” – INXS Top selling singles in Australia for 1985 *Denotes Australian artist [...]

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Sunnyboys

by Mark Gibson March 5, 2012

Sunnyboys were a Sydney based band which went through a number of active periods from 1980-1984, 1987-1989 & again in 1991. I have to admit that I never actually saw them which is unusual given how popular they were at the time. Jeremy Oxley, Peter Oxley and Bil Bilson had played in a garage band [...]

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Backstage passes

by Mark Gibson February 28, 2012

My Brother Brett gave me a bunch of his backstage passes to scan recently & I finally got around to getting some done. I also managed to get a start on some of mine too but there are still quite a few to get through so check back on this page often to watch the [...]

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Psuedo Echo

by Mark Gibson February 21, 2012

Pseudo Echo were a Melbourne based band from 1982 to around 1998. They reformed around 2000 & still perform at the time of writing. Formed by school friends Brian Canham & Pierre Gigliotti, they were spotted early on by Molly Meldrum who put them on Countdown playing their first hit “Listening”. Their sound was heavily [...]

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Clive Shakespeare has passed away

by Mark Gibson February 16, 2012

Sherbet founding member Clive Shakespeare has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Shakespeare was born Clive Richard Shakespeare in Southampton, England and emigrated with his family in the 1960′s. He formed Sherbet around 1969 and was guitarist with the band through to 1975 when he was replaced by Harvey James who also passed [...]

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The Icemen

by Mark Gibson February 6, 2012

The Icemen is a band I was not even aware of until recently, even though I knew three out of the four musicians involved. I recently ran into a gentleman by the name of Dave Owens at a memorial concert for the late great Johnny Norman. I knew of Dave as he was a member [...]

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