The Prisoners – 1979

The Prisoners were a short-lived Sydney-based Punk Rock band that emerged soon after Punk Rock band Rocks had disbanded.

Bill Webb (a.k.a. Bill Posters) in early 1979 had approached his fellow Rocks‘ guitarist Peter Davie and drummer Greg Morris with the idea of putting a new Punk Rock band together. His idea was not to resurrect Rocks but for the new band to have it’s own identity and therefore a new name was needed.

Also needing a bass player to complete the lineup, a friend of Bill’s Ian Olive came on board and The Prisoners were born. The band rehearsed and made a demo, recording straight to tape on 16th July 1979 and started to gig. The band had played only a few gigs when Peter unexpectedly announced he was to be a father and he needed time off to concentrate on being a dad, so the band continued as a three-piece.

Soon after this Ian left the band and it looked as though it would only be short-lived and unfortunately this was the case with The Prisoners disbanding in late 1979.

Line-up One:

• Bill Webb (a.k.a. Bill Posters) – Guitar/Lead Vocals
• Peter Davie – Guitar/Vocals
• Ian Olive – Bass
• Greg Morris – Drums/Vocals

Line-up Two:

• Bill Webb (a.k.a. Bill Posters) – Guitar/Lead Vocals
• Ian Olive – Bass
• Greg Morris – Drums/Vocals