Posts by Mark Gibson
Australian Music Database – Now Open
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…
Read MoreAussie Rock Trivia Quiz 008
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…
Read MoreMidoztouch Internet Radio – All Australian & New Zealand Music
A new internet based radio station playing only Australian & New Zealand (A&NZ) music is available to listen to online, at no cost. The service streams continuously; playing A&NZ Rock, Pop, Blues & Jazz from the ’60s to now, in HD audio. The station exists to preserve, promote and share the great musical talent that…
Read MoreBexley North Hotel
The Bexley North Hotel, like the Family Inn at Rydalmere, was an iconic pub venue of the 1980’s in Sydney. It’s hard to imagine these days that a simple, suburban pub could have hosted so many top line acts but that was how the scene was in those days. You could wander down to your…
Read More2SM Concert of the Decade 1979
If you grew up as a teenager in Sydney in the late 1970’s as I did, you listened to 2SM. They were THE station to listen to for all the latest rock & pop. They were also famous in the late 70’s for their concerts in Victoria Park & at the Sydney Opera House. Those…
Read MoreAussie Rock Trivia Quiz 007
With this installment of the Great Aussie Rock Trivia Quiz we are going back to general knowledge. We’ll also be reaching back a little further in time to the sixties for a question or two. As always there’s no prizes, just the warm inner glow you’ll have from being damn clever. Don’t forget to leave…
Read MoreGreg Clarke has passed away
It is with much sadness that I learnt of the passing today of Greg Clarke, one of Australia’s finest Audio Engineers. I still remember the exact day I met Clarkey just over 20 years ago. It was the 17th March 1990 (I still have the backstage pass!) at Waves Nightclub at Towradgi Beach, Wollongong &…
Read MoreAustralian Singles Chart for 1984
These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1984. Here is the Australian Singles Chart for 1984 based on sales. Top Australian Singles “It’s Just Not Cricket” The Twelfth Man “Original Sin” INXS “Come Said the Boy” Mondo Rock “Heaven (Must Be There)” Eurogliders “Burn for You” INXS Top selling singles in Australia…
Read MoreDutch Tilders – Master Bluesman
Dutch Tilders was worthy of his status as “Master Bluesman”. Soon after arriving in Australia from The Netherlands as a fourteen year old, he was performing. And for the next fifty-odd years he kept performing. It was only the pain from the cancer that eventually killed him that stopped him as his manager reported here…
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