Posts by Mark Gibson
Spy Vs Spy – v.Spy v.Spy
Spy Vs Spy, also known as v. Spy v. Spy, The Drug Grannies and The Spies, are an Australian ska/pub rock band from Sydney formed in 1981. They became known for tackling political issues through their music, including racism, homelessness and contemporary drug culture. They were named after a comic strip, “Spy vs. Spy” in…
Read MoreThis month in Australian music – April
Australian Musicians born in April 1st Apr 1975 – John Butler – John Butler Trio, The Waifs. Born in Torrance, California, United States 16th Apr 1953 – Peter Robert Garrett- Midnight Oil. Born in Sydney, NSW 17th Apr 1977 – Phil Jamieson – Grinspoon 27th Apr 1971 – John Collins – Bass player with Powderfinger…
Read MoreGeorge Sich has a new EP – “True Story, I Swear”
George Sich, an old friend of mine, has just released a brilliant new E.P. entitled “True Story, I Swear”. I’ll admit to being biased ’cause I know George and did his website, but this is a great recording. He is a very talented songwriter/musician and had the help of some other great Australian musicians such…
Read MoreThis month in Australian Music – March
Australian Musicians born in March 2nd Mar 1956 – Mark Evans – AC/DC, Boss, Heaven & many others 5th Mar 1954 – Steve Prestwich – Cold Chisel. Born in Liverpool England. 15th Mar 1970 – Christine Anu – Born in Cairns, Qld. 20th Mar 1955 – Ian Moss – Cold Chisel, Solo. Born in Alice…
Read MoreThis month in Australian music – February
Australian Musicians & Crew born in February Australian Musicians passing away in February Number One Singles in Australia in February Videos Gigs from February 1977 NSW Friday 4th Thursday 10th Friday 11th Sunday 13th Friday 18th Saturday 19th Thursday 24th Friday 25th Saturday 26th VICThursday 3rd Saturday 5th
Read MoreHappy Australia Day!
Happy Australia Day to you all. I’ve never tried an open thread before so I’m not sure how this will work but here we go… All you need to do is leave a comment below telling us about your favourite Australian Music. That’s it! It could be about your favourite band, song, concert or whatever…
Read MoreThis month in Australian music – January
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…
Read MoreBandanna Desk Tape Found
A few weeks back I had the extreme pleasure of finding a few old cassette tapes in a box in my garage. Amongst the rubbish was a couple of gems including these four songs here. They are from a live desk tape of Bandanna which was recorded around 1989 at, to the best of my…
Read MoreDecember 19
On this day Australian musicians who died on December 19th 2007 – Damo Morris – lead singer for The Red Shore, died in a bus crash in New South Wales. The Melbourne based band were touring with American band All Shall Perish when they crashed on the Pacific Highway, outside of Coffs Harbour. One of…
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