Australian Music History

Bands – H

Australian Bands starting with H

  • Bony Moronie: Hush’s 1975 Glam-Rock Anthem

    28 May 2025

    In April 1975, Hush released Bony Moronie, a glam-rock cover of Larry Williams’ 1957 classic that soared to No. 4 on the Kent Music Report. Released on Wizard (ZS-123), it charted for 27 weeks, went…

  • From Jeff St John to The Hawks via Bandanna and Grog ‘n Grumble

    26 June 2015

    Amazed at the photos that my old mate from Grog ‘n Grumble days, Bob Montgomery was posting to Facebook, I asked him to put a few of them together with a (far too brief) summary…

  • Heaven

    29 May 2007

    About Heaven HEAVEN was a boogie -based heavy rock band with similarities to the likes of The Angels and AC/DC, the link to AC/DC continued with Michael Browning, previous manager of AC/DC who helped HEAVEN…

  • Hoodoo Gurus

    29 September 2008

    About Hoodoo Gurus (referred to as the Gurus by fans) are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner (songwriter, lead singer and guitarist) and later joined by Richard…

  • Hush

    22 October 2012

    Hush were a Sydney based Glam-Rock band of the 1970’s. They were, like many bands of the time, true “Road Warriors” who worked hard and worked often and appeared regularly on TV shows like Countdown.…

  • Stage Diving at Sawtell – Hoodoo Gurus

    19 September 2005

    Stage diving and crowd surfing is a phenomenon that has become popular over the last 10 or 15 years. The idea being that after diving from the stage, the crowd will catch you and you…

  • The Hitmen

    07 June 2007

    About The Hitmen were brash, bombastic and derivative. They were also victims of their status as the first in a long line of Australian underground bands of the late ’70s to cross the battlelines and…