Bands
Wa Wa Nee
I had the distinct pleasure of doing sound for Wa Wa Nee on a short Sydney run of about 4 weeks way back in 1989. They were absolutely brilliant live and just dripped “groove”. At that stage they were probably past their peak popularity but still drew massive live crowds that were genuine fans. Mostly…
Read MoreUncanny X-Men
About Melbourne based pop/rock band from 1981-1987. Re-formed briefly in 1998 History Uncanny X-Men formed in Melbourne as a guitar pop band in 1981 and worked the pub rock circuit. Original line-up included Chuck Hargreaves on guitar, Steve Harrison on bass guitar, Brian Mannix as lead singer, Nick Manthandos on drums and Ron Thiessen on…
Read MoreQED
About QED was a Sydney-based band from 1983 to 1985. History During the same period, late ‘83 to early ‘84, Jenny Morris joined with ex-Air Supply guitarist Rex Goh, and bassist Ian Belton (ex-Dave Dobbyn and Renee Geyer), to form the core of a new band, called QED. The trio were joined in studio by…
Read MoreIcehouse – Flowers
I still remember seeing Flowers at the Stardust Hotel in Cabramatta around 1979. They were brilliant yet their best was still to come. Flowers became Icehouse in 1981 to avoid problems with a Scottish band by the name of The Flowers. The project that became Icehouse was driven essentially by Iva Davies who remains the…
Read MoreThe Valentines
About The Valentines were an Australian rock ‘n’ roll band active from 1966-1970, chiefly noted for their lead singers, Bon Scott, who later went on to great success as lead vocalist with AC/DC, and Vince Lovegrove, who subsequently became a successful music journalist and manager of Divinyls. The band was formed in late 1966 with…
Read MorePeculiar Clerk
About March 10 1979 to March 09 1984(Thanks to Martin Odgers for putting me onto this info) Peter Keen and Rob Manego went to the same High School in an Outer Western Suburb of Sydney. With a couple of schoolmates, they set about forming a band. A number of members came and went before a…
Read MoreNew Nobility Band
About Sead Trnka/composer/autor/APRA member/ Profesional musician from 1983y.Sign first records deal 1984y./band; TESKA INDUSTRIJA Work in Germany and Austria with band from 1986 to 1989.Since 1992-1995 he was working in a youth theatre./writing music for theatre perfomance/2005y. he established “New Nobility Band”
Read MoreThe Stems
History Perth, Western Australia, the most isolated capital city in the world. Because of, or in spite of this, it has produced some of Australia’s most influential bands. Like the Scientists before them, that very nearly made its way into the national and international consciousness. The band formed in late 1983 when Dom Mariani, formerly…
Read MoreThe Lonely Hearts
About the Lonely Hearts Sydney based power pop band 1979-1994 The Lonely Hearts were one of Sydney’s popular power pop bands of the eighties. Originating in Sydney’s outer west in 1979 the band’s popularity was legendary. Their suburban army of fans sometimes hiring entire school buses just to get to gigs including Melbourne! Originally a…
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