• The Boys Are Back In Town Show – June 1999

    By Mark Gibson | January 6, 2011

    The Boys Are Back In Town Show was a concert that was the brainchild of long-time Sydney promoters, Rock Circuit Promotions (RCP), and featured some of the great pub-rock bands…

  • Classic Australian Music from 1976

    By Mark Gibson | November 19, 2010

    1976, I remember it like it was yesterday. I was in year 9 at high school. Malcolm Fraser was our Prime Minister then, back in the days he could keep…

  • Happy Australia Day!

    By Mark Gibson | January 26, 2010

    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…

  • Supernaut

    By Mark Gibson | February 22, 2011

    Supernaut hit the scene in a big way with their first ever single “I Like It Both Ways” becoming an almost instant hit. Originally formed in Perth around 1974, they…

  • Ross Wilson

    By Mark Gibson | April 16, 2011

    There is a great line over at Ross Wilson’s home page that says he “is probably the only person in Australian rock music who can’t make a comeback simply because…

  • Blackfeather

    By Mark Gibson | December 10, 2013

    Blackfeather was a band that went through a number of distinct phases, starting out as a progressive/heavy rock band and ending up as more of a boogie/rock band. As you…

  • Mandrake

    By Mark Gibson | August 21, 2007

    Sydney based rock band. Mandrake consists of brothers Conrad & George Passas on guitars & vocals, and Harry on the Drums

  • Your Fanatics

    By Mark Gibson | February 1, 2011

    Thanks to Andy Townsend for sending me this poster & the info below. Hey mate just found this amongst other stuff. They were the next big thing from Coffs Harbour…

  • Narara Music Festival 1983

    By Mark Gibson | July 27, 2007

    The first Narara Music Festival was held over the Australia Day long weekend in 1983 on the Central Coast of NSW. It wasn’t actually held at Narara but at nearby…

  • Dave Evans

    By Mark Gibson | July 13, 2009

    Dave Evans originally arrived in Australia from Carmarthen Wales, aged five, and settled in North Queensland with his family. After forming his first band In Session in Charters Towers when…

  • Australian Crawl – Boys Light Up

    By Helen Gibson | November 16, 2008

    Hi, my name is Helen and occasionally I’ll be presenting a brand new category of “Classic Australian Albums”. To start the ball rolling I’d like to present “Boys Light Up”,…

  • Aussie band posters from the 1980’s

    By Mark Gibson | May 24, 2010

    I recently had the good fortune to stumble upon a fantastic collection of ’80s band posters and flyers. They are reproduced here courtesy of Alan Hislop, the original owner of…

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