This month in Australian Music – October
Australian Musicians born in October 4th Oct 1971 – Darren Middleton – Powderfinger 5th Oct 1955 – Wilbur Wilde – Ol’ 55, Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons – Born Nicholas Aitken 7th Oct 1961 – Brian Mannix – Uncanny X Men 10th Oct 1991 – Gabriella Cilmi 15th Oct 1982 – Paulini Curuenavuli 20th…
Read MoreFamily Inn Rydalmere
The Family Inn at Rydalmere, in Sydney’s western suburbs, is a truly iconic venue. It featured the cream of Australian rock bands as well as a long list of Internationals. My lasting memory of a typical Family Inn gig was seeing The Allnighters there on a screaming hot summers night. The place was packed to…
Read MoreThis month in Australian Music – September
Australian Musicians born in September 1st Sept 1954 – Riccardo “Ric” Formosa 2nd Sept 1947 – Ted Mulry – Solo, TMG. Born Martin Mulry in England. Died September 1, 2001. 5th Sept 1976 – Ash Grunwald. Born Ashley Groenewald in Melbourne, Australia 7th Sept 1963 – Nicky Bomba. Born Nicholas Caruana in Malta 9th Sept…
Read MoreRick Springfield
Rick Springfield could be described as the epitome of a successful rock star. Aged only 20 he was a member of Zoot, a very popular band of its time. He’s had long-term success as a solo performer as well as an acting career in both movies and TV with his role in the soap General…
Read MoreAustralian Rock Trivia Quiz 3 – Aussie Drummers
Here we are again folks with another dose of Australian Rock Trivia. This time we are featuring those all important band members… The Drummer! How well do you know your Aussie drummers? It’s time to find out for sure. As always there’s no prizes, just the warm glow you get from being a smarty pants.…
Read MoreBombay Rock Surfers Paradise
“Oh yes, I almost forgot the Bombay Rock. What great acts they had in there. I can remember seeing a very young Dragon and local bands like Metalworx and my own band, Streetlife, played there. “All the big Aussie bands played the Bombay Rock, from INXS, the Choirboys, Mental As Anything and Mondo Rock to…
Read MoreThis month in Australian music – August
Australian Musicians born in August 8th August 1928 – Don Burrows 8th August 1981 – Vanessa Amorosi, singer-songwriter 10th August 1961 – Jon Farriss – INXS – Born Jonathon James Farriss in Perth, Western Australia 15th August 1969 — Bernard Fanning – Powderfinger, Solo 16th August 1957 – Tim Farriss – INXS – Born Timothy…
Read MoreSteel City Sound
I received an email this week from Warren Wheeler asking me to check out his new blog, Steel City Sound which deals with the history of the Wollongong music scene. In his own words: “Steel City Sound is an online archive of the Wollongong (NSW, Australia) independent music scene from the 60’s to now. The…
Read MoreMirrored Image Update
One of the things I like best about publishing this site is when I see band members and crew find each other again after many years apart. This is one of those stories. I’ve been meaning to get this post up here for a little while now and I apologise to Rob Manego and Christine…
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