Happy 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 MoreMore from Jeff White – Cold Chisel, Men At Work, Moving Pictures and Sharon O’Neill
Here’s another great set of classic Aussie band images from Jeff White. In this article you’ll find Cold Chisel, Men At Work, Moving pictures and Sharon O’Neill. Enjoy! If you, like Jeff, have some great old snaps of some classic Australian bands then scan them & send them over. We’d love to display them here.…
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…
Read MoreDecember 9
Australian musicians born on December 9 1958 – Nick Seymour – Crowded House – Born Nicholas More Seymour in Benalla, Victoria Australian musicians who passed away on December 9 2008 – Les Kaczmerek, founding member and original bass player in Cold Chisel died on this day in Adelaide of liver failure. He was 53 years…
Read MoreAustralian Music History now on Twitter
Hi Folks, you can now follow this site on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ausmusichistory Twitter has really taken off in a big way and is a great way to keep up to date. We’ll send out updates, important dates and general news on Australian Music History. Be sure to follow this site today!
Read MoreNovember 6
Australian musicians born on the 6th of November 1947 – George Young of The Easybeats, Vanda and Young, Flash and the Pan and many others was born George Redburn Young in Glasgow, Scotland. Number 1 Singles in Australia on November 6 1970 – (They Long To Be) Close To You – The Carpenters 1971 –…
Read MoreThe Angels – Wyong Leagues – 30th July 2009
I had the pleasure a few years ago of working on an Angels tour. I was the sound engineer for Black Label who were the support band. It was a bit of a spin-out to be working on the same show as The Angels who I first saw in 1978! They were brilliant. The tempos…
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