Icehouse – 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 MoreAustralian Singles Chart for 1978
These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1978. Here is the end of year singles chart based on sales. Top Australian Singles You’re the One that I Want – Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees Emotion – Samantha Sang Are You Old Enough – Dragon How Deep is…
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 MoreApril 28
Australian musicians born on April 28 1956 – Jimmy Barnes – Born in Glasgow Scotland Number 1 Singles in Australia on April 28 1970 – The Beatles – Let it Be 1971 – Lynn Anderson – Rose Garden 1972 – Nilsson – Without You 1973 – The Carpenters – Top of the World 1974 –…
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 MoreAustralian Singles Charts for 1977
These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1977. Here is the Australian Singles Charts for 1977 based on sales. Top Australian Singles I just want to be your everything – Andy Gibb I go to Rio – Peter Allen Don’t fall in love – Ferrets Help is on its way – Little…
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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