Bill Putt has passed away
Legendary Australian bass player Bill Putt passed away from a heart attack on the 7th of August 2013. The response from the industry was incredible. He was a guy who was not only a renowned musician but also a renowned nice bloke. Bill was known for his bass playing with bands such as Spectrum, Ariel…
Read MoreSherbet
Sherbet was a band I didn’t rate very highly for a while until I saw them live. I suppose they were considered a little bit lightweight if you only went on the stuff the radio was playing but when you saw them live, they were the real deal. Great musicians, well-written songs and a brilliant…
Read MoreWar & Peace Nightclub Parramatta
War & Peace Nightclub Parramatta was an iconic live music venue of the seventies and eighties and was probably the first real nightclub that I ever went to as a fresh-faced 17 year old in 1979. I’d been to a pub or two & seen some bands but this was like, at least in my…
Read MoreAustralian Singles Chart for 1990
These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1990. Here is the Australian Singles Chart for 1990 based on sales. Top Australian Singles “Mona” – Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 “I Need Your Body” – Tina Arena “Crying in the Chapel” – Peter Blakeley “Lay Down Your Guns” – Jimmy Barnes “Show No…
Read MoreCold Chisel – The Early Years
Cold Chisel are one of the most important bands of the seventies and eighties pub rock scene. They dominated the charts and venues all over the Country from the time they hit the charts in 1978 till their triumphant finale, the Last Stand Tour. I had the absolute pleasure of seeing them multiple times in…
Read MoreChris Bailey has passed away
News has come through this morning that Chris Bailey has lost his battle with cancer and passed away peacefully last night. I first met Chris in the early 1990’s when I had the pleasure of doing a couple of short tours with GANGgajang. Not only was he a brilliant musician but he was regarded as…
Read MoreThe Lost Husky
The Lost Husky began in 1998 as a solo acoustic side-project for Chris Newton, the bass player for 1990s Sydney alternative rock bands Psyclone Smyle, Tooth and User. It started out as a country-infused folk act, honed at open mic nights, pubs and local cafes in his hometown of Balmain, and Sydney’s inner west, as…
Read MoreAussie Music Trivia Is Back!
The Trivia section of this site was one of the most popular by far but after some issues with the software we had to abandon it. Over the past few weeks it has been reconstructed at the Australian Music Database site and it’s back bigger and better. How is it bigger and better? Now that…
Read MoreRick Doolan – twenty years passed.
Editors note: This article was first published in Connections magazine in 1993. As the 20th anniversary of Rick’s death approached I contacted Julius Grafton, the author and publisher of Connections (now CX), and he graciously allowed me to reproduce it again here. Rick was a close friend of mine and I’d like to personally thank…
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