My 4 Favourite gigs as a punter
Before I started working in the music industry I was, like most folks of my age, a dedicated “punter”. I would regularly see two or three bands per week from the time I was old enough to pass for 18. Many people reminisce about the good old days when there was a venue on every…
Read MoreTommy & The Dipsticks (The Crooked Hearts)
Tommy & The Dipsticks were a Sydney based Punk Rock band that started around 1977. The Dipsticks’ guitarists John Cowper & Peter Mullany from Johnny Dole & The Scabs were school mates so Peter was able to help the band with their first gig. Like Johnny Dole & The Scabs, they were one of the…
Read MoreDavid Barsley’s Narara 1983 Photo’s
The Narara 1983 and Narara 1984 concerts have been the subject some of the most popular articles ever published on this site. The amount of incredibly valuable comments speak for themselves. Every now & then I get an email from someone who has stumbled upon the site and has some genuine Aussie Rock Memorabilia in…
Read MoreSkyhooks
Skyhooks smash hit single Horror Movie was one of the first 45’s I ever bought with my own money. I still have it!They were glam rock at it’s best. Well written, catchy songs, performed beautifully by skilled showmen. It had everything a young westie lad like myself loved. Formed in Melbourne in early 1973, they…
Read More3 Great Australian Music Blogs to check out
Fans of Australian music blogs are almost spoilt for choice these days which is wonderful. There a few dedicated folks out there who are taking the time to document large chunks of their personal collections & put them online. Some of the memorabilia is incredible & it’s positive to see that all the bands that…
Read MoreAustralian Music Database – Now Open
I’m very excited to announce a new project which goes hand in hand with this site, the Australian Music Database. It’s somethng I’ve been working away at for some time & I can say with great pleasure that it is now open to the public. The Database is a reference site that aims to list…
Read MoreAussie Rock Trivia Quiz 008
Here we are folks with another installment of the Great Aussie Rock Trivia Quiz, this time we are sticking with general knowledge. Some folks are commenting that they’ve been a bit easy lately but I think that you are all getting smarter! See how you go this time. As always there are no prizes, just…
Read MoreHighway Robbery
Mad Gorilla used to do a song called Highway robbery and it was a true story, very freaky but true. The highway was The Highway Hotel at Wentworthville which is gone now. There’s a super market or something there now. It wasn’t a real big room but a decent size with a good stage. The…
Read MoreThat’s Right!
That’s Right! were a Sydney based Rock band who formed when members of cover band Shanghai became unhappy with the direction the band was taking. Realizing they had a common interest in doing original songs and wanting to take it into a rockier feel they recruited a new guitarist and after a few rehearsals started…
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