luke42719 Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 anyone out there like aussie rock. if so i'd love to hear your faves.
InsaneTim Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 The only bands I know of that come from The Land Down Under are AC/DC and Jet.
luke42719 Posted April 24, 2005 Author Report Posted April 24, 2005 u guys never heard of the angels, or men at work. the angels are my second fave band next to accadacca. they got some heavy riffs, and the lead player john brewster can really solo.
katie_sane Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 There are so many good Aussie rock bands!! My faves are Cold Chisel, The Easybeats, Australian Crawl, The Choirboys, Skyhooks, Midnight Oil, The Angels, Normie Rowe, Daddy Cool, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs and AC/DC. I also like Men At Work, The Dvinyls, Dragon, Hoodoo Gurus, Hunters & Collectors, Sherbet and The Little River Band. As for current bands, I like Powderfinger, Jet, Spiderbait, Grinspoon, Silverchair, The Living End, John Butler Trio and the superband, The Wrights. I love the version of Evie Parts I,II & III that they did, it rocks!!
luke42719 Posted April 24, 2005 Author Report Posted April 24, 2005 good choices katie. do u no flash and the pan. that had harry vanda and george young in it. they rock hard, but dont take themselves seriously, there cool.
katie_sane Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 Yeah!! Flash & The Pan are cool, Harry Vanda and George Young are two of the greatest songwriters Australia had produced. I got the definitve Easybeats collection a while ago and its got some great songs on it I googled Flash & The Pan/Vanda&Young/Easybeats and came up with a few interesting things: *David Bowie, Lou Reed, Meatloaf, Peter Frampton, Gene Simmons, Cheap Trick, Blondie, Dead Kennedys and Rod Stewart have all sung Easybeats/Vanda & Young songs. *300 George Young fans forced their way into his house to run amok, trampling little Angus (George's brother and future AC/DC guitarist) and siezing anything they could get including poor old George *The song 'Good Times' made Paul McCartney stop his car on the motorway to ring the BBC and ask if they could play it again *Vanda & Young helped to create AC/DC, led by George's two younger brothers, Angus and Malcolm and produced the first six albums * They were responsible for the rise of Rose Tattoo and the Angels *In 1973 they penned and produced 'Evie' for Stevie Wright which got every possible award that year and became the only 11 minute song to ever make number one anywhere in the world * Lou Reed once declared the song 'Falling Of The Edge Of The World' "...one of the most beautiful records ever made"
Eggplant Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 When I was younger I was into INXS and Men at Work. Hoodoo Gurus and Midnight Oil to a lesser extent. I was a huge INXS fan.
luke42719 Posted April 25, 2005 Author Report Posted April 25, 2005 i just bought face to face by the angels. definately there best work. i also been listening to australian crawl. any1 like them. Australia probably had the best rock bands in the early 70's
katie_sane Posted April 25, 2005 Report Posted April 25, 2005 Australian Crawl are really good. 'The Boys Light Up' is a great song. Someone has just released a dance version of 'Reckless', have you heard that?? I never really got into INXS, I like bands that rock harder than they did. I am really into Skyhooks at the moment.
luke42719 Posted April 25, 2005 Author Report Posted April 25, 2005 yeah skyhooks rock. straight in a gay world. is a great album. my dad showed me it to me, and it has some really rocking songs. did u no that there lead singer was on the show "our house" . thats strange, from rocker to handyman. awesome!
johnnyguitar Posted April 25, 2005 Report Posted April 25, 2005 In about 1982 an Australian (beauty) that I met did me a tape of her fave Oz bands and, if I remember correctly, it had songs like Sirrocco (Australian Crawl) and Chemistry (AC as well?) Cool World (?) and Howzat (Sherbert)...it became one of my fave tapes until my car stereo chewed it up...irreplaceable. I think it had the Little River Band on as well...and jo Jo Zep and the Falcons...Cold Chisel? All great stuff...we owe Australia a lot....including The Police, in a roundabout and trivial way...the original members of the police were in a band formed by two Australians....Strontium 90 I believe.
CanAm Posted April 25, 2005 Report Posted April 25, 2005 The only Australian groups with which I'm familiar are AC/DC, The Little River Band and The Seekers, but I love all of them. I'll have to check out some of the bands mentioned by Katie. They sound interesting.
stocky Posted April 26, 2005 Report Posted April 26, 2005 i used to like (still do) skyhooks chisel the angels, ac/dc hush and a lot of one hit wonders like rabbit and supernaught oh and i forgot mental as anything and jimmy and the boys
katie_sane Posted April 26, 2005 Report Posted April 26, 2005 Yeah, they were great for the Australian rock scene because they really shook things up. My fave Skyhooks songs are 'Ego Is Not A Dirty Word', 'Horror Movie', 'Women In Uniform' and of course 'Living In The 70's'. Graeme 'Shirley' Strachan, the lead singer, was a handyman on Our House or some show like that. He was accidently killed in a helicopter crash in 2001 near Kilcoy, Queensland. Johnny, 'Cool World' is by Mondo Rock
johnnyguitar Posted April 26, 2005 Report Posted April 26, 2005 Mondo Rock ...that was it ....great song...Cool, cool, cool, cool wooooorld.... Thank you. Vocallist sounded a bit Jaggerish to my young ears, but an excellent song. Greatstuff
stocky Posted April 27, 2005 Report Posted April 27, 2005 fav 'hooks songs toorak cowboy bawlin callin smut ego tall timber in fact i kike most of 'em dint like them when red left tho bob spencer was a dick
nobody_home Posted April 27, 2005 Report Posted April 27, 2005 fav 'hooks songs toorak cowboy bawlin callin smut ego tall timber in fact i kike most of 'em dint like them when red left tho bob spencer was a dick You should freestyle rap.
Foxy Posted April 27, 2005 Report Posted April 27, 2005 Flash & The Pan (or Flash In The Pan - I'm not sure) did a song that a friend told me to listen to, I'm kicking myself now because I forget what the song was called
OLD 55 Posted April 27, 2005 Report Posted April 27, 2005 Hi Foxy. Flash & The Pan, "Down Among The Dead Men" or "Hey St.Peter" ?
DJ Kat WQAQ98.1 Posted April 27, 2005 Report Posted April 27, 2005 Not my favorite band at all but some respect has to be shown to the BeeGees
DiggsUK Posted April 27, 2005 Report Posted April 27, 2005 "Hi Foxy. Flash & The Pan, "Down Among The Dead Men" or "Hey St.Peter" If I recall, 'Waiting for a Train' was their hit over here, so possibly that one. Regards
katie_sane Posted April 28, 2005 Report Posted April 28, 2005 The Bee Gees are a great, great band I would not classify them as rock though.
johnnyguitar Posted April 28, 2005 Report Posted April 28, 2005 Or Australian...I thought they were from Manchester...spent a bit of time in Oz, I know, but a UK band really. Consummate songwriters of great talent...but never really surpassed their 60's stuff to my ears....I've just gotta get a message to you oooooh oooh oooohohoo...greatstuff ::
katie_sane Posted April 29, 2005 Report Posted April 29, 2005 Nope, the Bee Gees are an Australian band!! They were born in England but were raised in Australia and this is the country where they started out!!
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