rubbeldiekatz

For me:

The Living End
The Angels
Rose Tattoo
AC/DC
Cold Chisel
The Saints

etc....

most of these bands are labeled as bogan bands but I dont care :-)

Rock and Rooooolllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stormz

Well, I haven`t really been in Perth since `94, but my faves until then were:

Boom Crash Opera
Max Sharam
INXS
Midnight Oil
Crowded House (half the band were Aus)
Silverchair
Things of Stone and Wood

Probably not as rawk & rawl as you`d like though.....

Stormz

Damn, how could I forget:

Icehouse
Screaming Jets
1927

there`s more but I can`t remember their names atm...

rubbeldiekatz

yes, good list.....dunno boom c and things of stone... though

sitting here in limbo

Hi Guys

Only current Oz band I can think of is Jet. Hoping to discover lots of good music though that you don't get in UK.

Found good link for gig tickets:

http://premier.ticketek.com.au/

Does anyone know what the local indie, punk and hip hop scenes are like in Melbourne or Sydney or have any good Oz music links (not Delta Goodram's fansite please)?

Cheers

Merlot

Hard to believe that one of Australia's best loved Rock Men was from Scotland, a la Jimmy Barnes

Stormz

Yep.

Jimmy Barnes - Scotland
AC/DC - Scotland
Bee-Gees - England
John Farnham - England
Olivia Newton-John - England
Crowded House - half from New Zealand
Boom Crash Opera - lead singer (at least) from NZ

Merlot

Wot no Delta Goodrum in this list!!!!!

Amazulu

AC/DC are a UK band.

zx10r_aus

Bon Scott was Australian.
I know that there not Australian, but, realy like Matchbox 20.

zx10r_aus

Hoodoo Gurus
The Angels

katiesel

My favourite oz bands are:-
Powder finger
Silverchair
Machine gun felatio
Rocket science
Regurgitator
Spider bait
Saints

And we are very much looking forward to seeing them live, when we get there.

NJJ

Bon Scott was born in Scotland. I believe only the AC/DC drummer is what most would class as a "true blue Aussie"

http://www.mp3.com/bon-scott/artists...biography.html

As for Aussie bands, I liked The Vines' first album but they have lost the plot since then. The other Aussie band I rate highly are Spiderbait, especially their older indie style stuff.

renth

At least you have chosen mostly current bands. Everyone else seems to pick bands from 20 years ago, still good though but there are so many good "now" bands in Australia.

Perth, in particular is renowned for producing good bands like The Waifs, Little Birdy, Rhibosome, Bank Holidays, Snowman, Sleepy Jackson, Fourth Floor Collapse, Gyroscope, The Panics. Bon Scott was from Fremantle...

brisnick

used to like them too, until they did the cover of black betty. walked away from their set at big day out as soon as they started to play it