Talkin’ Bout My Generation
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The Sports were formed in 1976 in Melbourne with Stephen Cummings as lead singer with Ed Bates on guitar, Robert Glover playing bass guitar, Jim Niven on the piano and Paul Hitchins serving as the drummer. The band were considered to be both a New Wave band and a Rock band during their 1976-1981 existence. […]
Christie Allen (born June Allen) was born in the United Kingdom in 1954 and in 1965, she made her way to Australia with her family to settle in Perth. Christie and her brothers formed a band called Pendulum and she was made the lead singer of the band. An accomplished producer and songwriter, Terry Britten […]
Between 1983 and 1989, Pseudo Echo released three studio albums, one compliation album and thirteen singles in their first stint as an active band. The band was formed in 1982 with Brian Canham taking on vocals, guitars, and keyboards with Pierre Gigliotti (aka Pierre Pierre) on bass and keyboards. The duo were joined by Tony […]
The 1960’s was an interesting time in Australian music as listeners had the choice of the bands, groups and artists like the Bee Gees, Normie Rowe, Johnny Young, Johnny Farnham, The Easybeats, The Seekers and more. They also had Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs whose recording career began in 1964 and they quickly rattled off […]
Believe it or not, The Bee Gees started to release singles in 1963 but it took them a couple of years to get into the Top Ten. Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb were the main members of the group though they have always had other musicians such as Colin Petersen on Drums and Vince Melouney […]
Garry Frost had left popular hit makers Moving Pictures in 1984 and by 1986 he was writing material for a band that was yet to be formed. The next year, Garry was watching Hey Hey It’s Saturday which many Australians done at that time and his attention was on the segment Red Faces. Garry saw […]
The Triffids started as a group called Dalsy in 1976 before becoming Blök Musik and then for just one day Logic before settling on The Triffids in May 1978. The name Triffids came from the post-apocalyptic book ‘The Day of The Triffids’ which was published in 1951 by John Wyndham, the book later became a […]
Moving Pictures was formed in 1978 and after playing up to 250 shows a year by 1981, they were signed by the Wheatley management team and Wheatley Records who were founded by former Masters Apprentices bass player Glenn Wheatley. The band released their first album in 1981, it was called ‘Days of Innocence’ with the […]
By mid 1983, Cold Chisel was in the middle of a No.1 streak as the albums East and Circus Animals had previously reached No. 1. Circus Animals was a big seller for the band as it had songs like ‘You Got Nothing I Want’, ‘Bow River’, ‘Forever Now’ and ‘When the War is Over’. But […]
Writing about music has been wonderful, it is always great fun but it is also very difficult to pick from the many Australian groups and solo artists that this country has had. This piece is about a song by Blackfeather called ‘Boppin’ The Blues’ and in 1972 it was a massive hit for the band. […]
