Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

[BulldogBelle]

This thread is more for the little bit older Woofites, growing up the 70s & 80s there were plenty of Aussie bands around. The list below were my favourites – so put your thinking cap on and try and remember which bands you enjoyed listening to and your favourite song from that group.

1. Split Enz - (I got you)
2. Inxs - (Don't change)
3. Dragon - (April Sun in Cuba)
4. Cold Chisel - (Khe San)
5. Noiseworks - (Take me back)

[Dry Rot]

Re: Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

Sunnyboys

The Saints, Ed Keuper and friends

The Go Bewteens

Mentals were a hoot live

Ditto Jimmy and the Boys



Couldn't fit Icehouse, Models, Do Re Mi, early Split Enz, early Hunters and Collectors with those gas cylinders.

Special mention to Joe Camilleri of Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons who spewed on my friends in the front row during a concert, then resumed singing.

[GVGjr]

Re: Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

INXS
Oils
Chisel
Sorrows
Mentals

I always rated live performances better than recorded.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

DR - Surprised you aren't a Radio Birdman fan.

Hunters
The Saints
The Models (Pre James Freud)
Died Pretty
The Clouds
Underground Lovers
Gurus


Bands like Even, Black Eyed Susans, Ed Kuepper, Cruel Sea, Chris Wilson are old but still play.

[BulldogBelle]

Re: Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

Another one I forgot to mention - Mondo Rock love that song..."Come said the Boy. lets go down to the sand. Lets do what we wanna do, let me be a man for you"...Ross Wilson still about now has a great voice.

How can we forget Moving Pictures...."What about me, it isn't fair...." Saw them once at the Cross Keys Hotel we were standing near those speakers nearly blew my eardrums out - took me a few days to feel normal again.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

DR - Surprised you aren't a Radio Birdman fan.

Never saw them live. Only discovered interesting when music I went to Uni, and IIRC they'd broken up by then.

[hujsh]

Re: Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

A good current Aussie band is Dallas Crane

[Max469]

Re: Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

Sherbet

TMG

Easybeats

Thorpie & the Aztecs

Spectrum

Mentals

Split Enz

God I am showing my age.

[Twodogs]

Re: Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

Birthday Party

Cosmic Psychos

Mr Floppy

Painters and Dockers

X

I Spit In Your Gravy.

[BulldogBelle]

Re: Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

Did any of you ever go to the Star Bar in South Melb? I remember we used to always go there and see a great covers Band called Route 66. The lead singer had a great voice, the place used to rocking right through the night. - gosh memories!

[FrediKanoute]

Re: Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

1. Cold Chisel - luv em!
2. Hunters & Collectors - luv em!
3. Midnight Oil - luv em!
4. INXS - don't care, INXS died the day Michael hutchence did, the rememnants are just people doing covers!
5. Ummmmmmmm

[FrediKanoute]

Re: Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

1. Cold Chisel - luv em!
2. Hunters & Collectors - luv em!
3. Midnight Oil - luv em!
4. INXS - don't care, INXS died the day Michael hutchence did, the rememnants are just people doing covers!
5. The Choir Boys - for that song which is still the ultimate pub rock classic!

[Sockeye Salmon]

Re: Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

Finally a thread on this board I can contribute to!

1. Chisel
2. Acca Dacca
3. Skyhooks (Sherbet was for ladyboys)
4. INXS
5. Hunters
5. Black Sorrows

[mighty_west]

Re: Your top 5 Aussie Favourite Bands (of yesteryear)

1 - INXS
2 - Midnight Oil
3 - AC/DC
4 - Icehouse
5 - Real Life

Special mentions to : Noiseworks, Machinations, Mi-Sex, Mondo Rock, Models, Mentals.