From your lists, I have never heard of: air supply silverchair cold chisel the angels paul kelly daddy cool icehouse australian crawl divinyls masters apprentices regurgitator john farnham dragon skyhooks hunters and collectors jimmy barnes died pretty go betweens triffids
they were kiwis but seemed to adopt australia as a home base. they were a fantastic and progressive band and deserved world wide renown
An early Aussie band The Flying Circus - ended up in Canada until they gave it up also Greg Quill & Country Radio - Greg Quill also ended up in Canada & became a journalist including writings covering music.
the late Columbus and Co are Kiwi! through and through. Columbus is a Kiwi entertainment legend and his death in November 2016 was major news here.
Likewise. They got a lot of airplay here - I regret missing them on tour a few years back when they played less than an hour's drive away. I found out too late! Best Wishes, David
Smudge, Sneeze, Godstar, Plunderers, Eastern Dark, Love Positions, Hummingbirds, Tom Morgan (solo), Nic Dalton (solo), Treetops, Love Parade, Nic Dalton and his Gloomchasers.
Barry Stanton Booka Hyland Roland Storm Ian Crawford Paul Wayne The Fauns Warren Williams The Taylor Sisters Tony Brady Ray Melton Jay Justin Bix Bryant Toni McCann Yvonne Barrett The Field Twins Lynne Randell Judy Jacques Betty McQuade
I know I'm biased, but i love Australian music so much. Hell i grew up with it as much as overseas music. And i love that non Aussies seem to get it for the most part too. Great thread Mark! Cheers.
Australia's cultural atache, the Rt. Hon. Kevin "Bloody" Wilson: An utter genius and live shows that are superb - Freddie Mercury never engaged an audience as much!
obviously i don't know you, but from some posts i've seen from you, you may like cold chisel. if it interests you to, try my turn to cry, breakfast at sweethearts, bow river and khe sahn. chisel covered a bit of territory and one song wouldn't give you much of an idea