OFF: Aussie rock was: Next BOC Album

[Troy Harris]

At 09:22 AM 8/10/97 -0700, Chris Baxley wrote:
>
>Australia has produced some amazing bands over the past 20 years, but few
>people seem to notice.
>
>Chris
>
>founder,
>E-coli Anti-Defamation League
>

  You mention some greats, like the Saints, and Radio Birdman, yeah, they
were OK, but never filled the gap of being "hard" enough. Perhaps Rose Tatoo
and AC/DC best filled that.  Also, to a certain extent, they lacked the
"flair and finesse" of the US pop rockers.
  However, I do think there are some un-noticed Aussies in those years too.
I think Cold Chisel, (though I hated them for years) and Australian Crawl
would rank among the standard of some US and UK pop rock.  Still,
interesting that you mention the Scientists, when I have never even heard of
them!  Who were they?

   Troy


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