OFF: Aussie rock was: Next BOC Album

Chris Warburton desdinova at EARTHLING.NET
Thu Oct 9 14:17:04 EDT 1997


At 18:57 09/10/97 +1000, you wrote:
>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

How come nobody's mentioned "Hunters & Collectors"?

ChrisW
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