Memories In Future Tense
A Beginner's Guide To Australian Punk
1. The Birthday Party - Sonny's Burning
2. The Celibate Rifles - Spirits
3. The Sunnyboys - My Only Friend
4. The New Christs - Circus Of Sour
5. Eastern Dark - No Pictures
6. Midnight Oil - Don't Wanna Be the One
7. Lime Spiders - Action Woman
8. The Johnnys - Injun Joe
9. The Triffids - Old Ghostrider
10. The Screaming Tribesmen - Igloo
11. The Church - Memories In Future Tense
12. Laughing Clowns - New Bully In the Town
13. Died Pretty - Satisfied
14. Hoodoo Gurus - Tojo
Yes, they had the stuff in Australia too, and a lot of it was actually quite good! Following the emergence of punk in Australia in the late 70s (thanks to the Saints and Radio Birdman, who I haven't included here because you should already have some songs of theirs
), a host of great bands boasting a garage rock sound and ties to the punk rock of the aforementioned Saints and Radio Birdman emerged. In some cases with this tracklisting, these ties are more and less obvious than others. As I say though, this is a compilation of my favourite songs that emerged following the demise of of those two bands.
I won't claim to be an expert or anything though - this is just a bunch of songs I like from the era. Again, the pic's the link. This is another update of an older mix I've done as well, so whoever downloaded that one will already have quite a few of these songs.