Australian Art Rock, Punk, and Proto-Punk from the Late 60s- Early 80s

The Batlord · 09-23-2016, 01:43 PM

Kinda specific topic, but I've had a soft spot for that whole scene for years now, even if I haven't delved that far into it. Radio Birdman, The Saints, and Lipstick Killers still get airtime from me on occasion and they always give me something a little different than what I get from other places from the same time period. Not as experimental as post-punk, but I guess due to the isolation they're not bound by the same box that the rest of punk got stuck in.

Anyone else love them some Aussie ****?

So this is totally a better Ramones song than the Ramones ever recorded, right?

grindy · 09-23-2016, 01:49 PM

Primitive Calculators

Stephen · 09-15-2017, 04:27 AM

Founding Saints member Ed Kuepper went on to form Laughing Clowns who were pretty great.

Aloysius · 09-15-2017, 05:47 AM

Can I push the timeframe to 1987? Thug (not to be confused with tons of other bands that are called thug) were pretty interesting.

Stephen · 09-17-2017, 04:57 AM

The Celibate Rifles would have to make the list.

Stephen · 08-05-2019, 01:18 AM

Bumping for Celibate Rifles in honour of their singer Damien Lovelock who passed away.

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09-15-2017, 04:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	Founding Saints member Ed Kuepper went on to form Laughing Clowns who were pretty great.

09-15-2017, 05:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
Aloysius Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 353	Can I push the timeframe to 1987? Thug (not to be confused with tons of other bands that are called thug) were pretty interesting.

09-17-2017, 04:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	The Celibate Rifles would have to make the list.

08-05-2019, 01:18 AM	#6 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	Bumping for Celibate Rifles in honour of their singer Damien Lovelock who passed away.