60s/70s Aussie bands worth a listen

[Freuds_Cat]

I figured that since I have the benefit of hearing/seeing European and American bands from the 60's and 70's that I would never have heard but for the excellent pool of knowledge in this forum I might try and make a few of you aware of some of the better Aussie bands of this era that didnt make it big in your countries.

I know there are quite a few Bob Daisley appreciators here. Have a listen to one of the bands he was in before making the move to the UK.

This is Kahvas Jute (Quite Cream-ish)

[Freuds_Cat]

The Masters Apprentices were an Adelaide band that began the year I was born 1964.
This song was recorded in 1969.  very Black Sabbath-ish. What year was Sabbaths first LP released?




Their biggest hit was recorded in 1970 about 200 meters from where I work today.
This was apparently recorded in 2 takes live after spending a few guzzling hours at the Exeter Hotel in Rundle St which still looks the same today and still has live bands.

[Freuds_Cat]

Madder Lake - were a kind of prog band for want of a better description.

12lb Toothbrush 1973




Salmon song

[hollowbody]

Thanks for the enlightenment!  I'm going to have to track down some Kahvas Jute.


I don't know much about Australian bands, but I do like Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs:

[Dave W]

What about The Angels? (BTW, they were marketed as Angel City in the US). And they're still around in some form.

Their debut single (1976?), a Vanda/Young production.

[rahock]

I don't know much about the Aussie bands of that era but some old buds of mine, The Frigid Pink(house of the rising sun remake) did an Aussie tour in 69 or 70 and had the time of their lives. Their bass player and drummer had to wait untill they graduated from high school to do the tour.

They said the audiences ,and the people in general, were absolutely wonderful. They sold a whole lot of records there too
Rick

[n!k]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duZHUVje0TM&feature=related

The Birthday Party!

[Nocturnal]

Hell yeah on the Birthday Party (or any Nick Cave project)!!

[SKATE RAT]

don't forget the Saints or Radio Birdman or X (the Aussie not LA band)

[Freuds_Cat]

What about The Angels? (BTW, they were marketed as Angel City in the US). And they're still around in some form.

Their debut single (1976?), a Vanda/Young production.

This is an interesting one.    The Angels were from Adelaide and I remember when they started. The song in this vid was their first hit and pretty much the platform upon which they rose to cult status here in Oz. I have done fair few shows with them and Aussie Dave and myself know guitarist of 6 years Bob Spencer through an Aussie gear forum. I will leave my personal issues with Doc (The lead singer) out of this thread.
This song cannot be played in any pub in Australia without people calling out the following:

Band: Am I ever gonna see your face again
Crowd: No way get f***ed, f*** off.

There was something I came across years ago and Bob confirmed my suspicions recently.

This song was actually pinched from (no less than) The mighty Quo!

Have a listen to this

[Freuds_Cat]

Bob got to play in 2 Aussie bands that have legendary status here in Oz. The other was Skyhooks.

He is the guitarist far left.




The Skyhooks eye view of Melbourne in 1976



And when all is said and done

[Dave W]

This is an interesting one.    The Angels were from Adelaide and I remember when they started. The song in this vid was their first hit and pretty much the platform upon which they rose to cult status here in Oz. I have done fair few shows with them and Aussie Dave and myself know guitarist of 6 years Bob Spencer through an Aussie gear forum. I will leave my personal issues with Doc (The lead singer) out of this thread.
This song cannot be played in any pub in Australia without people calling out the following:

Band: Am I ever gonna see your face again
Crowd: No way get f***ed, f*** off.

I've heard the story about the crowd response before.

No idea about the band personalities, I just know them from their songs (See Your Face, Marseilles, Take A Long Line, No Exit).

There was something I came across years ago and Bob confirmed my suspicions recently.

This song was actually pinched from (no less than) The mighty Quo!

Have a listen to this

Wow, that's pretty blatant.    I mean, there's only 12 notes and all that, but it's not hard to avoid writing the exact same song.

[Freuds_Cat]

Interestingly the Angels guitarist John Brewster played in Aussie band The Party boys with Alan lancaster in the 80's.

Hope they had a good laugh about it.

We knew singer John Swan from doing supports here in Adelaide with his band Swanee and ended up doing a few shows with the Party Boys when he was singing with them. On different occasions I got to meet Alan Lancaster and Joe Walsh which was cool.

The list of people who have played in that band is quite unbelievable.

Kevin Borich
Joe Walsh (Eagles, James Gang)
Eric Burdon (Animals etc)
Graham Bonnett (Rainbow etc)
James Reyne  (Australian crawl)
John Swan  (Swanee, Fraternity and various others)
Angry Anderson (Rose Tatoo)
Richard Clapton
Marc Hunter (Dragon)
Alan Lancaster (Quo)
John Brewster (The Angels)
Mark Evans (AC/DC)
Robin Riley  (Rose Tatoo, Mega boys with Vince Contarino))
Harvey James (Sherbet)
Graham Bidstrup (Angels)
Richard Harvey
Mal Eastick (Stars)
Steve Williams (AC/DC)
Brad Carr
Barton Price
Vince Contarino (The Dukes, Mega Boys with Rob Riley, The Zep Boys)
Stuart Fraser
Dorian West
Various others

[Basvarken]

Cool thread! Those are nearly all names that I've never heard of.
Keep 'm coming

[Freuds_Cat]

You know in each country there is that song that gets played by the DJ at the end of the night?
Well for the last 30 years at least this is THAT song in Australia.

The only Aussies who dont know this song are the ones that turned up on the last boat.

Eagle Rock by Daddy Cool