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  • Kevin Borich’s Party Boys – NYE 2010

    13 February 2011

    The Party Boys have been a concept that has always provided audiences with an opportunity to see fantastic musicians having a bit of fun. The latest incarnation is no exception. I hade the pleasure of…

  • Your Fanatics

    01 February 2011

    Thanks to Andy Townsend for sending me this poster & the info below. Hey mate just found this amongst other stuff. They were the next big thing from Coffs Harbour in the ’80s. Davros worked…

  • Zarsoff Brothers Back Catalogue re-released

    20 January 2011

    The Zarsoff Brothers have just re-released their “Back Catalogue” album which, as strange as it sounds, is a back catalogue of two E.P.’s. from 1983. “Bumsweat & Other Popular Filth” was originally released in March…

  • The Sports

    27 December 2010

    The Sports were always a difficult band to categorise for me. They were “Indie” enough to have street cred, they were “New Wave” enough to be current and they were “Pop” enough to be on…

  • The Moving Targets

    23 November 2010

    My Husband, Bob Rock was in a band called “The Moving Targets” formed about 1965, in Heidelberg Heights in Melbourne. Their average age of band then was 14 years old. They won best new &…

  • The Angels

    02 November 2010

    The Angels are a truly iconic band for people of my generation. They burst onto the scene in the mid-1970s and went from strength to strength. I first saw them at an all-ages gig at…

  • Toons

    25 October 2010

    After he’d finished playing with The 69ERS for the final time, Peter Knox bounced around the Sydney music scene for a while, filling in on bass and making guest appearances with various bands, until he…

  • Harvey James Unwell

    22 October 2010

    Harvey James, legendary guitarist with bands such as Mississippi and Sherbet, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. The 58 year old is undergoing treatment at the moment and we will bring more info as it…

  • Daddy Cool

    18 October 2010

    Daddy Cool is one of those bands that were only around for a very short time yet their music is still played today, around fifty years later. After forming in 1970, they had almost immediate…