Recording the golden age of Australian live music
Where the bands played, what was on and what charted, from the pub rock years of the 1970s to the 1990s. Told by someone who was there, and written down before it’s lost.
This week in history
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Welcome back to Australia in August 1979 where a carton of beer would set you back $9.79, a packet of Ardath Extra mild 25’s was 89 cents and you could…
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The Bondi Lifesaver was a staple of the Sydney music scene for almost 10 years from 1971 until it closed with a bang on the 31st of August 1980. The…
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I had been looking to film/photograph any bands I grew up with. Stars were a band I admired and I had watched the Andrew Durant Memorial Concert a few times…
From the mixing desk
In 1985 and 1986 I was the live sound engineer for Bandanna. My work diaries from those years are mostly just a date and a venue, night after night, and they’re where this site started.
Since then I’ve been writing up the bands, the venues and the charts, with help from readers and photographers who were there too. If something here is wrong, or you have a photo, a poster or a memory to add, I’d like to hear from you.
On YouTube
Song stories, countdowns and trivia on the Australian Music History channel.