Who are your favorite bands from Oz? the land down under?

Freerepublic ^ | 7/24/2020 | mylife

[mylife]

AMERICA invented rock and roll, then there was the British invasion, but what about Oz?

[Kazan]

INXS and AC/DC.

[mylife]

Does anyone in Oz actually drink that stuff? or eat vegemite?

[Zhang Fei]

[Nice!]

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For some reason, Normie Rowe’s Shaking All Over was chosen as the lead in track for the first episode of the crime drama - Underbelly - A Tale of Two Cities - that chronicles growth of heroin-centered organized crime in 70’s Australia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNzgmYn8bMs&list=PL31BvmE3DJCbtmuyXAB6pnpCJK_ND39r1

Gritty and unsentimental portrayal (i.e. more like Goodfellas than the Godfather movies) that I thought was fast-paced and entertaining.

[Kazan]

The Bee Gees were born in the Isle of Man in the UK.

[liberalh8ter]

AC/DC and INXS

[Mazey]

Midnight Oil.

“Beds Are Burning”.

Peter Garrett, very tall, very bald; a lawyer if I remember right.

[mykroar]

Men at Work & AC/DC

[mylife]

The Scientist'sSolid Gold Hell

[mylife]

Garrett is a weird guy, he became a member of Parliament(like a senator or something) and is a big green weenie, but he was great fronting Midnight Oil

[Wayne07]

Lime Spiders are great, Slave Girl is an all time great punk song.

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[real saxophonist]

Before Crocodile Dundee, Paul Hogan had a comedy/variety show in Australia. One of the recurring themes was how much Foster's he drank.

In high school we had an exchange student from Australia. One time he brought a tin of vegemite for us to try. This was right when Men at Work were hitting it big. Vegemite is a sort of yeast paste. If I could find it here, I'd buy a tin just to have it.

So yes, they really do eat and drink that stuff.

[Robert DeLong]

They are from New Zealand. 8>)

[woodbutcher1963]

INXS, Midnight Oil, AC/DC in that order

[mylife]

Comon! what are the kids listening to in Alice Springs?

[mylife]

NZ counts :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuApdKacCQk&list=RDG091gZcwmAg&index=7

[SkyDancer]

My Aussie BF introduced me to them and some others like Rolf Harris - used to sing stuff like that around an outback (Aussie = bush) campfire. That was several years ago though.

[howlinhound]

Skyhooks - A somewhat obscure band but is in the Australian music hall of fame.

[mylife]

Love the spiders

[AnotherUnixGeek]

AC/DC, of course. Icehouse. Probably some others I can’t remember.

[mylife]

I vaguely remember them.