KITK?
Dropbears?
Koo De Tah?
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Great band, but not Australian.
Ohhhh, who am I thinking of?
Maybe Empire of the Sun?
They were more my brotherās taste.
Edit: noooo, definitely not them.
This is going to drive me crazy now.
Edit: Itās also not Nick Barker and the Reptiles
Australian, late eighties, hard rock/hair metal band that were slightly better than Roxusā¦.
I worked with a bloke who played in a band called Truck.
They once shared a bill with Cattletruck in a masterstroke of booking.
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Kings Of The Sun?
I did work experience at Metropolis Studios when these guys were recording - big, BIG drinkers and loud as fāk!!!
John Justin & The Thunderbirds?
Though he was more glam rock with the dire Flash King Cadillac and a comically-noxious version of Rock On.
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Just had a quick trawl through my 45s and found a few you might like to consider (some not so well known acts among them):
Beasts of Bourbon - Psycho
Boys Next Door - Shivers
Dynamic Hepnotics - Soul Kind Of Feeling
The Eastern Dark - Johnny & Dee Dee
Eurogliders - Heaven
The Hard-Ons - Girl In The Sweater
Harem Scarem - Miracle Mile
Jimmy & The Boys - They Wonāt Let My Girlfriend Talk To Me
John Kennedy - King Street
Laughing Clowns - Eternally Yours
New Five - Life Without Lulu
Painters and Dockers - Basia
Sacred Cowboys - Nothing Grows In Texas
The Slaughtermen - Godās Not Dead
TISM - Defecate On My Face
Warumpi Band - Jailanguru Parkarnu
The Zimmermen - Donāt Go To Sydney
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Oohā¦ thereās quite a few I donāt know there. Will have to check them out. Didnāt like the Dynamic Hepnotics much. The Hard-Ons and Painters & Dockers tracks are good calls.
My favourite XTC song
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Screaming Tribesmen?
Severed Heads?
Thatās the way - Deckchairs Overboard
Hallelujah - Absent Friends
Hold On - Allniters
The Irvin Rockman Affair - Bachelors Of Prague
Never Let Me Go - Black Sorrows
Cathyās Clown - You Am I
Token Angels - Wendy Matthews
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Absolutely love this version of Hendrix.
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Good call with Deckchairs Overboard!
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Incoming Rant
Why is it that so many modern artists feel the need to āfeatureā guest artists in their music.
Iāve recently been listening to the new Lana Del Rey album and six of the sixteen tracks āfeatureā other artists (plus one other that is some sort of preacher ranting away).
Lana Del Rey does not need others to sing alongā¦she is perfectly fine singing on her own.
I do not think that the additional singers add any value to the albumā¦and, in my opinion, actually downgrade the album overall.
As much as I like her, this new album will not be getting added to my playlist.
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Well, you know my āfeaturing ruleā and itās 99.9% correct, with very, very few exceptions.
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I am a Lana Del Rey fan, but IMO she releases so much music that much of her recent stuff I find utterly pedestrian. Wouldāve seen her years ago, donāt know if Iād bother now.
Anyway
The only modern thing about it is the term āfeatureā. Artists have been appearing on other artists albums since the dawn of recorded music.
Take Badge by Cream for example. It āfeaturesā George Harrison. But he had to change his name on the writing credit due to record label politics. Ringo was there too, but i think his only contribution is the line āI told you bout our kid, now heās married to Mabelā.
Dave Mason from traffic and Steve Winwood āfeatureā on Hendrixās Electric Ladyland (as does Buddy Miles, Mike Finnegan and Btian Jones). Sandy Deny features on Led Zep IV. The list is endless.
Edit:
Paul McCartney and John Lennon sing back up on a song from The Stones Satanic Majestyās Request album, from memory.
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Whilst this is true, it was more of an occasional thing whereas these days it is prolific.
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Yeah. Agreed.
It was something that was literally done āon the slyā for decades, with artistic output the ultimate goal. But it now seems more of a financial driven vehicle.
I get your point.
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Iāve just finished reading Phil Collinsā Autobiography and he played on so many other artistās albumā¦sang back up vocals as well on quite a fewā¦but wasnāt āfeaturedā too often (if at all).
The way he wrote about it, it was helping out matesā¦or being in awe of the opportunity to play with some of his heroes.
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