Australian Punk Rock

Op should check out Blacklist, (now)
they used to be blindspot, were big in HS days. '05 ay. NZ band, nz are like aussie sometimes

 
so their friend of band commited suicide and they made a song bou that then there drumer (of all musicians) turned out to be an aass hole so they had to change their name from Blindspot^
 
they were b4 their time mate if you grew up in HS in the mid '00s in NZ you knew who they were cause u were too fucking coool. the day the album came out on CD we played that. it ws a movement in the erra 4music
 
Hey Axl - have you seen this? It was screened on australian telly just around the time you started this thread.
[video=youtube_share;t4GASQ7Sv3I]http://youtu.be/t4GASQ7Sv3I[/video]
Bloody good documentary about the Saints, early Australian punk rock and the Brisbane music scene.
 
You familiar with any of these bands SKL?
I'm about the least 'patriotic' person there is, but there is something kinda cool about early aussie punk rock bands.

The Saints pre-dated - or were at least (unknown) contemporaries of - the Ramones, with a similar driving sound, before the "punk rock" label and media hype, before the Sex Pistols and the UK scene exploded.
An interesting trans-continental cultural ferment.
 
My list would be - not necessarily all punk but definitely influenced by it.
The Saints
X
Midnight Oil (early stuff up to and including Head Injuries - the best live band ive ever seen)
Radio Birdman
Birthday Party
Proton Energy Pills
Massappeal
Front End Loader
Tumbleweed (early stuff)
No Reason

I will probably think of more later.
 
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