And still they play. The band that introduced us to Texas Blues and “Sharp Dressed” Men are off to Chile to play a benefit concert on May 26th. Be there.
I saw ZZ TOP in Australia back in the 80’s and was simply blown away. 3 guys and what a sound. A power trio of immense proportions and skill. Billy, Dusty and Frank (he’s the one without the beard, last name Beard!) will certainly blow Chile away with their seemingly endless list of hits from their ever lengthening list of albums.
ZZ Top rock and roll with the best of them and seem ageless as they roll out hit after hit. Rarely pausing to take a breath Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill will once again hit the stage with Frank Beard ( he has no beard! LOL) for the Chile gig.
Tags: australia, Benefit concert, Billy Gibbons, Chile, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, Musical ensemble, Rock music, South America
No one can deny that “The Wiggles” are one of Australia’s great musical exports. Not quite Rock’n'Roll but most of their members have had some R’n'R leanings in the past. The Wiggles are now stars all around the world. TV shows and Disney Contracts sell out Wiggles tours and Million Selling CDs make the Wiggles a wealthy and successful group!
Beginning as Cockroaches and playng for a friends kids birthday party the original Wiggles must have had not idea of what lay ahead of them.
Now recognized around the world as the Red, Yell, Blue and Purple Wiggles, Anthony, Murray, Jeff and Sam (replaced Greg) are certainly up there with some of the greatest Aussie International stars. My kids have all had their turn of being Wiggles fans and have danced and Wiggled for hours in front of the TV.
Keep on Wiggling Wiggles!
Tags: Arts, Arts and Entertainment, australia, Business, Media Conglomerates, Musical theatre, Television, The Walt Disney Company
With a seemingly never ending string of hits and headlines Keith Urban never ceases to amaze me for his ability to churn out BIG tunes. His marriage to Nicole Kidman and subsequent birth of their daughter is just an ongoing addition to the saga that is Keith Urban.
I have never seen Keith live but do love most of his more “up” songs. (Isn’t tht most of them?) Keith Urban was one of the rising stars in Australia for a long time and certainly paid his dues.
I guess one of the other things I like about Keith Urban is that he plays a Gibson Les Paul in many of the clips that we see.
Tags: Actor, Arts, australia, Gibson Les Paul, Keith Urban, Lyrics, Music, Nicole Kidman
Mental as Anything were always special to me for one simple reason. Years ago I bought a guitar from Peter O’Doherty. Peter is the bass player of the Mentals. At the time that I bought that guitar from him he was playing lead guitar in a High School band that a mate of mine played in.
Mental as Anything had not formed at that stage. Peter O’Doherty’s big brother is “Reg Mombassa” Reg is his stage name.
The Mentals became famous as a pub pop rock band with lots of good times. I only saw them once in Sydney at somewhere like the Enmore Theatre. A good gig.
Some of their zany songs included. “If you leave me can I come too” “the nips are getting bigger” amongst others. Mental as Anything are a great Aussie Rock band of the 80’s and 90’s
Nowadays Pete and Reg perform as Dog Trumpet.
Tags: Enmore Theatre, Guitar, High school, Mental as Anything, Peter O'Doherty, Pop rock, Reg Mombassa, Rock
Midnight Oil the great Aussie rock band from the 70’s 80’s and 90’s spawned the Labor Politician Peter Garrett. not surprising really as the majority of their songs were political in some way or other.
I never saw Midnight Oil live in Australia. I guess the whole Midnight Oil politics thing didn’t grab me then. I like a lot of their songs. As songs. Not as political statements.
These days Peter Garrett from Midnight Oil is a Labor Minister for something. I hope that he is doing what he protested about via his music for 3 decades.
Tags: Add new tag, australia, Midnight Oil, Music, Peter Garrett, Politics, Rock music, United States
Wow what a gig this would have been to see. A true blast from the past as Cold Chisel blew the V8 super cars off the track!
A rapturous crowd danced and sang their way through headline act Cold Chisel’s live performance last night, capping off a massive concert program at the Sydney Telstra 500 this weekend.
The legendary Australian rock band played almost two hours worth of songs, including hits Khe Sanh and My Baby at the ANZ Stadium within the Sydney Telstra 500 precinct.
Cold Chisel also gave two encore performances, much to the delight of the adoring crowd who were witnessing what was possibly the band’s last ever performance.
The crowd was made up of Cold Chisel die-hards and those who had come along to experience all aspects of the Sydney Telstra 500, which has so far seen a total of more than 120,000 people attend.
via Cold Chisel caps off concerts – v8supercars.com.au.
Tags: Arts and Entertainment, australia, Cold Chisel, Concert, Khe Sanh, Music, Stadium Australia
When they told us back in 1974 that the band coming to our school dance was a band called AC/DC we had no idea what we were about to experience. The beginning of one of the all time great Rock bands. The beginning of one of the great Heavy Metal guitarists career. We had no idea that this is what we were seeing! 35 years later people are in awe when I tell them about seeing ACDC in concert at our school dance.
AC/DC rocked us and rolled us. Angus Young wore his shorts and school uniform and Bon Scott was the lead singer. What a night at the Avalon Community center in Sydney Australia. This was the only time that I ever saw ACDC I was about 16 years old and it was 1974 at my school dance.( Actually the S.A.P.A dance for the Students Association of the Pittwater Area)
AC/DC is touring right now with their BlackIce tour. Visit their website www.ACDC.com to find out details. Here are some reviews of the AC/DC gigs
BLABBERMOUTH.NET – Argentina Goes Crazy For AC/DC6 Dec 2009
Video footage of AC/DC fans showing their appreciation for their heroes during the band’s December 2, 2009 performance at the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina can be viewed below. According to 10Musica.com, AC/DC’s three …
BLABBERMOUTH.NET Latest News – http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/
AC/DC BLACKICE TOUR FAN BLOG NEWS: Review: AC/DC ‘Backtracks by AC/DC Blackice Tour Fan
Australian hard rock veterans AC/DC have been at the top of the world this past year. The band released their fifteenth studio album, “Black Ice,” in Oct. 2008, and has since gone multiplatinum, a rare feat in the current state of the …
AC/DC BLACKICE TOUR FAN BLOG NEWS – http://acdcblackicetourfanblognews.blogspot.com/
Tags: Argentina, Bon Scott, Buenos Aires, Hard rock, Heavy Metal, Heavy metal music, River Plate Stadium, Rock, Rock music, Singer, South America
Chisel getting back together is always worth a trip down memory lane.
I first heard of Cold Chisel back in 1978 when my friend Ray Cochrane (now of Pygmy Beat)lent me an audio tape of the new band with the banned from radio song Khe Sanh. 3 weeks later I still had the tape and Ray asked for it back. I had to to listen one more time and he got it back the next day! Cold Chisel had made an impact on me. the lyrics, the guitar, the driving rhythms, the energy.
All this and I hadn’t seen them live.
Here are some reviews of their gig. Shame I am thousands of miles away!
Cold Chisel live up to expectations
1 Dec 2009
Cold Chisel fans ignited with excitement Saturday night when rumours blared true with the band reuniting for a special “rehearsal performance” at the Live at the Crossroads concert. |
Tags: Concert, Guitar, Radio, Sound recording and reproduction
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