Ausrock

MMM Rocks? ..... vote for "Dirty Little Bitch - BLACK LABEL"

2009-11-28T11:54:00.000+11:00

Ok, trying something out here, I want to see what influence this blog can have on a music countdown, its not a power trip, I just don't like the direction Sydney's Rock Radio is going. Classic rock is great, but it will kill any new real Aussie rock (not the "new rock" crap they play now)

What I would like is for YOU to do me a favour and go here and Vote for "Dirty Little Bitch - BLACK LABEL"
I don't care if you are not from Sydney or if you use 2skids@gmail for a email address.

So if AUSROCK Blog has ever done a favour for you, its your chance to pay it (well me) back, cost you nothing, just 30seconds of your time, thanks.

Vote for "Dirty Little Bitch - BLACK LABEL"
New album containing Dirty Little Bitch will be available soon

SUNNYBOYS - Wildcat 1989

2009-11-28T11:16:00.003+11:00

Whoops misses one with all the Sunnyboy posts ;-)

Tracklist:
01 - Sorrow Is Mine
02 - Too Young To Despair
03 - As I Walk
04 - New Confusion
05 - Lately
06 - Sinful Me
07 - Sad Girl
08 - I'm Changing
09 - Certain Privilege
10 - Wildcat & The Moon

Thanks to Deutros
Wildcat
or Luciano
Wildcat

SUNNYBOYS - Play The Best 1991

2009-11-22T14:40:00.000+11:00

Sunnyboys - 1991 - Play The Best

Tracklist:
01 - Happy Man
02 - It Comes as No Surprise to Me
03 - You Need a Friend
04 - Gone
05 - Love in a Box
06 - Show Me Some Discipline
07 - Thrill
08 - Alone With You
09 - Safe Life
10 - Trouble in My Brain
11 - Strange Cohesion
12 - The Stooge
13 - Let You Go
14 - It's a Sunny Day
15 - Days Are Gone
16 - The Idealist

Play The Best

SUNNYBOYS - Shakin' Live August 1991

2009-11-19T14:43:00.000+11:00

Sunnyboys - 1991 - Shakin' Live August 1991 (The Official Bootleg)
Tracklist:
01 - Intro
02 - Tell Me What You Need
03 - Comes As No Surprise
04 - My Only Friend
05 - I Can't Talk to You
06 - I'm Not Satisfied
07 - Guts of Iron
08 - Too Young to Despair
09 - Liar10 - Individuals
11 - It's Not Me
12 - Tomorrow Will Be Fine
13 - I'm Shakin'
14 - Trouble In My Brain
15 - Happy Man
16 - Show Me Some Discipline
17 - Alone With You
18 - Love To Rule
19 - Tunnel of Love
20 - Seeker

Cheers to Luciano
Shakin' Live

SUNNYBOYS - Real Live 1984

2009-11-07T14:59:00.006+11:00

Sunnyboys - 1984 - Real Live

Tracklist:
01 - I'm Shakin
02 - Trouble in My Brain
03 - Alone With You
04 - Liar
05 - Lovers (On Another Planet’s Hell)
06 - I Can't Talk to You
07 - The Stooge
08 - Strange Cohesion
09 - Love in a Box
10 - Catwalk
11 - Show Me Some Discipline

Download link Thanks to Luciano:
Real Live

SUNNYBOYS - Get Some Fun 1984

2009-11-07T14:59:00.002+11:00

Sunnyboys - 1984 - Get Some Fun

Tracklist:
01 - Show Me Some Discipline
02 - Lovers (On Another Planet's Hell)
03 - Love in a Box
04 - Afraid to Love
05 - Come as No Surprise
06 - Get Some Fun
07 - Catch My Heart
08 - The Stooge
09 - Work in Moderation
10 - Cat Walk

Download link thanks to Luciano:
Some Fun

SUNNYBOYS - Days are Gone 1984

2009-11-07T14:59:00.000+11:00

Sunnyboys - 1984 - Days are Gone

Tracklist:
01 - I Can't Talk to You
02 - My Only Friend
03 - Trouble in My Brain
04 - Gone
05 - It's Not Me
06 - Happy Man
07 - Alone With You
08 - Tunnel of Love
09 - Liar
10 - Let You Go
11 - I'm Shakin'
12 - I Can't Talk to You (reprise)

Thanks to Luciano
Days Are Gone

SUNNYBOYS - Individuals 1982

2009-11-06T14:54:00.000+11:00

Sunnyboys - 1982 - Individuals

Tracklist:
01 - This Is Real
02 - Individuals
03 - It's a Sunny Day
04 - Leaf of the Tree
05 - You Need a Friend
06 - No Love Around
07 - I'm Not Satisfied
08 - Days Are Gone
09 - You Don't Need Me
10 - Colour of Love
11 - Physical Jerk
12 - Stop and Think

Thanks to Luciano
Individuals Rapidshare
or thanks to Tony
Individuals Megaupload

SUNNYBOYS - S/T 1981

2009-11-06T13:58:00.001+11:00

Sunnyboys - 1981 - Sunnyboys

Tracklist:
01 - I Can't Talk to You
02 - My Only Friend
03 - Trouble in My Brain
04 - Gone
05 - It's Not Me
06 - Happy Man
07 - Alone With You
08 - Tunnel of Love
09 - Liar
10 - Let You Go
11 - I'm Shakin'
12 - I Can't Talk to You (reprise)

Download link thanks to Luciano:
Sunnyboys
no password

SUNNYBOYS - Live at Melbourne University, 22 March 1981 (Bootleg)

2009-11-06T13:57:00.000+11:00

Sunnyboys - 1981 - Live at Melbourne University, 22 March 1981 (Bootleg)

Tracklist:
01 - Why Do I Cry
02 - Physical Jerk
03 - I Don't Mind
04 - Happy Man
05 - Love To Rule
06 - Cry Myself To Sleep
07 - Work It Out
08 - Trouble In My Brain
09 - To The Bone
10 - What You Need
11 - Tomorrow Will Be Fine
12 - My Only Friend
13 - Alone With You
14 - The Seeker

Download link:
Bootleg
no password

The SUNNYBOYS 4 track EP 1979

2009-11-03T13:35:00.001+11:00

Young Australians in the early eighties fell in love with the passionate pop-rock songs of the Sunnyboys, based in Sydney but originally from the NSW North Coast, made up of brothers Jeremy and Peter Oxley, Bil Bilson and Richard Burgman.

The music was power-pop at its finest. Songs like “Happy Man”, “Alone with You”, “Love to Rule”, “What You Need” and others do stand the test of time.

Probably their best known and most successful song was “Alone with You”. This was actually written by Jeremy Oxley while he was still at school.

Sunnyboys - 1979 - 4 track EP by Phantom Records

Tracklist:
01 - Love to Rule
02 - Alone With You
03 - What You Need
04 - The Seeker

thanks to Luciano
EP

CHRIS TURNER - My Guitar And Me 1980

2009-10-08T20:05:00.000+11:00

Recorded in Sydney in mid 1980 this is the first solo album by Chris Turner, a guitarist formerly in ROSE TATTOO and BUFFALO, also features fellow Rose Tattoo members, the late Pete Wells, Dallas Royal and Geordie Leach. Real rocking guitar playing from Chris Turner as well as great slide guitar from Peter Wells, not a well known album, but a classic none the less, if you like guitar, you'll like this.

01 My Guitar & Me
02 Oxford St Dogs
03 Backdoor Man
04 Little Girl River
05 So Far So Good
06 Motel Gypsy
07 Messin' Around
08 Ear Bleeder
09 My Guitar & Me

Chris Turner

DESERT RAT - Home From the Front 1978

2009-10-03T00:13:00.001+10:00

Melbourne pub band that worked heavily around the traps. Recorded one album that was engineered and produced by Gil Matthews from Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs

01 Need Your Love
02 Reaching For the Sky
03 Faces
04 Do Somebody Wrong
05 Rock And Roll Lady
06 Take me On
07 Runaway Child
08 Crystal Ball
09 Arabian Rock
10 Take Me Shake me
11 No Place Like Hell

Desert Rat

HEROES - S/T 1980

2009-10-02T07:29:00.000+10:00

Heroes began in October 1977 when ex-Rabbit members Jim Porteus, Mark Tinson & Phil Screen recruited vocalist Peter De Jong. Basing themselves in Newcastle emphasising pub rock which gained them a good following. In 1980 the band signed to Alberts/EMI and recorded this, their self titled album which reached #1.

Heroes other claim to fame is that they were the last band to play at Newcastle's Star Hotel, the controversial closure of which sparked off street violence and rioting that night. Their choice of song, The Star and the Slaughter, led later to singer Peter de Jong being charged with the incitement to riot. One verse runs: "I want action, And I want fighting in the streets. Gonna take this town by storm, Gonna burn the buildings down ... "

01 The Star And The Slaughter
02 I Can't Go On
03 Tongue Tied
04 Back To The Love
05 In For The Kill
06 Baby's Had A Taste
07 Look At The Time
08 Something You Need
09 Talkin'
10 To-nite

Heroes

CROCODILES - Looking At Ourselves1980

2009-09-28T23:25:00.000+10:00

01 Hey Kids
02 Teenerama
03 New Girl On The Beat
04 Miss Universe
05 Looking At Ourselves
06 Out of Love
07 Telephone Lover
08 First Date
09 Back With The Boys
10 Wanna Dance
11 Everywhere I Go
12 Gangland

The second album from the Crocodiles - featuring a early recording of the QED hit Everywhere i Go. Jenny Morris departed in July 1981 and began her very successful solo career.

Line-Up:
Peter Dasent (Keyboards)
Tony Backhouse (Guitar)
Fane Flaws (Guitar)
Jenny Morris (Vocals)
Bruno Lawrence (Drums)
Mark Hornibrook (Bass)

Looking At Ourselves

Australasian Gold - Readers Digest 6

2009-09-27T11:10:00.002+10:00

01 All Out Of Love - AIR SUPPLY
02 Goose Bumps - CHRISTIE ALLEN skip .
03 Still In Love With You - DRAGON
04 Down Among The Dead Men - FLASH AND THE PAN
05 Another Night On The Road - SHERBET
06 Music Is My Live - MARCIA HINES
07 I Got You - SPILT ENZ skip.
08 So Many Ways - JOHN ST PETERS
09 Its A Long Way There - LITTLE RIVER BAND
10 Don't Fall In Love - THE FERRETS
11 Blue Lady - HELLO SAILOR
12 C'mon Aussie C'mon - MOJO SINGERS

Aussie Gold

DEAD CAN DANCE - S/T 1984

2009-09-26T23:04:00.000+10:00

01 The Fatal Impact
02 The Trial
03 Frontier
04 Fortune
05 Ocean
06 East of Eden
07 Threshold
08 A Passage In Time
09 Wild In The Woods
10 Musica Eternal

The self titled release from Dead can Dance, this album has been at times described as gothic rock and post-punk. The album artwork featured a ritual mask from Nuova Guinea, which pretty much became the logo for the band.
Over the course of their career, Dead Can Dance has featured a multitude of members, but two musicians have remained at the core of the band -- guitarist Brendan Perry and vocalist Lisa Gerrard

Thanks to Noddybuns
DEAD CAN DANCE

PINK FLAMINGOS - We Never Close 1982

2009-09-06T21:02:00.001+10:00

In 1980 the Pink Flamingos formed out of the ashes of the demise of Kiwi Bands Dragon and Hello Sailor.
The bands debut Album in 1981 took out every major award at the NZ music awards and became a big summer hit later that year. The Flamingos tour over that summer was a box office triumph.
September, 1981, The Pink Flamingos relocated to Sydney and recorded " We Never Close" with Dragon Producer, Peter Dawkins.
November, 1981, The Pink Flamingos scoop 5 awards at RIANZ Music Awards – Best Album, Best Male Vocalist, Engineer of the Year ( Graham Mhyre ), Producer of the Year ( Bruce Lynch ) and Group of the Year
The Pink Flamingos will perform all of their original hits when they tour with The B52’s and The Proclaimers this Summer in NZ

01 Just Like In The Movies
02 Voodoo
03 Is That The Way?
04 Hungry Night
05 Hard Was Anne
06 We Never Close
07 Divine
08 Girl
09 Believe In The Ruins
10 Prosperpine
11 What Your Eyes Don't See

Flamingos

KING'S CALL - Fishing with Harley & Bentley 1993

2009-08-15T17:43:00.001+10:00

Have a post for you by a duo called Kings Call. Of note is the Russell Brown here, is the same Russell Brown of 21/20 & the Spaniards & more recently, Rusty Brown of Electric Mary.Both Shaun & Russell are currently still active in music in Melbourne. Full scans of CD artwork included

01 Last Farewell
02 Out of Time
03 At A Higher Place
04 She's Gone
05 Promises
06 One Life Away
07 Jane Oh Darling
08 Fishing With Harley & Bentley
09 Run Over By Jesus (I've been)

Thanks to Surfer13
Harley & Bentley

MOVING PARTS - If You Break It 1979

2009-08-14T11:31:00.005+10:00

Moving Parts was a sydney post punk sounding band that used to play the usual places around Sydney in 1979. Consisting of Mark Woods, Geoff Gray and Martin Sinkovic, this was their only single- handed out at gigs.

01 How Could I
02 If You Break It
03 Chevy

Thanks to Bruce
Moving Parts

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THE JOHNNYS - Highlights Of A Dangerous Life (1991)

2009-08-08T09:45:00.000+10:00

The Johnnys were a Australian cowpunk? rock band that fused the fun of punk rock with country. Highlights Of A Dangerous Life is widely regarded Australian classic, produced by Ross Wilson of Daddy Cool.

(There's gonna be a) Showdown
The day Marty Robbins died
Injun Joe
Move it
The edge of death
Green back dollar
Bleeding heart
Way of the west
Deadmen from boot hill
Slip slap fishin'
Mountain man

Thanks to Noddybuns
Dangerous Life

THE JOHHNYS - Grown Up Wrong (1988)

2009-08-08T09:37:00.006+10:00

Middle sized John
Anything could happen
Motorbikin'
Grown up wrong
Going down (with rock'n'roll)
The Logan girls
No excusin' my boozin'
Ten outlaws
Bounty hunter
Cajun woman
Shameless girl
The taller man

Thanks to Noddybuns
Wrong

Aussie Metal / Hard Rock Singles

2009-07-23T13:07:00.002+10:00

Candy Harlots (Aus)"Red hot rocket" 7"EP 1987

01 When will I know
02 Red hot rocket

Candy Harlots

Badge (Aus)"Rock City" 7"EP 1984

01 Rock City
02 Rock'n'Roll Hero

Badge

Dirty Rats (Aus)"Play it loud" MLP 1987

01 Dance dance
02 Lonely
03 Centre of attraction
04 Fantasy

Dirty rats

Volt Edge (Aus)"Two timing woman" 7"EP 1983

01 Two timing woman
02 I'm burning

Volt Edge

Shy Thunder (Aus)"Hold on" 7"EP 1985

01 Hold on
02 Bitter existence

Shy Thunder

Thanks to Mirko
Bitrate 320 kbps

and password: www.thrashmageddon.com

iNsuRge

2009-07-19T09:04:00.002+10:00

Following on from Soulscraper singer / guitarist Chris Dubrow formed iNsuRge. Political prisoners is one the earlier blog posts, they were known for their outspoken political views and global environmental issues such as climate change.

1 Political Prisoners
2 Bring It On
3 Spike
4 Weight of the World
5 Welfare State

Political Prisoners

01 Feast or famine
02 Man Bytes dog
03 Feast or famine (instrumental)

Feast or famine

SOULSCRAPER - Neo-Anarcho 1993

2009-07-05T19:26:00.000+10:00

1.Neo Anarcho
2.Fight
3.Preacher Man
4.Motivator
5. Designer Rebellion.

thanks to Noddybuns
Neo-Anarcho