The Melbourne power-pop outfit released a bunch of albums and EPs across the 90s that got better and better. The biggest out of Brisbane since the Bee Gees. The Go-Betweens were an indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Australia in 1977 by... Darren Middleton (born 4 October 1971) is best known as lead guitarist and songwriter for... Ian Haug (born 21 February 1970) is an Australian musician and the lead guitarist, songwriter,... Kate Miller-Heidke (; born 16 November 1981) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress.... Daniel Jones (born 22 July 1973) is an Australian musician, songwriter, and record producer.... Gina G (born Gina Mary Gardiner, 3 August 1970) is an Australian singer who represented the... Misery was a death metal band from Brisbane, Australia. "id": "lightbox-30" Heavy metal? Loud, chaotic and irreverent, Frenzal Rhomb are a band that always loved taking the piss – out of themselves and other 90s faces such as Alex Lloyd, Kasey Chambers and Russell Crowe. You have no concept of what it is or where it sits. We were poor punks trying to scrounge up money to form a band. WCMS.pluginCache.add('#lightbox-38', 'lightbox' , { In the mid-90s, Even were one of the local scene's most talked about bands. "id": "lightbox-28" The Veronicas are an Australian pop duo from Brisbane. "id": "lightbox-22" This Brisbane musicians list includes both bands and solo artists. This is Serious Mum favoured secrecy, wearing balaclavas in public and using culture-mocking aliases – eg. Start searching! With the success of ‘Leaving Home' and their debut album, '97s Slightly Odway, Jebediah was the band that injected some enthusiasm and hope into the local scene. “No one was throwing money around. Bands from every genre are listed here, including rock, pop, hip-hop/rap, jazz, and more. O The Opals The Oz. It's centrepiece track, ‘Chase the Dragon', was driven by an outlaw, China White lyric: “I brought back a souvenir all the way from Kampuchea/A plastic bag up my arse and soon the goods will all come to pass.”. “Bands are defined by their limitations and our greatest limitation is my voice,” Tim Rogers told Rhythms in 2013. "id": "lightbox-32" "It allows people to compare us to KISS and to Slipknot, and we obviously have more in common with Kenny G than either of those two bands.”. "id": "lightbox-10" But their 1998 self-titled album sits comfortably amongst the best-selling Australian debuts of all-time on the back of songs like ‘Second Solution' and ‘Prisoner of Society'. “People just felt like there's an artistic statement to be said in Australia, with an Australian accent.”. The Bee Gees Journalists loved me because all they had to do was type.". If you are in a metal band from Australia, please see our F.A.Q. Video: YouTube If you want to know more about these famous Brisbane bands you can click on their names to learn more about them. Video: YouTube WCMS.pluginCache.add('#lightbox-12', 'lightbox' , { WCMS.pluginCache.add('#lightbox-14', 'lightbox' , { "We originally wanted to be like The Fall, where it was spazzy music with yelped, screeched vocals, kind of incessant," Darren Seltmann told ABC TV in '99. This list of Brisbane musical artists includes information like what genre the artist falls under, what albums they've put out and more. 199 people follow this. Frenzal were born out of a love for Australian punk. "In Brisbane music in general I think it's much more about that love for the music and the openness of the place." made it onto a … “The band had no idea about what we were doing either. Nitocris managed to defy any label put upon them. Starting with Rollo's 1st band Bad Ronald and a very funny. From 1992 until their... Pete Murray is the name of: 1960s - 2000s. I knew something could happen but I was surprised by the response and how busy we were.”. WCMS.pluginCache.add('#lightbox-44', 'lightbox' , { Study up to make sure you pull through for your team on Trivia Night. These bands included, The Toy Watches, Vacant Rooms, The Pinups, The Colours, The Skeletones, The Lemmings and the Pits to name a few. Dave Graney is a rare bird – a dandy killer in a buttoned-up suit looking as inconspicuous as a huntsman on fairy bread. Their career also sums up the 90s in a nice arc – a thrash band with a sense of humour who mutated into one of the country's biggest bands. But it's no anthem. It's no surprise that Underground Lovers' Vincent Giarrusso became a film director [check out Mallboy]. R The Rebs The Red Pepper The Reverbs The Rhythm 5. Australian Metal Bands. "Trying to find weird and wonderful sounds to make a record that sounded kinda fancy without actually having access to orchestras or amazing sound.". Half the fun was trying to keep up with them. 07 3350 5078 This band stands out not only for their great music, but because they're one of the few groups from the '90s that never… "id": "lightbox-24" }); "Growing up in Perth there is an inherent isolation," Jebediah singer Kevin Mitchell told Double J. So here’s some songs from but a handful of bands (certainly not all) that we reckon are currently flying the flag. These guys were a bit different for a punk band - they had a DJ in there as well. “We started out playing 50s and 60s rockabilly covers which was a very particular crowd,” The Living End's Chris Cheney told triple j in 2011. }); "The initiation in Geelong was getting cans of beer chucked at you on stage. 90s Boy Bands: Famous Boy Bands From the 1990's | WHO Magazine That’s not to say there weren’t any number of bands putting their own Australian twist on the music but ultimately they … WCMS.pluginCache.add('#lightbox-22', 'lightbox' , { }); Cheney and Scott Owen were Stray Cats fanatics from Wheeler's Hill in Melbourne's leafy east. It was our own label, we were broke. Video: YouTube If shit-stirring was a genre [and it could be], TISM would be the undisputed kings. A record label bidding war broke out on the back of their fuzz and feedback saturated early EPs - '93s Signs of Satanic Youth and '94s Life was Better. "id": "lightbox-38" They also weren't afraid of an eye-popping song title – everything from 'Defecate On My Face' to 'Saturday Night Palsy' and their 1998 toe-tapper, 'I Might Be A C#*t, But I'm Not A Fucking C#*t'. From Punchbowl in suburban Sydney, the Hard-Ons represented Australia's melting pot – three members with Croatian, Korean and Sri Lankan roots. AboutSee All. Contact 1990s Music + Movie Events Brisbane on Messenger. }); “I think one of the reasons 'Buy Me a Pony' was such a big hit and people loved the song so much was that there's something about our sound and our energy that is unashamedly Australian,” Spiderbait's drummer, Kram, told triple j. The state of Western Australia has a rich rock and roll history. WCMS.pluginCache.add('#lightbox-24', 'lightbox' , { "id": "lightbox-42" “Everyone loved ‘Hieronymus'. We knew exactly what to do. www.kristianfletcher.com. Gospel of the Horns is a black metal band that was formed in 1993 by guitarist Shane Transvaal... Powderfinger were an Australian rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. Page TransparencySee More. “It was just the music that was there," Adalita told triple j in 2014. Video: YouTube Spiderbait first gained notoriety in the early-90s with energetic shows at Collingwood pub The Tote. 1970s Bands in Brisbane for hire. Indie rock royalty, the Beasts of Bourbon came together in the mid-80s as an Oz underground supergroup made up of members of The Victims, The Scientists, The Johnnys, Hoodoo Gurus and many more. "id": "lightbox-50" Bands Musicians Entertainers. “But I thought ‘Supermarket Scene' [off 1997's Memory Lane Traffic Jam] was the closest thing to a perfect pop song that we've created. In thanking the city’s rockers as participants in this project, it is important to remember John Bell who passed away during the period of … Grunge? The only music we could attempt was punk music. 1990s Bands for hire. }); “That's the way Nitocris has always been based,” guitarist Kira Taylor told triple j. From their early singles like ‘Blubber Boy' to their hard-hitting debut, Tu-Plang. Video: YouTube By the beginning of the 90s, the Beasts were our most in-demand live attraction. }); Another fab Brisvegas export, the late Grant McLennan of the Go-Betweens, was a fan of the Two Hands soundtrack song, ‘These Days'. He said these days bands felt less … They did a cover of Bill Oddie's Goodies song, ‘Run', that acted like a secret handshake for a generation of Gen-Xers raised on ABC TV. So we started rapping over stuff.". "id": "lightbox-20" very topical in 1988 Brisbane, 1313 Mockingbird Lane. It just seemed like the fastest, most direct, most brutal, most in-your-face kinda music.”. WCMS.pluginCache.add('#lightbox-28', 'lightbox' , { Fronted by Jodi Phillis and Trish Young, Clouds were one of Sydney's most exciting bands of the early-90s. Brisbane-band Regurgitator owned the mid-to-late-90s. I heard his songs and flipped my wig. One of my all-time favourite songs ever.”. WCMS.pluginCache.add('#lightbox-46', 'lightbox' , { Let's call it pre-Millennium tension. Video: YouTube Then there was the foray into electronica, 1997's Unit, and the obtuse nature of 1999's …art, which featured the sub-title: “Actual Product May Not Match Expectations”. }); They only released one album – '98s Small Speaker Joyland. Open seven days a week, The Flamin' Galah has local bands playing every night, serves up some cracking bar food and has a fully stocked back bar … It all seemed like a foreign kind of world.”. He'd be considered an Oz immortal for his Saints output alone. Whatever it is, it’s a thing. Video: YouTube Brisbane during the early days of rock ‘n’ roll and who enthusiastically made their memories available. }); There's no greater example of an obsessive music fan than one who has diligently collected the entire Kuepper back catalogue. "I was loaded with stuff to say. WCMS.pluginCache.add('#lightbox-32', 'lightbox' , { “It had a real development. WCMS.pluginCache.add('#lightbox-48', 'lightbox' , { Video: YouTube List of Brisbane bands, listed by their level of fame. }); But, lasting success wasn't their destiny. Stoner? A piano-led band with a singer singing story songs was in direct contrast to the alt rock and dance scenes that were booming in the mid-to-late-90s. “I think it was the perfect first album, I think it showed who we were and what we were doing at that particular moment of our lives. It's 'I Piss Alone', for some weird reason. I'm rediscovering a whole bunch of music from my younger and more wild days. "id": "lightbox-44" "id": "lightbox-18" were a pop music group formed in 1958. }); The titles were telling, like '97s Get Shitfaced with the Onyas. They also perform a Johnny O'Keefe tribute. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. If ever there was a 90s band ripe for rediscovery, it's Icecream Hands. Brisbane 1990–1993 is a compilation of the two early 90s EP’s by the Australian band Custard, Gastanked and Brisbane. By the beginning of the 90s, the Beasts were our most in-demand live attraction. WCMS.pluginCache.add('#lightbox-36', 'lightbox' , { "id": "lightbox-12" 1998's Come Again was lovingly described by You Am I's Tim Rogers as his ‘favourite Beatles album'. “It's one of those shivery kind of songs,” he told Rhythms. Video: YouTube If you want to know more about these famous Brisbane bands you can click on their names to learn more about them. }); “Then, suddenly, the album started flying out of the stores. interview with Rollo. Bookings 07 3350 5078 We've had songs that are more popular than others but we've never had a radio hit. “It seemed easy and it made sense. Ron Hitler-Barassi, Les Miserables and Tokin' Blackman. So you think you know everything about music? }); "The idea that probably defines us in most people's minds is the idea that I'm least proud of… the least clever idea we came up with was [wearing] masks," Humphrey B. Flaubert said in an online lecture The Birth Of Uncool: How TISM Gatecrashed Melbourne Music. The 90s saw him in the midst of his solo career and he was releasing records at a torrid rate included pop outings, mail order records, instrumental freak outs and compilations.
