Music from the 1980s
Take a leaf out of their book Perhaps it is because The Church’s frontman Steve Kilbey and guitarist Peter Koppes came from my home town of Canberra that their music is nearer and dearer to me than similar music of the era. Either way, their strong melodies make for some iconic Australian tracks, and their […]
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An Iconic 80s Album You’re going to see a lot of Australian albums from the 1980s on this site, and why not? It was my favourite era for Australian music. So let’s take a look at this cracker of an album from Aussie legends Hunters & Collectors. The band were starting to really hit their […]
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A Huge Hit Album In the 1980s, INXS hit the big time. An Australian band had hit the international music scene like few had previously. They seemed to go from hit to hit and strength to strength, leaving behind the Land Down Under for Europe and the US. The high point is arguably 1987’s “Kick”, […]
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An Australian Institution Paul Kelly is to Australian music what Banjo Patterson was to Australian literature. His lyrics are poetic, and his ability to articulate so many “true blue” virtues is commendable. He formed with “the Coloured Girls” after success with his solo career, and although the band name is inspired [ref] by the chorus […]
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Closer is close enough ..to a masterpiece. Released not long after lead singer Ian Curtis committed suicide, this was Joy Division’s second and last album before the remaining members reformed as New Order. The Album This is an LP which I will listen to from start to end. There’s variation throughout which swings the tracks […]
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Headlines an era of classic Australian music It was 1980. AC/DC were an international sensation on the back of the massive success of “Highway to Hell”, riding on huge popularity locally and abroad. Then suddenly lead singer Bon Scott tragically passed away. Scott’s passing nearly tore the band apart, yet somehow they stood together and […]
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