Was talking to a whipper snapper the other day, and somewhere in the mix he asked me what I thought about a particular Aussie 80's rock song that just came on the radio.
After telling him I think most 80's Aussie rock was, and still is s
hit (that song included), and after I got back home, I thought I should show him some reasons why I think most Aussie 80's rock music was (and still is) s
hit.
So I got out some good ol' pen and paper and wrote down for him the following:
1976-77 - The Saints - (I'm) Stranded
1989 - Toys Went Berserk - The Smiler with a Knife.
I let him know my thought that Aussie rock should have progressed leaps and bounds on the back of the Saints seminal release, however too many soft c
ockers went to bed with record labels and commercial radio; largely neutering and regressing the vitality that rock music, by its' very nature, should be thrusting down the throats of impressionable teens with or without adult supervision.
I let him know the Toys Went Berserk album was, and still is
my favourite Aussie rock album of the 80's, and therefore a straight forward example of why I feel most Aussie 80's rock was (and still is) schlock.
Anyway... When I got back home (again) I started to reminisce and utubed (I'm) Stranded.
The utube recommendations in the right gave me this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5utCLm45E0
In that vid there's discussions about, and interviews with, the band that Bill was in (Rocks).
That's what led me back here.
Bill's the thread starter.
Toodles.