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View Poll Results: Which English-speaking country produce the best music?
The United Kingdom 99 40.57%
Ireland 4 1.64%
The United States 106 43.44%
Canada 14 5.74%
Australia 8 3.28%
New Zealand 4 1.64%
Jamaica 2 0.82%
Other (which?) 7 2.87%
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Old 01-01-2010, 01:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 01-01-2010, 04:23 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Old 01-01-2010, 05:37 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 01-01-2010, 05:58 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Australia makes some pretty good music. Might not be the best but I voted for them anyway
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Australia makes some pretty good music. Might not be the best but I voted for them anyway
The Church, The Vines and um...
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Nick Cave, The Birthday Party, Midnight Oil, The Seekers, The Cat Empire, Gotye, Karnivool, Cog, Yothu Yindi, Silverchair, Paul Kelly, John Butler Trio, Crowded House, The Living End, Sleep Parade, Grinspoon, Dead Letter Circus, Josh Pyke...

Just because you haven't heard of Australian music, pretty much because it's impossible for Australian artists to make it big in the US and UK due to the state of the industry, doesn't mean there hasn't been any good music produced.
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Nick Cave, The Birthday Party, Midnight Oil, The Seekers, The Cat Empire, Gotye, Karnivool, Cog, Yothu Yindi, Silverchair, Paul Kelly, John Butler Trio, Crowded House, The Living End, Sleep Parade, Grinspoon, Dead Letter Circus, Josh Pyke...

Just because you haven't heard of Australian music, pretty much because it's impossible for Australian artists to make it big in the US and UK due to the state of the industry, doesn't mean there hasn't been any good music produced.
I didn't say good music didn't come from Australia, INXS and Men at Work were awesome 80's bands. And they're still played on US radio.

Crowed House, Neil Finn comes from New Zealand, either country they're one of my favorites.

The Easybeats
The Bee Gees (aslo claimed by Manchester)
Three Dog Night
The Hoodoo Gurus (great band)
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(Midnight Oil is hideously awful)
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I didn't say good music didn't come from Australia, INXS and Men at Work were awesome 80's band. And they're still played on US radio.

Crowed House, Neil Finn comes from New Zealand, either country they're one of my favorites.

The Easybeats
The Bee Gees (aslo claimed by Manchester)
Three Dog Night
The Hoodoo Gurus (great band)
Savage Garden


(Midnight Oil is hideously awful)
Neil Finn comes from New Zealand but Crowded House, which didn't contain all of the same members of Split Enz, was actually formed and based in Melbourne. Interesting fact if anyone wanted to know. But yeah, definitely one of my favourites too!

The Hoodoo Gurus are awesome, great choice. Same with INXS. Not much of a fan of the others though.

Edit: Yeah Midnight Oil seem to be either a love them or hate them band, I personally love them and the individuality and political stances they brought to the Aussie rock scene at that time.
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I didn't say good music didn't come from Australia, INXS and Men at Work were awesome 80's bands. And they're still played on US radio.

Crowed House, Neil Finn comes from New Zealand, either country they're one of my favorites.

The Easybeats
The Bee Gees (aslo claimed by Manchester)
Three Dog Night
The Hoodoo Gurus (great band)
Savage Garden


(Midnight Oil is hideously awful)
irony much?
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