Astronomer

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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lucifer_sam

irony much?

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first.am

Neapolitan

^ ironicly only when I'm not deliberate about it
I like The Beatles and 70's Rock bands that were influenced by them and I think Three Dog Dog Night kinda continued that Beatlesque sound. The Easybeats did "Friday on My Mind" the original to David Bowie's cover of the song.

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Astronomer

Yeah, fair enough. However Friday on My Mind is probably one of the reasons why I've never bothered to check out more of their stuff. I really dislike the song, probably due to the fact that over here it is immensely overplayed on classic radio stations and given way too much hype than I think it deserves. It just seems unoriginal and just like a blatant kind-of copy of other music from that era.

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Urban Hat€monger ?

The Saints, The Triffids, Radio Birdman, The Celibate Rifles, The Go-Betweens, The Drones, Models....

Just to name a few more not mentioned to show how wrong you are.

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lucifer_sam

let's not forget The Birthday Party. probably the best thing to come out of Melbourne.

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Astronomer

Yeah I mentioned The Birthday Party. It's odd, for the fact that they had so little commercial success during their time, their influence seems to be pretty far-reaching and I've heard people mention them several times on here which always surprises me.

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Urban Hat€monger ?

I think the reason The Birthday Party are so well known is because they pretty much based themselves in London most of the time they were active, which was where most of the indie press were based too.

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lucifer_sam

oh i'd say they're far more influential than the Bad Seeds ever will be. you had a veritable revolution at the onset of the eighties, bands willing to use noise as a medium rather than a hindrance, and i think the Birthday Party successfully earned their place in history. and if you look back on the alternative epochs of the late eighties, bands like Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., The Jesus Lizard, and so on, it's pretty easy to see where they draw influence from, and i think the Birthday Party is well within those limits.

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first.am

Neapolitan

What you don't like The Church, The Vines, INXS, Men at Work, The Hoodoo Gurus?? ok I not going to stake my musical reputation on these guys but I did also mention Three Dog Night, The Bee Gee's, The Easy Beats and Savage Garden.

Hatemonger, I wasn't trying to name every Australian band I was trying to name the best, my response was to Mick who said

He said " Might not be the best " and The Church and The Vines imo are bands that can be considered as the best, it's a rebutal to his self-deprecating attitude of Australian music.

So in what way did you show I was wrong?

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