Best Australasian Band.

[Wat_Tyler]

Nick Cave with his band of Germans doesn't qualify, uhkay?

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. The Saints.

I mean, Solar was good, but sure 'twas no Saints.

[Wat_Tyler]

2. I shoulda voted for The Go-Betweens, but I could love all of those bands

if it weren't for the fact that INXS and Jet were two of them.

I voted Solar, though.

[-..__...]

14. AC/DC

Without any doubt.

Runner up... "The Angels" (or otherwise known in the US as "Angel City").

[vi5]

3. No AC/DC? No Radio Birdman? No Men At Work?

C'mon man, get with the program!

Oh yeah...I vote for The Saints.

[Magrittes Pipe]

8. Shit, I'd vote for Birdman over the Saints...

...sometimes I forget that they're from Down Under. Y'know, 'cause Deniz Tek is from Detroit and all.

[Wat_Tyler]

9. Therefore their position is forfeit!

BWAAHAAHAAHAA!

[Wat_Tyler]

20. Oops.

[terrya]

4. Crowded House.

[fizzana]

Midnight Oil

I can't believe they were left off the list. Great songs, great live band and a great social conscience to go with it.

[blondeatlast]

54. Ditto that. nt

[fizzana]

5. Midnight Oil

I can't believe they were left off the list. Great songs, great live band and a great social conscience to go with it.

[Wat_Tyler]

6. To be brutally honest

I couldn't stand them.

Sorry.

[Beware the Beast Man]

7. AC/DC Rocks

For as much as I love Solar Radio, AC-DC is still the best.

[Maestro]

10. AC/DC or perhaps Midnight Oil for sure

but then again, there are The Wiggles, www.thewiggles.com.au

[Wat_Tyler]

12. The Wiggles certainly deserve it more than Midnight Oil.

:evilgrin:

[Maestro]

15. Well I have seen both in concert and

I did have more fun with the Wiggles and my kids, but I like Midnight Oil's conscience.

[jilln]

11. I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya...

Split Enz should be #1, with the Church a very close second...

[Maestro]

16. Timm Finn

has played with the Wiggles by the way. :)

[jilln]

24. Never heard of the Wiggles...

what are they like?

[Wat_Tyler]

25. Black metal.

[jilln]

27. that would explain it ;-)

[Maestro]

53. They're a kids' group

very popular with the 2-7 year old crowd. Timm Finn appeared on an album of theirs. Check out the link.

[tuvor]

65. Yup, and welcome to DU!

:hi:

[AmandaRuth]

13. HooDoo Gurus

should have listed this one under the prior thread, bands you (really really) like that others give you a hard time for!

[underpants]

18. I second the Gurus

Best live show I have ever seen.

Mars needs Guitars!!!!!!!!

[Wickerman]

17. Birdman

but I woulda gone with the Earthmen, too.

[Wickerman]

19. Solar question

Since you don't see them pop up too often - I've got the Demo Reels CD and I love the instrumental "Borrowed Balls". Did they, on a later LP add lyrics?

edit - too fews o's on too

[Magrittes Pipe]

22. They wrote lyrics and recorded it as "Arthur Poole"

...on the Broken Clean LP

[Wat_Tyler]

23. I think it's originally from the legendary Cable Street sessions.

You can find those extraordinary songs on the 'Tomegatherion' bootleg.

[Wickerman]

26. Wow, I can't believe I found the 45 pressing on ebay.au

Is that legit, I don't find it on Simon Findlay's discography.



How much is $63.00AU anyway?

and what's up with the flip

"Malcolm Theatre"? I don't find that listed anywhere, either.

[Wat_Tyler]

29. Woah! They were pulled after the first 500 pressings.

By hook or by crook, get it.

[mac56]

21. Daddy Cool!

nm

[AntiCoup2K4]

28. The correct answer, of course, is AC/DC

Specifically the first 6 albums with Bon Scott singing.....

[devilgrrl]

30. Radio Birdman... The Saints too.

:)

[Pale Blue Dot]

31. Crowded House should not be on this list.

They are a New Zealand band. If you check an atlas, you will find that they are actually two seperate countries. :-)

[Wat_Tyler]

32. Do you know what Australasia means, Finnfan?

Cheeky bastard. :evilgrin:

[Pale Blue Dot]

34. Now, if I knew what Australasia meant,

or even read carefully, then I wouldn't have made a fool of myself just now, would I have?

Hah! I just won that debate!

[Wat_Tyler]

35. Congratulations.

The Republicans are interested in your potential candidate status. :evilgrin:

[blondeatlast]

55. Shall we start calling you...

BUNNYPANTS?

[Tom Kitten]

33. the Celibate Rifles

or the Clean...

[gollygee]

36. My Aussie dh would say "Cold Chisel"

but I like INXS

[Lady Effingbroke]

37. Split Enz

[Kat45]

38. AC/DC. Also The Angels (known as Angel City in the US).

:yourock:

[Wat_Tyler]

39. Thanks.

[gollygee]

40. I guess nobody likes Soundgarden?

[Wat_Tyler]

41. No. It's because they're from Seattle.

[gollygee]

46. I wonder why my husband thought they were from Australia

he's usually up on this stuff.

Oh well :) I won't divorce him over it LOL

[Wat_Tyler]

48. Nah.

That'd never stand up in court.

[Magrittes Pipe]

51. Is he thinking of... Silverchair?

:scared:

[Spider Jerusalem]

42. Have to go with The Church...(n/t)

[fudge stripe cookays]

56. Another Church fan! Yay!

I haven't listened to too much since Priest=Aura, but I did get Box of Birds a couple of years ago. The Iggy Pop cover was cool.

When Kilbey hit the junk their stuff started sounding like he was maturbating with himself. Supposedly he's clean now.

I was psycho about them in the 80s. Did a pencil drawing of them from the back of Remote Luxury and got them all to sign it when they toured for Heyday.

FSC

[no name no slogan]

59. Cool!! An ex-girlfriend of mine is in the "Reptile" video

They filmed the vid at a show in Minneapolis that my girlfriend was at. So that's her little claim to fame!

Their recent stuff has actually been pretty good. "Magician Among the Spirits" grew on me over the course of a year, and it's now one of my favorites (although many others slam it mercilessly). They're still one of my all-time favorites though. They're one of the main reasons I play an electric 12-string guitar. Them and the Byrds of course!

[fudge stripe cookays]

63. Cool!

FWIW,

My claim to fame is being somewhere in the Godfathers video for "I'm Lost and Then I'm Found", which they filmed at the Back Room in Austin around 88 or so.

I'm in the back of the crowd, but I'm there! :D

I actually had a copy of "Magician Among the spirits" a few years ago, but it went in one of those "eat or listen" purges.

I need to buy all my old Church stuff back. I REALLY need a copy of "Of Skins and Heart." I've been craving hearing "Bel Air" again.

FSC

[Bonhomme Richard]

43. What? No Men at Work? n/t

[Wat_Tyler]

45. I'll put them in if you can name more than one song.

[gollygee]

47. Who Can it Be Now and Down Under

[Wat_Tyler]

49. Hey, googlefiend. Is your name oz?

:hi:

[gollygee]

52. LOL no

it's Nicole

:)

And as a true child of the 80s, I didn't need google :) I actually had their LP as I recall!

[no name no slogan]

61. I saw them open for Fleetwood Mac in 1981

...and they were actually pretty good.

Oh, here's a few of theirs, all of which played on US radio:

"Who Can It Be Now?"
"Land Down Under"
"Ghosts Appear"

Underrated, IMHO. And a hell of a lot better than Mental As Anything ever were.
:)

[Wat_Tyler]

44. Solar Radio win.

A shock win there for the obscure New Zealanders.

[XNASA]

50. I'm voting for Solar Radiohead.

Is it too late?

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

57. Midnight Oil or Weddings Partys Anything...

....but of the bands you listted I liked Crowded House the best.

on edit, the Oils had their moments, but I think I liked WPA better...more consistent, good folky sound.

[flamingyouth]

58. Radio Birdman

[flamingyouth]

62. I would also mention the Bats from New Zealand

Because it's very likely no one else will. I particularly love "Smoking Her Wings" by them. :thumbsup:

[no name no slogan]

60. You forget THE CHILLS

One of NZ's finest exports. "Heavenly Pop Hits" is one of the greatest hit singles of all time (although it never charted in the US).

Also, I gotta give a nod to Sherbet/The Sherbs, who had a couple of minor US radio hits in the early 80s with "No Turning Back" and "We Ride Tonight". Not bad for a bubblegum/hard rock band.

[tuvor]

64. Tough to choose between Spl'Enz and the Church

So I tossed a coin. They were indeed a hard act to follow.

BTW if you like the Church, Kilbey or the other guy produced Mae Moore's "Bohemia".

A fantastic album from about 1993, and she's from Vancouver Island to boot! Plus she married a musician named Lester Quitzau who I happened to go to high school with, although I didn't know that until years after the fact.

Anyway, check it out.

[tuvor]

66. Where are the Swingers?

Counting the Beat should, uh, count for something.

[NashVegas]

67. This Poll Suxor

No Nick. No Hunters & Collectors.

*hmmph*

[ForrestGump]

68. Bulldog's All-Star Good Time Band. And John Rowles. And whoever did

"Slutty Mole."