OT: Dead hard rockers week

[carcharias]

Dune Rats were on the footy show???? bwahaha
I've spent a bit of time with those crazy kids through The Psychos.
They're all Dogs supporters, except their manager, he is a Sharks man.

Yes they were
Singer had a dogs jersey on.
Best ( not that I watch it often ) act they've ever had.
I think fatty genuinely liked them.
He mentioned them heaps afterwards.

They played "6 pack"
Felt like it went for about 5 minutes.
Fatty had to introduce them by mentioning the album name " the kids will know it's bullshit".

There are some pics on their Facebook page

 

[carcharias]

Linkin park singer
Suicide
Another one

 

[shadowboxer]

Not so famous but had a couple of chart finders in the 80's- maybe early 90's too.
Simon Holmes of Sydney band The Hummingbirds died a few days ago.
Connection to this forum @Feej
Feej plays drums in Alannah Russack's solo band, she was part of The Hummingbirds.

Sad stuff that - clip brings back good memories.
Thanks

 

[tom of poland]

very sad to hear about Simon, apart from his musical talent he also ran a nice record store in Pitt Street, down near Central.

 

[Generalzod]

Linkin park singer
Suicide
Another one

Just yesterday I was watching Transformers and listening to trhe song at the end of the film...

 

[glenmoresharkie]

Man that's sad, Hybrid Theory is a great album.

No one escapes the arms of depression, so sad that you can have it all yet feel like you have nothing at all.

 

[Feej]

Not so famous but had a couple of chart finders in the 80's- maybe early 90's too.
Simon Holmes of Sydney band The Hummingbirds died a few days ago.
Connection to this forum @Feej
Feej plays drums in Alannah Russack's solo band, she was part of The Hummingbirds.

Learnt of this on Saturday. Very sad. Been a few beautiful tributes to him this week.

 

[bad boy bubby]

Learnt of this on Saturday. Very sad. Been a few beautiful tributes to him this week.

There has been some wonderful tributes mate.
Yeah I heard earlier in the week but waited until it had been announced by his family

 

[carcharias]

I used to see the hummingbirds quite a bit.
I remember seeing them at Balmain at a sort of market on a Saturday.
I still have the love buzz album.
Which for the train spotters is named after a shocking blue song
Which was covered by Nirvana
Bloody great cover

 

[carcharias]

Gurumul Yunupingu
46

I read he has passed away in hospital in Darwin.

I was lucky enough to go to a recording studio in Yirrkala Arnhem Land last year.
I got to hear some of his stuff through the desk plus his cousins new music that was still being mixed.

Big loss for the indigenous people up there.
He was pretty much God to them.

He was in Yothu yindi and another band called saltwater band.

Plus his own solo stuff that I'm sure most of you would be aware of.
He won arias and sold albums all over the world

 

[bad boy bubby]

What a wonderful guitarist and musician. I only ever saw him play twice, both times it was with Yothu Yindi. Once was at the very first Big Day Out and the second time was 8 months later in Broome at the inaugural Stompen Ground.
Sad loss.

 

[carcharias]

What a wonderful guitarist and musician. I only ever saw him play twice, both times it was with Yothu Yindi. Once was at the very first Big Day Out and the second time was 8 months later in Broome at the inaugural Stompen Ground.
Sad loss.

Yep
Played a right hand strung guitar left handed.

Unique musician
Had a lot of health problems from very young.
Born blind on Elcho island in 71 .
No education.
Imagine the living conditions back then.
Self taught.

His story is a Hollywood movie.

 

[Foz]

Yep
Played a right hand strung guitar left handed.

Unique musician
Had a lot of health problems from very young.
Born blind on Elcho island in 71 .
No education.
Imagine the living conditions back then.
Self taught.

His story is a Hollywood movie.

I saw a story on him on tv a year or two ago and he was suffering from kidney problems.made me sit up and take notice of how bad kidney disease was and getting donors of organs etc.
Think he was in hospital at the time.
He didn't say anything.

Each to their own but no problem whatsoever being an organ donor.
If it helps save someone good stuff.I aren't going to miss them if I'm dead.

 

[tom of poland]

Not quite rock stars but significant losses,

Les Murray SBS soccer commentator, who also had a stint fronting a rock band in his younger days.
Sam Shepard, playright, actor, director and drummer for late 60s band The Holy Modal Rounders.

 

[bad boy bubby]

Tony Cohen - the producer, not the tattooist.

If you haven't heard of Tony Cohen you have probably liked one of the albums he has produced. The bloke was a legend in the Australian music scene.
Here is a list of his achievements:

Tony Cohen as producer or co-producer, unless otherwise indicated:[3][9]

• Supernaut: – Supernaut (1976)
• The Ferrets: – Dreams of a Love(engineer-producer, October 1977), Fame at any Price (October 1978)
• Various Artists: – Wildlife(soundtrack, 1978)
• The Boys Next Door (later known as The Birthday Party): – Door, Door(engineer, April 1979), Hee Haw(engineer, December 1979),[7] The Birthday Party (November 1980)[8]
• James Freud: – Breaking Silence(June 1980)
• The Birthday Party: – Prayers on Fire(engineer-producer, 6 April 1981), Junkyard (10 May 1982),[12] The Bad Seed (February 1983), Mutiny!(November 1983)
• Models: – Cut Lunch (June 1981)
• Hunters & Collectors: – World of Stone (engineer-producer, January 1982), Hunters & Collectors (engineer, 26 July 1982)[13]
• The Go-Betweens: – Send Me a Lullaby (engineer-producer, November 1981),[14] "Hammer the Hammer" (July 1982)
• Tuff Monks: – "After the Fireworks" (1982)
• The Moodists: – Engine Shudder(1983)
• The Reels: – Pitt Street Farmers(September 1983)
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: – From Her to Eternity (engineer, 18 June 1984), Kicking Against the Pricks (engineer-producer, 18 August 1986), Your Funeral... My Trial (3 November 1986), Tender Prey (19 September 1988), Henry's Dream (engineer-mixer, 27 April 1992), Let Love In (18 April 1994), Murder Ballads (5 February 1996), No More Shall We Part (2 April 2001)
• Pel Mel: – Persuasion (October 1983), O.D.R. (1984)
• Sacred Cowboys: – Sacred Cowboys(1984), We Love You... Of Course We Do(1985), Trouble from Providence (1988)
• The Beasts of Bourbon: – The Axeman's Jazz (July 1984), The Low Road (December 1991)
• The Olympic Sideburns: – "13th Floor" (1984)
• Crime & the City Solution: – Room of Lights (27 October 1986), Shine (25 April 1988)
• Wild Pumpkins at Midnight: – Wild Pumpkins at Midnight (1988), Sick(1993), Sad Trees (1996), The Secret of the Sad Tree (1997)
• The Cruel Sea: – This Is not the Way Home (December 1991) nominated at ARIA Music Awards of 1993 for Producer of the Year,[11] The Honeymoon Is Over (May 1993) won 1994 Producer of the Year,[15] Three Legged Dog (April 1995)
• TISM: – "Get Thee to a Nunnery" (from The Beasts of Suburban, 20 July 1992) nominated in 1993 for Producer of the Year,[11] The Beasts of Suburban
• Straitjacket Fits: – Done (13 September 1992)[16]
• Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes: – Night of the Wolverine (April 1993), You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel (June 1994)
• Kim Salmon and the Surrealists: – Sin Factory (May 1993), Kim Salmon and the Surrealists (April 1995)
• Tiddas: – Sing About Life (November 1993)
• Powderfinger: – Parables for Wooden Ears (18 July 1994)
• Paul Kelly: – Wanted Man (engineer, July 1994)
• Maurice Frawley and Working Class Ringos: – Livin' Lazy (1994)
• The Blackeyed Susans: – Mouth to Mouth (July 1995)
• Mick Harvey: – Intoxicated Man (2 October 1995)
• Hugo Race & The True Spirit: – Valley of Light (1995)
• Frenzal Rhomb: – Not So Tough Now(June 1996)
• Various Artists: – Scream: Music from the Dimension Motion Picture(soundtrack, 17 December 1996)[17]
• Astrid Munday: – Astrid Munday(1998), Apparition (2000), Sunshine and Promises (10 April 2006)
• Tex Perkins: – Dark Horses (2000)
• Fur Patrol: – Local Kid (29 September 2008)[18]

 

[coolumsharkie]

First one on the list, Supernaught!!

"Johnny is this guy who can't make up his mind he says he likes it both ways"

Haha we were not allowed to sing it, and we didn't know what it meant but we sang it.

 

[carcharias]

What a list.

I saw wild pumpkins at midnight play live outside a record shop in Perth ???? In mid 1991.
It was pretty chaotic ...and that's just the band.
Probably saw them in Melb on second thoughts
90 ??

 

[coolumsharkie]

He obviously knew his shit, plenty of known artists on that list before they were known. Powderfinger for one, Dave Graney

 

[tom of poland]

One Tony Cohen credit BBB omitted was that he also engineered the wild and wonderful and very psychedelic "Stranger Tractor" album by early 90s Sydney band Swordfish, which was produced by Ollie Olsen. His imprint was most definitely on that album and the band members acknowledged his contribution.

I used to see them regularly back in the day.

 

[bad boy bubby]

One Tony Cohen credit BBB omitted was that he also engineered the wild and wonderful and very psychedelic "Stranger Tractor" album by early 90s Sydney band Swordfish, which was produced by Ollie Olsen. His imprint was most definitely on that album and the band members acknowledged his contribution.

I used to see them regularly back in the day.

I c&p'd wiki, Tom. Maybe put it in there?
Swordfish eh?
Keyboardist from them, Pete Batt, recorded and played with us a fair bit in The Lowdorados. I'm still in touch with him.