OT: Dead hard rockers week

[sharkman73]

f**k me ...other one.

Absolute legend

Yep, absolute genius.

Wouldn't have been AC/DC without him.

Easybeats weren't half bad either in their day.

 

[coolumsharkie]

George Young of Easybeats fame and producer of younger his Bro's lesser known band AC/DC.

71, good innings for a rocker.

Edit:ahh shit I was late for this one, soz.

 

[snoozer]

F**K.

george and harry were responsible for a large chunk of oz music.

good music too.

 

[bad boy bubby]

It's been kind of a day
Besides George, who was brilliant, there were some other lesser knowns on the fall
Martin Ain from Celtic Frost/Hellhammer and Scott "Daisy Berkowitz" Putesky from Marylin Manson

Vanda and Young produced THAT Australian sound, AC/DC, Tatts, Angels, Easybeats, Stevie etc. I'll play just one
The guitar sound... man

 

[carcharias]

I can still remember the first time I heard “sorry”
Doug Mulray played it one morning.
I was in my brothers car and he had the f**king music blaring

I went and got the easybeats anthology on cassette that weekend.

 

[Foz]

 

[coolumsharkie]

Hahaaha Black Eyed Bruiser. Working class sound of the 70's, holy crap that song is shit haha.

 

[Quigs]

Sad day indeed. I still have a stash of old Easys on 45's.

I remember watching a doco on Aussie Music, I think it was Stevie was doing the talking. He said the Easybeats started to go downhill when the "smarts" in the industry told them they had to change their music to stay with the international acts. When they were advising the family in the very early days of ACDC they (the easys) just told the boys to stick to their own style and do what they want to do.

And as they say, the rest is history.

 

[carcharias]

Hahaaha Black Eyed Bruiser. Working class sound of the 70's, holy crap that song is shit haha.

I just watched it
Man
That was like a really bad attempt at a rose tattoo rip off

 

[snout]

Amazing stories.
Legendary.

3 young tearaways - the Youngs find themselves living in an immigrant camp in Sydney in the 60's.

They meet some other Nordic kid in the camp. Harry Vanda. Between the lot of them they couldnt scrape together a dollar.

They run into another young punk stevie wright.

3 go one way and create the easybeats...the other two brothers go the other to form AC/DC.

f**k me - fate puts those 5 guys in the one place at the same time to create Australian and global Musical genius.

ABC is making an Easybeats miniseries apparently to air this year in 2 parts.

 

[taipan]

As an aside, never get tired of Angus Young ,his guitar work and the duck walk.
In the case of George,any old rocker that makes it to 70 these days, is a miracle worker.
Which is why I can't figure out how the Stones do it, they tried everything the body dislikes.

 

[tom of poland]

I just watched it
Man
That was like a really bad attempt at a rose tattoo rip off

Mate, Black Eyed Bruiser came about 2 years before the Tatts, its more of a Kinks rip off if anything. Loved the Easys but too young to see them, saw the first show of the Stevie Wright Band in 74, he was supporting Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs.

Vanda and Young were great in the studio and their influence can be heard on all the Alberts acts, Stevie Wright, Angels, Rose Tattoo, Ted Mulry Gang, John Paul Youg and of course AC DC.

I've played in 2 bands that have covered the Easy's "I'll make you happy".

 

[carcharias]

Mate, Black Eyed Bruiser came about 2 years before the Tatts, its more of a Kinks rip off if anything. Loved the Easys but too young to see them, saw the first show of the Stevie Wright Band in 74, he was supporting Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs.

Vanda and Young were great in the studio and their influence can be heard on all the Alberts acts, Stevie Wright, Angels, Rose Tattoo, Ted Mulry Gang, John Paul Youg and of course AC DC.

I've played in 2 bands that have covered the Easy's "I'll make you happy".

I loved easybeats and AC/DC
Didn’t rate Stevie wright solo stuff much though.

I only discovered rose tattoo a few years ago
Some of their stuff was great
Some was shit
The lyrics here are bordering on pedophilia

 

[bad boy bubby]

Benson

Robert Guillaume 89

 

[Defer to the coifed]

classicly trained entertainer. VG singer. Thought he went years ago however.

 

[bad boy bubby]

classicly trained entertainer. VG singer. Thought he went years ago however.

Tuesday US time mate.
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-25/benson-star-robert-guillaume-dies-at-89/9085748?pfmredir=sm

 

[bad boy bubby]

Jeepers
Now the great Fats Domino
He too at 89
Watch out all you old blokes
They're coming to get ya

 

[carcharias]

Richie Cunningham used to do a good fats domino

 

[Quigs]

Fats - I found my thrill is gone. Whose left? It is getting near a roll call time.

One of my earliest LPs was a Fats Greatest Hits. One of those vinyls you purchased from the local newsagency for $1.99 I think it was.

I loved the Loved Ones version of Blueberry Hill too.

 

[bad boy bubby]

Richie Cunningham used to do a good fats domino

This was an early version, maybe even the very first time. It got more raucous as the seasons went on.