I am old school
Aussies
Lime spiders
the rocks
Hitmen
Radio Birdman
Hard Ons
Celebrite Rifles
Frenzal Rhomb ( one of the best - don't let the radio and tv stuff by members fool you)
and of course my old punk band of about 2 gigs "'The Jisms" .
Also Rose Tattoo had elements of Punk believe it or not.
They were an awesome band , should've been as big as acccadacca.
Never saw them live though as I am too young .
My take on that..
Lime Spiders were sorta 60s Garage punk ala Standells, Missing Links, Count Five etc etc..More melodic with a lot of hooks yet a LOUD and pretty heavy sound..Check out '25th Hour' or 'Out of Control'
Rocks were considered Punk and were on a compilation called Not So Hundrum which included true 'punk' (meaning sound and looks) like Suicide Squad, WW24, Venom P Stinger, Positive Hatred..Used to play the Vulcan Hotel in Ultimo and the Strawberry Hills...
Radio Birdman, Hitmen and Celibate Rifles had a more 'Detroit' sound (MC5 and Stooges) which had elements of hard rock (they were 60s bands) than punk..They reckon the Hitmen had a real chance of making it big but they had to close a relationship with Radio Birdman (Chris Masuak etc etc) that alarmed Sydney radio..Birdman came close to punk..
Rose Tattoo I agree had a 'punk' attitude but could never have been seen as a punk band because their traditional supporters (hard rockers and bikies) would have just hated punks (mohawks etc etc) at their gigs..Rose Tatoo were Sydney "Western Subs" wheras Sydney's Punk scene was concentrated around the Inner City..It is interesting that Ian Rilen from Rose Tattoo made a easy transition to 'Inner City' Culture by striking up a friend ship with Rodney Radalj of the Hoodoo Gurus, Scientists, Johnnies etc etc and also formed X with various 'Inner City Independent music' types such as Steve Lucas...
Anyway, that's my thoughts...
