Top 30 Bands from Western Australia of All Time 

The Steele siblings are amazing

I count him as a solo artist, not a band. I am working on a list of top wa solo artists though...

@@solitudeausmusic Dave Warner's From The Suburbs WAS A BAND not a solo artist.. Woeful research.

And the Suburbs Johnny Leopard ITS A BAND

​@solitudeausmusic Why no Allegiance? They were brilliant & imo the greatest band to ever come out of WA.

David Warner isn’t from WA. He is from NSW and therefore played all his domestic cricket for NSW.

I was just going to post this "what about" also. I tried researching where the From The Suburbs band was formed but the bio only mentioned a prior band, Pus, and that they were Oz's first punk band, in Dave's own words...

Because you are young no doubt. Look into older stuff like Boys, Dave Warner, Stems 👍 PS.. Australia has "other Australian Countries"?? 😮😄😉 ✌️

He mentioned Mark Lizotte - when he was Johhny Diesel & The Injectors. He was number 13, starting at timestamp 8:46

The Bakery definitely deserve a mention. Rock Mass For Love and Memento are both excellent yet very different albums.

@@ianmcleish6113 Thanks for your Reply, I wasn't sure if anyone would remember Bakery,they had such a great sound and the Rock Mass's were so good, cheers Mate ,from Armadale! ps knew a Snowy Mcleish early 70s

this list is mostly pop bands...not rock bands...in my view Allegiance were better than 90% of this list.

hate frenzy!!

Allegiance 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

​@@GerinPhilsExactly. The greatest band to ever come out of WA imo.

you might be correct there, i didnt double check that and assumed my memory was correct when i thought it was the rolling stone. Thanks for the pick up :)

@@solitudeausmusic You are most welcome. NME -English. Rolling Stone - American.

Check out my list on top Wa artists of the 2010s

I count him as a solo artist. Might put put a list of top 10 wa solo artists soon.

and Jamie Page's work with Queen and Cozzy Powell

For sure, still playing although in a bit of a different direction🤭... also guitarist john Myer... and the best aussie bassist/singer ever... jon Ryder.

Cover band

They didn't sing any original songs

I was hangin' out for the Mannikins

I went to the Bee Keepers single launch at the Aberdeen. Great band!

Matt lives here now did he live here then? but what about Warren Morgan?

​@@Bristolcentauruschain started in Perth tho in the 60s as did copperwine ..Jeff St john's band

@@ACDZ123 so there's 2 more that ought be on the list - i wasn't sure about chain but i was sure that Warren Morgan is originally a Perth Boy and i think he was part of the original line up

good mentions, but i don't feel that they make the top 30

nice mention, I am aware of them, but I dont think they crack the 30.

He has no clue.

They're a traditional , hard rock, progressive band that can actually play and write good songs, that rules them out with these elitist snobs that compile these bogus lists.

Cable and the young girls

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Started out as a cover band in Perth under the name Farris Brothers. As soon as they wanted to perform and record original stuff they gapped it to the East Coast. I can see why people want to claim them, but they don't feel local to WA to me at all either.

@@solitudeausmusic Wrong.. you watched the TV special without doing your own research. You have no clue kid.

Not really. Ferris bros are Perth boys originally and Michael was living in Geraldton in the late 70s when they formed ..that's pretty WA to me 😁 same with hoodoo gurus ..

dont think they became HG till they moved east...? The Victims were from Perth. ​@@ACDZ123

definitely a memorable WA band, but i dont think theyre in the top 30 IMO.

Cover band, no original songs

I appreciate your comment and see where you might be coming from but I feel that I researched this quite well and bands from the late 70's and 80's are well represented in this list. I know of many other Perth bands from the era you have referred to but i don't believe any others crack the top 30 when it comes to a combination of influence, popularity, success and artistry. Essentially, thats the combination that I based this list on. remember from 70s til now there is 50 decades of music that has been made and I feel my list represents a wide spectrum of those decades. Around a third of the 30 I listed are from the era you refer to. Yet there have been 3 decades worth of music made after the 80's and the sheer amount of bands that have existed in WA 90s til now far out-ways the amount of trailblazers from the past. In turn, I might suggest you could state in your opinion who you think should be included on the list and who should be removed. I'm open to the discussion. Thanks for watching and commenting :)

@@solitudeausmusic Never Never should be on there The Stockings should be on there and you could easily take off The Someloves The Stems and San Cisco also Eskimo Joe such overrated bands

I'm afraid your take feels a lot more opinion based than the ones I have included on my list that you wish to remove. Personal feelings aside, the stems, San Cisco and eskimo Joe are 3 of WAs most successful exports. They all need to be on the list. I suppose you could debate someloves inclusion, but I don't feel your offerings are greater than the someloves.

@@solitudeausmusic Success doesn't equal talent.....You pick only the "popular" bands

@undae When making a general list called 'top 30 X,Y or Z' popularity is usually a major factor taken into account. I appreciate you believe there are better WA bands that you think should be included, but you are basing that far more on your opinion than the objective parameters i have based my list on. All while claiming I should have stated 'in my opinion' in your original comment...