Who Are My Favorite Australian Bands?! 

Check out Models, Icehouse, The Chats, and The Angels (Angel City in the US).

An amazing overview of Australian bands. The best I have seen from a non Australian on RU-vid, by far. I grew up there and the first concert I went to ( in 1982 ) was a summer outdoor do 4 bands for 4 bucks sponsored by the popular AM rock station of the day. Two of the bands on the bill were The Church and The Divinyls both great live bands. You’ve got The Church covered so I will only suggest that for The Divinyls you get their first self titled album which opens with an Easybeats cover and an EP called “Monkeygrip” both are great and quite frankly miles better than their later stuff. If you like Crime and the City Solution then try a band called The Wreckery. Not brilliant but fun. Others have mentioned The Scientists. They were a great swamp rock band. Amazing live. Lastly I would also like to chime in on Midnight Oil. Their early albums are very hard rocking “Head Injuries” and “Place without a postcard” are well worth getting. As is their later album “Earth and Sun and Moon”. They’ve just put out an album called “Resist” which is a great return to form. Someone posted about seeing them live and being blown away. They were always a great, great, live band but 1980 thru the early 90s they were an absolute force of nature. They wiped the floor with most other rock bands. Case in point, I first saw them on the 10-1 tour and left the venue absolutely stunned. I felt like I’d been run over by a fleet of tanks. Nothing I’ve seen since has come close to the intensity of that concert, nothing. Interestingly I went to see U2 on their “War” tour at the same venue 6 months later and they were utterly limp by comparison. So anyway, great video!

Midnight Oil is one of the most underrated bands of all time. Sure, they get critical praise and popular acknowledgment, but they never get credit as being one of the all time greats, which they are...at least to me! 10-1 is a great choice, and I would also highly recommend Blue Sky Mining, my personal favorite. I'm not always the biggest fan of political rock, but like the Clash they pull it off with their intelligence, lyrical poetry, and most of all the passion and the commitment of their performances.

I'm a huge Church fan! My wife is Australian and when we met that was the first thing I talked about! Catching them on their current tour here in NY/NJ in April!

I've just checked with Immigration here Hanna, your Aussie passport has been express approved! Amazing video, you've more than done justice to the acts here. And you've amassed a collection that a lot of Australians would die to own (myself included!). So glad you get into the margins and shine some light on quality like the Someloves and Rowland S Howard. And of course - the Church😍 glad those YAI cds are still part of the collection! Thanks for the shoutout (never say never to making another video), and thanks again for a fantastic video!!

So good to see you grabbing the Sunnyboys Hanna. I remember mentioning them to you a ways back. Their original vinyl pressings are kind of pricey nowadays. If you ever see the album 'Individuals' grab it. >< I found out recently that Chrissy Amphlett from The Dyvinals sadly passed on at 53. They were not a bad band at all. >< I am surprised that no one in the VC has ever done some sort of show your countries contest or thread. You would have killed it if you choose to do Australia. Wonderfully presented H~ Rob/Boston

My Top Five: The Church, Triffids, Icehouse, Go Betweens and Midnight Oil. Second Top Five jajaja The Saints, Died Pretty, Sunnyboys, Hoodoo Gurus and Crime and the City Solution. Special Mention, album: The Dubrovniks "Dubrovnik Blues", Song 1927 "That's When I Think Of You" (INXS and AC DC they do not participate jejeje). Keep on Rocking!!!

Man, I love The Church. Also love The Angels. Your video gives me a lot to explore. Thank you!

The Church is in my top 5. Hologram of Baal is one of my favorites. Amazing how they keep making great new music. A new album will be released shortly.

Hello Omaha Introvert, Thanks' for recommending all of these "New"(to me) bands, I really appreciate it.....The Gits and now Died Pretty, I really enjoy both.

‘Smoko’ by The Chats is one of the greatest punk songs of all time! The video is awesome too 👍👍

Hey Hanna, my favorite more recent artist from Australia is Sui Zhen. Her album “Losing Linda” is soooo good. I like stuff with creative and weird sounds and this one is excellent. Take care, Frank

Great stuff! Being from Australia it's great to see you post content that's close to home for me. Yes definitely check out some more early Diviyls the Monkey Grip mini album is worth a mention. Absolutely love the church saw them perform the starfish album it it's entirity here in my hometown of Adelaide 4 years ago and was absolutely amazing. The sunnyboys are also a favourite. Their first 7inch e.p with the seeker and an early version of alone with you are awesome. The midnight oil albums that are worth mentioning and favourites of mine are the first self titled, head injuries and red sails in the sunset. Not a massive fan of Nick cave either nor have I been a massive fan of crowded house but love split enz and the saints are awesome. Keep up the great content!

I always look forward to your videos because I know I will discover new things I like or (even better) be reunited with 80s bands I had forgotten. I had completely forgotten about Died Pretty and Someloves, and I forgot I used to have that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang record until I saw the cover. You mentioned a couple that I need to check out now and I definitely share your love of The Church : )

It was great to hear you talk about The Triffids and to see your Triffids vinyl, I love them as well. 'In The Pines' is a gem of an album and 'Born Sandy Devotional' is a masterpiece. I don't think 'The Black Swan', their last album released in 1989, got the credit it deserved. I'm not sure people knew quite what to make of it. There was pure pop like 'Goodbye Little Boy' and even a gentle foot dipped into the hip-hop explosion back then with the track 'Spinning Top Song'. It was originally conceived as a double album which has now been released as a CD, with the tracks the record company axed from the original release. I don't know if you own it but it is worth having for the tracks 'Too Hot to Move' and 'New Year's Greetings', both classics in my opinon and both show so sadly what we lost when we lost the late great David McComb. Great video as usual.

I would love a playlist to come with these videos. Mostly because I’m lazy. Great job Hanna!

Hi, Hanna! I like the triffds!

Wow. You covered the vast majority of what I would list. My faves would probably be The Church (the same era you mentioned), Hoodoo Gurus, and Crowded House, Easybeats, and oh, The Saints. Glad you mentioned Courtney Barnett and Rolling Blackouts for current artists. Another recent artist I might mention is Parma Violets, although its been a few years since I've hearch much about them. Regarding INXS, I definitely consider myself a fan, but I'm partial to their early output leading up to and including Listen Like Thieves. As for Midnight Oil, never been a big fan. Can't get over the singer's voice. And yes, it would have been cool to include New Zealand artists, especially the Flying Nun ones! Great video!

Hi Hanna ! Wow you are amazing…the first 3 things I checked out were Died Pretty Free Dirt sounded great. Checked out The Stems and didn’t find the album you mentioned but Heads Up & Mushroom Soup: The Citadel Years both had a garage rock sound that I love !! Also listened to The Celibate Rifles live that you showed plus 2 studio records that sounded pretty cool !! ( I guess celibate rifles have never been fired…oh those crazy band names.) I haven’t time now to watch the rest of your video( stopped 6 min in) but just this little bit of Australia rock was fascinating !! I have forgotten AC/DC already. If the rest of the video is this good …Oh my !!! Thanks Hanna !!

You did an excellent job Hanna. Covered just about everything. I also like SPK (industrial), The Deadly Hume, Severed Heads and the first two albums by Mental as Anything. Cheers.

I still dig CDs too, thanks for showing the CD love. So thrilled to see you've done a vid on Australia bands! You Am I is really good, nice to see them mentioned here. I really like Radio Birdman, and they remind me of The Damned. OMG I love Hunters And Collectors, especially their album "Ghost Nation." So good. Amyl And The Sniffers are incredible, love love love them. Hoodoo Gurus are great. My fav song of theirs is "Bittersweet." Catchy rock. Getting into The Saints too thanks to your recommendation. Fav Dead Can Dance CD is "Toward The Within." That album really resonates with me. I like The Birthday Party but not so much Nick Cave solo material. I've not listened to Roland Howard...will have to check that out. C&TCS is a decent listen as is Dirty Three. Divinyls! My #1 favorite band of all time. The album you showed, "What A Life," is excellent. I love all their stuff. I have an Aussie pressing of their first LP which has the songs in a different order and a different song than the U.S. pressing. "Temperamental" is great and as you see on my Discogs I picked that up at the record show last weekend. Been wanting that for years. It really saddened me when Divinyls' singer, Chrissie Amphlett, passed away a few years ago. Her voice is like no other. Midnight Oil is another top Aussie pick for me. I have "Blue Sky Mining" on blue vinyl plus several of their CDs. Want their box set! I like The Church's album "Starfish" the most. So my top 5 are: Divinyls, Midnight Oil, Hunters And Collectors, Radio Birdman and Hoodoo Gurus. Ack! How can I forget INXS? I

Lovely collection and very similar to my own taste when it comes to aussie bands. Cool that you discovered Celibate Rifles, I have them on a 80’s aussie LP comp with a fantastic tune that made me interested to look them up, but I haven’t come across any of their records yet. I regard Church as one of my all time fave bands too, absolutely amazing catalog of records. If I have to add any groups here I’d highly recommend Huxton Creepers first two albums, jangly garage rock/pop and great songwriting. The Lizard Train, Exploding White Mice (In a nest of vipers), Scientists, Beasts Of Bourbon, The Johnnys and Spikes are all bands that done records worth checking out too. Thanks for a great episode! Cheers from Sweden

Love watching your videos. You have a wonderful slant on collecting that I find inspirational.

I love these videos as it introduces you to unfamiliar artists and it also persuades you to give some records in your collection a listen that you may not have heard in a while. I have that Died Pretty album on CD but I don't remember anything about it so I will have to pull it out and play it. My favorite Australian artists are Midnight Oil and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Blue Sky Mining is my favorite Midnight Oil album and Let Love In and The Boatman's Call are my favorites by Nick Cave if you want to further explore their catalog. Following close behind my favorites are The Saints, Paul Kelly & The Messengers and The Hoodoo Gurus. 16 Lovers Lane is a classic. I need to find more Go-Betweens. Great selections.

A lot of great music as always. Australia has always had great rock music but most of it never made it over here. Before Hoodoo Gurus Brad Shepherd was in Fun Things who made two great singles in 1980 and in 2001 he was in a great band called Monarchs. If you want to explore 70s Punk from Australia look for the Murder Punk vol. 1 and 2 LP/CDs. There is also the Do The Pop 2xCD that has Punk, Post Punk and other styles on it. It includes songs from a few of the bands in your video plus a lot of lesser known stuff. If you like bands that are influenced by Stooges, MC5, NY Dolls and Velvet U. have a listen to Asteroid B612, Brother Brick, Powder Monkeys, Beasts Of Bourbon, Hoss, Seminal Rats, Sunset Strip, Proton Energy Pills, Bored. There;s also the post Radio Birdman bands = Visitors, New Christs, Hitmen and Screaming Tribesmen. In the 1980s there was Eastern Dark and The Johnnys. If you love The Saints you might enjoy these videos: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-glbkQ9a--NU.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oRfGyw4JoKM.html For all things Australia the I-94 Bar website is a great read: www.i94bar.com/page-1?q=www.yumiaoua.cn

I've been looking forward to this video. I love Australia. Is it possible that Under the Milky Way could only have been written by an Australian band. And they got it so right. Much Thanks. This was good.

I saw the Triffids live in the late 80's . They were fantastic.

Hey Hanna awesome video!! Loved your selection of Oz records. I saw The Church last weekend in Sydney & they were incredible. You gotta check out "Something For Kate" 90s - present Melbourne alt rock band.. one of my favs. Tim Rogers has joined the Hard Ons on their latest album... you'll have to check it out too!

Hi. I’m new to your Channel. I have just stared my vinyl channel. I’m from Australia and was really impressed with your knowledge of Australian bands. I am also surprised how you get them in the US. I saw most of those bands live at there peak. Sunnyboys are doing their farewell gig next month here in Sydney. I have seen midnight oil about 30 times and recommend the DVD live at goat island. Hoodoo Gurus are great and still performing. I saw The Stems & Radio Birdman about 2 years ago and better than ever. I was a judge at youth rock when Silverchair got signed. They were the called “Innocent Criminals”. I saw there potential and recommended to Sony that they give them a go and record “Tomorrow” off the frog stomp album. I’m happy to give you any help with your Australian music videos as I know a fare bit and am so proud of our music industry. Keep up the good work. Cheers - Aussie Vinyl Guy.

As an Australian, I'm super impressed with the breadth and depth of your collection. Far be it for me to try and convert you into a Nick Cave fan but, as you're into Dirty Three, I'nm not sure if you realised that for the last 10 years or more Warren Ellis has been Nick's right hand and the two have co-written all the music. If you don't dig the early bluesy, seedy stuff, check out The Boatman's Call which is very gentle and just sublime but the music he's made more recently with Ellis is something else, my favourite being Push The Sky Away. Also, the Church have a much more recent record, The Hypnogouge, that is really terrific.

Wow I’ve just seen a few of your videos and I’m so very impressed with your knowledge, collection and most of all your love of music. You remind me of a dear friend of mine we could talk for hours on end about music. I had a band in the 80’s and we got the opportunity to do about 2 weeks of shows with the Hoodoo Gurus. if I remember correctly they were touring for the Blow Your Cool record. They were so much fun to watch every night. And they were a great bunch of people to work with. Thanks and I’m sure that I’ll be watching more.

Once again, knocked it out of the park! Roland S Howard, the Dirty Three, the Hoodoo Gurus....can't go wrong with any of these. Saw the Guru's at Peoney Park (before your time I guess) with the Bangles. Great show. Not sure, but I think Warren Ellis may be my spirit animal. Saw him and Nick Cave in March here in Asheville. What a killer show, and such an under-rated talent. Read his book if you haven't yet!

Thanks Hannah as an Aussie great video love all theses bands I totally agree with you about nick cave too. Bands I’m throwing in the mix some mentioned already in comments and don’t know if you know any of them. Datura 4 Dom mariani project released 5 albums since 2015 they described themselves as psychedelic boogie rock n roll not sure if your into that 😂 even ,powerpop from Melbourne ash naylor front man great guitarist! Start with black umbrella and no surprises🤙 Dave faulkners earlier band out of Perth The victims. Also the new Christs (rob younger) hard-ons, cosmic psychos, the mark of Cain,jebediah, the volanics out of Perth great oz pub rock and roll 🎸 Roll not sure if your into that 😂

Hi hanna great video on Australian bands love Australian bands but not same as you must check out . Only thing im not into punk really although ive liked some punk . My favourite Australian band of moment is pond . Also im trying to get into nick cave have a few of his albums. Il mention crowded house and inxs as was so into the album kick when i was a student in Belfast when it came out so goid . Cool video hanna take care joe oh Courtney Barnett love her too .and rolling blackouts cf amazing new favourite.

Excellent idea to focus on one country and you've done a sparkling job. Must admit to not being acquainted with many of the bands you mentioned but can vouch for Radio Birdman and The Easybeats, two terrific groups. As for The Saints, well you know how I feel about them. Here's what I wrote about them in my article on the top 15 punk albums. (I think you have Prehistoric Sounds on that Saints 2CD package. I should have raved about it a bit more in my writeup. It is wonderful!) "The Saints first appeared in Brisbane, Australia in 1973. The four members were high school buddies living under a heavily conservative state government. There is a post on RU-vid with only fair sound of them playing a gig in 1974 in punk style. (The similarities between The Saints and Ramones are striking. Both were serving up punk in 1974 and both recorded three great albums in a row with their original line-ups before personnel changes.) After being rejected by every label in Australia they released "I'm Stranded" bw "No Time" on their own Fatal label in September 1976, the remarkable single actually reaching #96 on the Aussie charts. It was re-pressed on British labels and got rave reviews. Sounds magazine called it "Single of this and every week." Jon Savage wrote about the 45 "...the toughest, most brutal noise yet. The Saints' "(I'm) Stranded" sounded as though it had been recorded in a wind tunnel, with the singer and the rhythm section hanging as gusts of guitar noise rushed past them." For a very short time they were the darlings of the fledgling punk world and with the wind at their back they recorded their classic debut album, (I'm) Stranded, in just two days in Australia. Ten marvelous songs filled with surging waves of buzz-saw guitar and superb musicianship, "('m) Stranded" is a classic of the genre. What a racket they served up, much of the lyrics indecipherable under the noise. Singer Chris Bailey barks out songs filled with alienation. bitterness and resentment as in the title song. There's not a dud on the album. Plenty of fast punk as well as ballads like "Messin' With The Kid" and mid-tempo songs like "Story Of Love" are all beautifully rendered. Ed Kuepper, guitar, Kym Bradshaw, bass and Ivor Hay, drums, are one blitzing force. The Saints second album, Eternally Yours, adds horns on some songs and, no joke, is just as good as the debut. Their third LP, Prehistoric Sounds, finds them leaving punk for a more bluesy, jazzy sound, but believe me it is terrific too. None of these albums were big commercial successes; the lads did not fit in with the punk image. The snobby British press did not like their long hair, Bailey's sloppy appearance (he sometimes smoked a cigarette on stage) and the fact they did cover songs didn’t help. But Nick Cave has said, "They were kind of god-like to me and my colleagues. They were just always so much better than everybody else. It was extraordinary to go and see a band that was so anarchic and violent." And Sir Bob Geldof has stated " Rock music in the 70's was altered by three bands: Sex Pistols, The Ramones and The Saints."

Wonderful video! For a small(ish) country Australia really punches above its weight for interesting music. I am partially on board with you about The Birthday Party. I saw them live on their last tour when I was in High School and it was one of the most intense and memorable concerts I have seen. But do I listen to them now? Apart from Release The Bats, not really. But I do appreciate the unholy racket they produced. Nick Cave solo I could again always enjoy in concert, with his deranged preacher schtick but never felt the need to live with his records. Until 2004 and Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus. From that release on I have been pretty devoted. Great o see Ed Kuepper solo get a mention. He has such a huge catalog it can be intimidating. Everybody's Got To is his stab at a more commercial sound. I do enjoy it but if you dig deeper I am sure you will find more that will get you excited. Have you listened to The Laughing Clowns? His band between The Saints and solo? I hope you get around to covering New Zealand music. I would love to see who catches your attention. Thanks again, great video

Must haves Australian bands - The Mark Of Cain - Ill At Ease, signed to Henry Rollins label 1995ish features the drummer from Helmet and yes it does sound like Helmet but TMOC was playing that stuff way before Helmut. Regardless this is a fucking incredible album and a must have. good luck finding it. The Meanies - 10% Wierd. Catchy as hell pop punk and all the 90's stuff... all killer releases. Australia's answer to the Ramones? Buffalo - Volcanic Rock 1973. These guys were doing it before ACDC and this is a killer album for it time. A good copy will cost you into the 100's. Rose Tattoo - ST 1978.... just a killer rock n roll album... no words needed. Cosmic Psychos - Self Totalled. Straight outta Melbourne punk rock, Butch Vig said they influenced the seattle scene.... A must have. OK just a few but many more must haves. Dig and Spin!!!!

This is quickly becoming my new favourite channel! Any chance of a kiwi episode too? I'd be curious to see where our collections overlap.

So Glad you found Died Pretty, I have been obsessed with them since 1986 (saw them twice back in the 80s), same with Celibate Rifles (you didnt mention their name is an opposite of Sex Pistols) & Radio Birdman (a Stooges lyric)My pics: The Go-Betweens, Died Pretty, The Church, Midnight Oil, Not Drowning, Waving; Triffids (Just recently found them), Mental as anything/Dog Trumpet, RBCF,

Nice job! Video popped up randomly and as a major fan of many Australian bands I had to check it out. Like you, I love both The Go-Betweens and The Church. Have seen The Church three times, first in 1990 on the Gold Afternoon Fix tour and twice in the last decade, all in Vancouver. The last time I did a meet and greet with the band. Had a nice chat with each of the guys and got pics with each of them and with the group as a whole. Have you checked out Jack Frost? It was a 1990s side project of Steve Kilbey and Grant McLennan. Two albums issued to little fanfare but both worth hearing. Looking forward to more!

Stone the crows and throw another VB on the barby--great selection Hanna. I'm afraid I am one of those people who think The Jaws of Life is H&C's best, but those others aren't far behind. Some others you might want to check out from that era are The Reels (Quasimodo's Dream is their classic), Big Pig (Bonk is theirs), Models (The Pleasure of Your Company) and Clouds (Penny Century).

You should check out the 80's Aussie band, The Crystal Set. Fronted by Russell Kilbey (Steve's brother) Especially their 1987 album, From Now On. Check out their song Benefit of the Doubt. Cheers!

Hi, I’m in Melbourne, AU and just discovered your channel. Your collection is superb and you’re so knowledgeable of the artists, their historical significance and their killer tracks. A couple of Aussie artists I don’t see mentioned much or at all in the comments I reckon you would enjoy are The Blackeyed Susans, The Clouds, Rocket Science, Six Ft Hick, Tokyo Fuck Storm. Love your taste in music, you have a new sub. Cheers!

Great video! At the end you got my favorites.I Did witness Marty Wilson-Piper just drop his guitar and leave the stage for no reason at a great gig at Sardines in Oslo. You should maybe check out the Johnnys!

Silverchair is great, kinda keep going back to them for their Grunge and ALternative metal-y stuff from their first few albums... check out their 2nd album Freak Show, it's underrated compared to Frogstomp. I recently discovered about a year ago an Australian Rockabilly Pop Punk band called The Living End, they came out around a similar time as Green Day in 1995... I love their debut album, be sure to check it out!

Wasn’t The Vines from Australia? Used to love their debut from 20 years ago. Also check out the song and music video of Stagger Lee by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, it’s genius!

Great list! I love You am I and The Church as well. I highly recommend Underground Lovers and Something for Kate

I’d add Jack Ladder and the Dreamlanders, particularly Playmates. He has a vocal somewhere between Nick Cave and Bryan Ferry. It’s fine art pop. Also Donny Benet is fun in a deliberately kitchy kinda way. Great bassist. King Giz is obviously huge here but may not be your kinda thing. ✌️

My favourites are SPK, DCD, Feedtime (Gun 'em down), God (My pal).

I love that you mentioned You Am I. They’re so underrated. Listen to “Sound As Ever”. What about the Avalanches?

Another crackin' video that has sent me to spotify, and discogs, ebay, bandcamp, etc. So much stuff I haven't heard of. I am just recently getting into the Someloves and so it's cool to hear about those related records. Just caught Courtney in Toronto this past week...killer show. Knowing your tastes (and your actual collection), I suspect you may need a part two! As mentioned, Flyying Colours and RBCF, and additionally for me Day Ravies, Quivers, Tame Impala, Redspencer, Goon Sax, Terrible Signal, Twerps, Jade Imagine, Chook Race...and embarrassment of riches down under! There's no way you could have included NZ -- save that for it's own showcase. I'm sure you have a big stack. Thanks for this!

A very nice showing, Hannah. I have a few Aussie bands in my own collection but nowhere near as many as you showed. Amyl and the Sniffers is one act definitely picking up heat in the VC. Thanks for introducing sooo many new bands to me (and probably quite a few others) in this upload. 👍

Hello! First of all I enjoy your videos and our taste in music is very similar. Three Aussie bands that need to be in your list are of course the godfathers of the country The Angels( Angel City in the U.S.), Icehouse, and The Screaming Tribesmen. If you haven’t heard them you need too. I know you’d like them!

Fun Things "when the birdmen fly" 45, the Angels/Angel City , and the Visitors(with Deniz Tek and other from Radio Birdman) are some good one worth checking out

Great video! Some real classics there. A couple of Aussie bands that I've been listening to a lot are Tropical Fuck Storm and guitarist Gareth Liddiard's previous band The Drones. Awesome stuff. Also you really know your stuff so you probably already know this but Warren Ellis from The Dirty Three is in Nick Cave's band. You're not a big fan of Nick Cave so I mention it in case you didn't know.

As far as Midnight Oil as a long time fan here in Oz , recommend you try there first 2 Albums ( First from 1978 - Self titled ) and Head Injuries from 1979 are punk and prog influenced ..well worth a listen !

Another big Aussie band from the 80’s - The Lime Spiders. Killer garage rock.

Hi Hanna! Thanks fer the great Australian focus. I recommend listenin' to the songs Walkin' In The Rain by Flash & The Pan 'n Careless, Last Train To Heaven 'n No You by Paul Kelly & The Messengers. Love the songs Antenna by The Church 'n You're Gonna Miss Me (Elevators cover) by Radio Birdman. Also the Dead Can Dance albums Spleen & Ideal, Within The Realm O' A Dyin' Sun 'n Aion. I saw Midnight Oil at Great America in 1985. Their lead singer Peter Garrett was bein' his usual anti establishment self, makin' some offensive rants from the stage 'n ended up bein' dragged away in handcuffs just as the performance ended! Quite a concert. I've written down 'bout a dozen bands you recommended to check out. Thoroughly enjoyed this video! All the best from John.

Lots of great music from down under over the years besides ACDC.Recently got introduced to music by Courtney Barnett and The Saints.How I missed these I'll never know.Great taste in music.

The Church is my fave Australian band too (one of my very favorite bands), I think Seance is my fave album. Screaming Tribesman is another band I really like, sort of post-punk tinged power pop. Cheers!

I hope we someday get a Church studio albums box set and all remastered etc. with bonus tracks and such. I mean on CD...the vinyl will be like $1000. I realized I need to go buy the Church Hindsight compilation, 2 CD set with the early bsides and singles and hits leading up to and including, Starfish.

For a GREAT Australian Jangle/Power Pop band check out The Happy Hate Me Nots and their 1988 album “Out”. It’s SO awesome! I guarantee you will love it! (Should be readily available on Discogs)

pretty late to the party but if anybody is looking for a crash course in Australian garage rock, I highly recommend the Do the Pop! compilation. Features many of the bands discussed here (Celibate Rifles, Radio Birdman, the Saints, the Stems, Died Pretty, The Sunnyboys) and others that I love like the Eastern Dark, the Scientists, the New Christs (Radiobirdman side project)

Hello Hanna , glad to see another video of yours-of course ac-dc , i also dig rose tatoo ( "snow queen" is a hammer song ), a lot of bands that i don't know, some yes and some i heard from names because of the french magazine (rock and folk) and sometimes MTV-the stems very cool garage 60's pop band-radio birdman is great, i have a cd compilation from them-yes amyl and the sniffers is really cool rock band with punk sound, fantastic-hoodoo gurus i have the first album on cd-of course the saints, great two first albums, i was decepointed by the third "prehistoric sounds" , too much horns , the only track that i love on this album was "save me" -great birthday party, i have the cd junkyard , check the song "release the bats" awesome-crowded house great pop band"woodface" is a masterpiece, love also "black and white boy" song-check out also One Nil by Neil Finn great album-midnight oil i have the special edition cd of diesel and dust, great great album-my favorite inxs album is listen like thieves , a more guitar oriented album, very rock -the church and their masterpiece starfish amazing -hope the best for you and Chris see you Hanna byyye 😉😇😊yes i just forgot my favorite australian band is nick cave and the bad seeds-the good son is my favorite bad seeds album - i was on instagram saying that and i just forgot to say this here lol 😅🤣😉

My favorite Australian band is The Lime Spiders.

Good onions Hanna! As an ex-Aussie I can vouch for much you have shown, with many of my favorites as well, including the Hoodoo Gurus, Saints (with their unique punk sound), You am I, Radio Birdman (the latter played in my hometown Deventer three years ago; old men these days). Not to forget the Easy Beats (there is a nice movie about them BTW ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ktKMIFrTkwA.html). Bands like Midnight Oil and INXS were more successfully mainstream; as were Men at work (not in your list, but quite essential rock from the land downunda). I remember a great Midnight Oil gig on Adelaide University's campus and with a thunderstorm in the background, fitting their new album cover at the time. I always had a lot of respect for Peter Garrett as an outspoken environmentalist. In a way similar to Midnight Oil is Goanna. And there is much more in terms of 1980s new wave type bands, much featured on Molly Meldrum's (an Australian DJ/Music critic) Countdown. Bands like Ganggajang, Australian Crawl, Jimmy Barnes, Rose Tattoo, Divinyls, Skyhooks, Noiseworks etc. Stuff I wasn't much into. AC/DC are great, if one is in the mood for it! I think you will like Pseudo Echo, similar to Depeche Mode or their Australian counterpart; more or less or perhaps a bit more poppy. Not my cuppa tea though. Also new wave and a bit postpunk is Icehouse; a popular Australian band of the time with successes in Europe. I used to enjoy their synth music. The Church crossed my ears many times, but they never stuck in my mind. Not in your list, but I think relevant from the 1980s and more off the beaten track or indie and punk are Exploding White Mice (Stooges and Radio Birdman inspired punk rock from Adelaide; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JHGDJRKcBWk.html), v.Spy v.Spy (or Spy versus Spy; a band with many protest songs still relevant today, including their song 'credit cards') and The Scientists (with a nice compilation out for a while now on Numero). The Cosmic Psychos are definitely one of my favorite Aussie bands, which I still play a lot these days; especially their earlier work. There are of course many interesting contemporary bands or artists, that I fail much to intercept on the other side of the Earth these days. My favorites include Courtney Barnett, Julia Jacklin, The Goon Sax (jangle pop reminiscent of New Zealand's The Clean; and BTW the lead singer of the Goon Sax is the son of the lead singer of the Go-Betweens). There is also the Dirty Three.... The Birthday Party, despite having listened several times over the years, don't tickle my fancy either. I only like some of Nick Cave and the Bad Seed's work. I don't like Amyl and the Sniffers; too punk gimmicky to my mind. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard? I still don't know whether I like them, but the only cd I have of them hasn't been played for ages. Most recent, this evening I saw an Aussie band called Mess Esque ( a bit like Dirty Three but with female vocals) as support act to Kurt Vile; not bad actually. But, as we are digging in the Southern Hemisphere, I really prefer - and Aussies will perhaps boo me for it - 'Kiwi' or Dunedin indie pop and rock over Australian rock - the Saints and Cosmic Psycho's - as exception. I guess it lies in the sophistication of the music/musicianship, with the kiwi's to my mind more refined. This friendly rivalry is also funnily portrayed in HBO's Flight of the Conchords (recommended if you have not seen it!) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qTwAoFR4DuM.html Everytime I am back in Australia I do enjoy the much more rock oriented radio culture - with reference to many of the bands you showed - than here in the Netherlands.

Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust and the follow-up album Blue Sky Mining are absolutely amazing and they are much more than Beds Are Burning. I also suggest looking up a band called The Living End. They are Rockabilly Punk from Melbourne. Check out the videos for Prisoner of Society, Roll On, and West End Riot

The Church, yes! I bought a number of The Church, on vinyl in the mid 80s, they come to Louisville, KY about every 8 years, I really need to go see theme on me lol Current favorite Aussi band King Gizzard!!! Definitely need a New Zealand favs. My personals: recent, Johnathan Bree, Princess Chelsea. From the 80s The Chills.

I really like this idea for this show as being an 80s MTV kid a lot of Australian new wave, power pop and hard rock were very influential on my musical tastes here a few of my favourites icehouse one of my all time favorite bands primitive man and measure for measure are among some of my favorite albums top 20 almost desert island discs for me if you've never heard these albums definitely check them out it's like Avalon era Roxy music with the stadium era simple minds hoodoo gurus to me one of the most underrated power pop bands of the 80s mars need guitars is brilliant, midnight oil despite being overly political their early albums are very much rooted in post punk 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 is a post punk classic and sounds like early magazine and PIL, angel city or the Angels imagine if bon Scott was still alive and leading AC/DC well doc Neeson is that man face to face or no exit is powerful power chords galore and I know they're from new Zealand but I have to include split enz, crowded house and Schnell fenster the Finn brothers and Phil Judd what can I say these are my top favorites and there are so many more to include

Just recently discovered The Go-Betweens...They remind me of James meets Midnight Oil. Love The Church as well

Bam! Right off the bat with Died Pretty! CD reissue has their 1st amazing 12"-es. And Dom Mariana is the king of the world in the land of powerpop. (Btw:I have a long playlists with OZ underground on my channel. It was mostly about 7"-es on small labels for me in the80s.'I'm enjoying the current onslaught of new bands on the different streams.

nice Collection and great video my friend

I'm very happy to hear someone promoting The Triffids! They don't get mentioned or listened to enough. Born Sandy Devotional is massively underrated. I think it's one of the best records of the 80s.

Not Drowning, Waving and all offshoot projects (most notably My Friend The Chocolate Cake) is my fave Australian band. Hard to categorize. World, Tribal, Folk, Ambient, Rock, Electronic, Neo Classical and more. All with texured layered guitar playing from gutarist John Phillips who creates otherworldly sounds. Some albums have songs bouncing all around those genres. Some members of Hunters And Collectors have played on NDW songs.

Fun facts: 'Celibate Rifles' is a play on 'Sex Pistols' and the singer, Damian Lovelock, had a really strong post-band career here as an expert TV commentator on soccer. He was a raconteur.

You may want to check out “Cold Chisel”

Although probably not quite in line with the rest of the bands here, Noiseworks was also a new-wave, alt-rock band that were contemporary with INXS. The lead singer went on to sing with INXS after Michael Hutchence's death.

Hi Hanna. Check out Nick Cave and Rowland Howard’s band before The Birthday Party called The Boys next Door. There first album is called Door, Door. Very under rated, and in my opinion, way better. Great video! So much good music from Australia!

Hola Hanna, amazing Your collection. There are 3 álbumes which I adore: Midnight Oíl diésel & dust Hoodoogurus Stonage Romeos The Go Beetween 16 lovers My favorite Australian band ever are THE CHURCH, and agree You, HeyDay is my favorite álbum, waiting for a reedition, imposible get it Huge From Spain,!

Hi Hanna., Great content, channel, and video. I discover some nice gems, and nuggets watching your vids. Thank you. Love The Church 💕and they are my personal favorite at #1 as well., having discovered them in the Philippines, in 1987, and I have been a big fan ever since. Seen them 4 times over the decades. Best show for me was at The Mystic, in Petaluma CA, a while back and they played The Blurred Crusade in its entirety. Amazing show! I hope you had a chance to listen to the track Hanna, off Robin Trowers 1973 album Twice Removed from Yesterday. Are you in a band? because SoundCloud and Discogs are listed in your bio

You should try and pick up the soundtracks to Young Einstein and Dogs in Space for decent samplers of 80's Aussie artists

Do not sleep on all of the pre-Free Dirt Died Pretty material. They're singles and 12" EP's that are arguably better than Free Dirt, which in my opinion is their best stuff. and they're def. worth searching for. There is also a deluxe CD version of Free Dirt with all of those tracks as well as live material, if you want to go that route. I would have sequenced the CD differently tho and put the live stuff on a third disc, and then put the pre Free Dirt studio stuff on it's own disc in the order of release, and then the original sequence of the LP on it's own disc, the one you have (non Aussie version) has different songs than the original. I just looked on discogs and the original singles and EP's are pretty cheap, and available. Try for the 12" version of 'out of the unknown' because it has their second single 'mirror blues' as one long song, instead of broken up into two tracks like on the 7". Then get the 'next to nothing' 12" and 'blue sky day' 12". I think that get's you all the tracks you'd need since some were already added to the What Goes On version of the LP. Back in the day I made a cassette of all these tracks plus the 'Stoneage Cinderella' 7", and it made for a very strong LP's worth of material. Mind you, I love 'Free Dirt' as well; I must have listened to the opening track 'Life to go' 20 times in a row before I let the rest of the LP play through, the day I bought it. I've wanted a Gibson ES-335 for almost forty years just based on the guitar tone of that solo. Anyway, trust me, you'll really like those 12"s.

Just recently found Karnivool and definitely enjoy them

I watched the whole video thinking I'm gonna lose faith in you if you don't list The Church as number 1... I shouldn't have been worried. Heydey and Priest = Aura are my favourites too. I would recommend Kilby's other projects, especially Jack Frost and Isidore. They are still great but not quite the same without Koppes and Wilson-Piper - although I just heard their new 2022 single, The Hypnogogue, and it sounds like a real return to form so I'm hoping for a great new album from them. Dead Can Dance might be my favourite band of all time - and I sent you my article on Neoclassical Darkwave bands in a previous comment.

Amyl & the Sniffers are killer. Comfort To Us might be the worst album cover in the past decade though. Still great music. I kind've share your opinion on Nick Cave/Birthday Party. I like it but it's never hooked me. In fairness I need to give to a deep dive. Never truly investigated. I was like 13 when Silverchair dropped Frog Stomp. I don't think there's any one Australian album I've listened to more. The best concert I ever went to was an Australian band, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.

The church, the panics, the sleepy jackson, the triffids, Paul Kelley and the messengers

I will go look for these LP s look really good

I watched your video to see if you mention any of my favorites and I agree with many of your choices, but you didn't mention New Christs, Lime Spiders, Hard-Ons, Trilobites, Bamboos and most of the bands who came out on the Citadel label.

What a great collection of albums from Australian bands . Heyday happens to be my favourite Church album . I’m also a fan of Radio Birdman and. The Saints. ( thanks to you ) . You need to get the debut album from Crowded House , as well as Together Alone and Woodface from them . They’re all excellent . I look forward to exploring a number of your other recommendations as well . Many thanks !!

Wow Hanna! Again, except for the Virgin Prunes (that I would love to find) I have all of these or almost all. Nowdays every time I shopp for rock records I always think before buying a record "Would Hanna like this?" lol, except for metal, prog or some noise rock of course. I have first three Suburbs albums, yes Talking Heads is a good comparison. You get to the Suburbs after getting into Husker Du, Replacements and Soul Asylum, cause they are like the next Twin Tone band to get.

If you like The Church and The Go Betweens you' should check out Steve Kilbey and Grant McLennan's "Jack Frost" project from the early 90s. Not easy to get on vinyl in the US but CD is common.

an artist from the 80s that I like a great deal is Paul Kelly & The Messengers. Really fine songwriting and often catchy music not too far from The Triffids. From this century my favorite Aussie band hands down is Cut Copy. Gotta believe they would fit in your collection very nicely.

Check out Amyl and the Sniffers. Great punk/rock band. Cant go wrong with Nick Cave too

When the church first appeared, the Aussia music press had them down as a boy band because they wore make-up and were good looking. After Seance didn't sell well in Australia, the same Ausie press thought of the Church as a busted flush, commenting that they were past their sell by date, hence the Church named their next album 'Heyday' sarcastically, and wasn't it just. I always struggled with the fact that both Kilby and Wilson Piper were born in England, and so initially didn't see them as an Aussie band.

According to discogs, the most valuable album in my collection is my wife's Savage Garden - The Singles. I did not see that coming. Staying on the topic, the third or fourth most valuable album is King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's Nonagon Infinity.

Good to see Silverchair on your list! I am a fan, mostly the last 2 records, Diorama and Young Modern. I also love the Daniel Johns collaboration with Paul Mac, THE DISSOCIATIVES which I enjoy nearly as much as those 2 Silverchair albums, sometimes more. Fantastic Electronic Power Pop. I have Young Modern on vinyl actually, picked it up last year from Music On Vinyl. Blue Colored pressing. Daniel Johns has gone through a lot. There's a PODCAST series that was done I want to say earlier this year, or late last year with him, telling his story. It's a documentary on audio. He did some other music after Silverchair broke up. A Solo album that sadly flopped, kind of trying to soul/r&b. He also had a collaboration with a guy from the band Empire of the Sun, called "Dreams.' Sadly, that also never went too far with me and other fans. I think currently he's not doing music. He has been auctioning off things though and printing merch and other items related to Silverchair, at least. He did appear also on Kimbra's album "The Golden Echo" and did some other live string arranged piece for a soundtrack which was sublime, but I don't recall if it ever got released. My Favorite Australian Bands? (beyond Silverchair/The Dissociatives) Clann Zu Karnivool Meniscus INXS Dead Letter Circus Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Ne Oliviscaris Tangled Thoughts of Leaving Wolfmother

'Throw Your Arms Around Me' has been the best-known Hunters And Collectors song here in New Zealand 😀 And I think Vanda and Young from The Easy Beats later also were behind Flash & the Pan, with songs like 'Midnight Man', 'Ayla', 'Early Morning Wake-Up Call' and 'Waiting On A Train' 🙂 *Edit:* I should let her finish before writing comments! 😅

I'm with you - unless it is early rock, the only rock/pop band who did okay with Saxophone was Huey Lewis. For some reason The Hoodoo Gurus were popular on Long Island growing up. I remember Diesel and Dust being pretty good. Pretty much all of the early INXS albums are very good.

I recommend The Clouds. An amazing 80s and 90s band from here in Sydney. Not very well known but they definetly deserve a listen. The first album Penny Century is my favourite but they are all good. 4 piece alternative rock. 2 female lead singers also play guitar. Highly recommend

There never was a sunnyboys debut CD as far as I know.. I have the LP versions. Wonder what edition of Stone age Romeo's that is.. color looks very intense. Do you spend more time buying or listening? Moler is a cool Aussie band. And Tygs in Space, and Tyrnaround.