Australian Pub Rock: '70s Into '80s
Various Artists
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- The Basics
The heyday of pub rock was a time when bands could earn free beer and hone the skills that would ultimately seal their legend. Kick off with a hard-rock cocktail of spit, sawdust, and piss, served up by Rose Tattoo ("We Can't Be Beaten"), and chase it down with potent shots from the Angels ("No Secrets") and Divinyls ("Boys in Town").
$41.37 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 No Secrets The Angels 4:17 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Back On the Borderline Midnight Oil 3:08 $2.19 View In iTunes 3 Children of the Sun Billy Thorpe 6:44 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 We Can't Be Beaten Rose Tattoo 3:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Boys In Town Divinyls 2:51 $2.19 View In iTunes 6 Great Southern Land Icehouse 5:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Sydney Ladies The Dingoes 5:16 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Come Said the Boy Mondo Rock 4:43 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 The Nips Are Getting Bigger Mental As Anything 3:21 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Jesus On T.V. The Celibate Rifles 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 Gimme Head The Radiators 2:40 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Don't Change INXS 4:28 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Take Me Back Noiseworks 3:27 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Khe Sanh Cold Chisel 4:14 $1.19 View In iTunes 15 Leilani Hoodoo Gurus 5:35 $2.19 View In iTunes 16 Rockabilly Billy The Sports 3:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy Billy Thorpe 6:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Breakfast At Sweethearts Cold Chisel 4:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 19 Way Out West The Dingoes 3:51 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Run to Paradise Choirboys 4:11 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 The Boy Who Lost His Jocks on Flinders Street Station Painters & Dockers 4:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 Billy Baxter Paul Kelly 2:51 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Say Goodbye Hunters & Collectors 3:53 $2.19 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Next Steps
"Drink until we lose control, let the drum beat on, let the show begin." That's very the essence of pub rock, eloquently expressed by Mondo Rock on "Primitive Love Rights" at a time (the mid-'80s) when the grassroots touring circuit seemed endless. Fellow travelers Australian Crawl hit big in 1980 with "Beautiful People."
$41.37 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 Shape I'm In Jo Jo Zep 3:43 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Live It Up Mental As Anything 4:14 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 Talking to a Stranger Hunters & Collectors 7:33 $2.19 View In iTunes 4 Overkill Men At Work 3:49 $1.19 View In iTunes 5 Birthday Sunnyboys 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Cheap Wine Cold Chisel 3:25 $2.19 View In iTunes 7 Don't Wanna Be the One (Remastered) Midnight Oil 3:04 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 The Girl In the Sweater Hard-Ons 2:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 Science Fiction Divinyls 3:32 $2.19 View In iTunes 10 Fashion and Fame The Angels 4:38 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 One of the Boys Rose Tattoo 3:12 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 I Remember When I Was Young Chain 6:48 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Run By Night Midnight Oil 3:54 $2.19 View In iTunes 14 You Ain't Home Yet The Sports 2:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Juliet Cold Chisel 2:43 $2.19 View In iTunes 16 Loinclothing Hunters & Collectors 5:29 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 Darlinghurst Confidential The Celibate Rifles 4:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 The Loved One INXS 3:35 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Hey, Little Girl Icehouse 4:24 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Running from the Storm Choirboys 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 Basia Painters & Dockers 3:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 Southern Comfort Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs 4:28 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 In the Heat of the Night Russell Morris & The Rubes 4:32 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Deep Cuts
INXS recorded their self-titled debut at a time when they habitually played two or three pub gigs in Sydney every single day, which pretty much pre-qualifies the band for pub rock legend status. Sydney also nurtured the post-punk leanings of the Sunnyboys ("Trouble in My Brain"), who disbanded in '84 after a glorious four-year run.
$44.56 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 Hoodoo You Love (Bonus Track) Hoodoo Gurus 2:07 $1.69 View In iTunes 2 Comin' Home The Radiators 3:36 $2.19 View In iTunes 3 Face The Day The Angels 6:07 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 The One Thing INXS 3:25 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Then I Kissed Her Hard-Ons 2:12 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 New Mistakes The Celibate Rifles 4:06 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 I'm Not Your Hero Choirboys 4:06 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Assault and Flattery Mental As Anything 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 Get That Jive Dragon 2:47 $2.19 View In iTunes 10 In My Youth Noiseworks 3:32 $2.19 View In iTunes 11 Can't Keep a Good Man Down Cosmic Psychos 3:36 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Love and Devotion Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons 5:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Society The Celibate Rifles 1:41 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Cold Cold Change Midnight Oil 3:29 $2.19 View In iTunes 15 The Butcher and Fast Eddy Rose Tattoo 6:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 Trouble In My Brain Sunnyboys 4:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 Rising Sun Cold Chisel 3:27 $2.19 View In iTunes 18 Elsie Divinyls 6:46 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Rosaline Cold Chisel 4:47 $2.19 View In iTunes 20 Back In the Hole Hunters & Collectors 4:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 Burn for You INXS 4:57 $2.19 View In iTunes 22 Hayride to Hell Hoodoo Gurus 3:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 C.Y.O. Dance Mental As Anything 2:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 24 No Lies Noiseworks 3:54 $2.19 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Complete Set
From the massive inner-city beer halls to the suburban locals, the beer barns and the two-horse-town dives, the pub stands proud as rock 'n' roll's church: a gathering place to meet your mates, swill some beer, worship gods and goddesses (all hail Chrissy Amphlett), and rock out to the finest sounds in the land. These Essentials take you right back to the glory days of pub rock, before many of the genre's sacred venues shut down, before the ascent of the DJ, when you could catch a great band seven nights a week. Amber nectar in sonic form.
$127.30 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 No Secrets The Angels 4:17 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Back On the Borderline Midnight Oil 3:08 $2.19 View In iTunes 3 Children of the Sun Billy Thorpe 6:44 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 We Can't Be Beaten Rose Tattoo 3:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Boys In Town Divinyls 2:51 $2.19 View In iTunes 6 Great Southern Land Icehouse 5:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Sydney Ladies The Dingoes 5:16 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Come Said the Boy Mondo Rock 4:43 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 The Nips Are Getting Bigger Mental As Anything 3:21 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Jesus On T.V. The Celibate Rifles 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 Gimme Head The Radiators 2:40 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Don't Change INXS 4:28 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Take Me Back Noiseworks 3:27 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Khe Sanh Cold Chisel 4:14 $1.19 View In iTunes 15 Leilani Hoodoo Gurus 5:35 $2.19 View In iTunes 16 Rockabilly Billy The Sports 3:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy Billy Thorpe 6:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Breakfast At Sweethearts Cold Chisel 4:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 19 Way Out West The Dingoes 3:51 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Run to Paradise Choirboys 4:11 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 The Boy Who Lost His Jocks on Flinders Street Station Painters & Dockers 4:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 Billy Baxter Paul Kelly 2:51 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Say Goodbye Hunters & Collectors 3:53 $2.19 View In iTunes 24 Shape I'm In Jo Jo Zep 3:43 $2.19 View In iTunes 25 Live It Up Mental As Anything 4:14 $1.69 View In iTunes 26 Talking to a Stranger Hunters & Collectors 7:33 $2.19 View In iTunes 27 Overkill Men At Work 3:49 $1.19 View In iTunes 28 Birthday Sunnyboys 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 29 Cheap Wine Cold Chisel 3:25 $2.19 View In iTunes 30 Don't Wanna Be the One (Remastered) Midnight Oil 3:04 $1.69 View In iTunes 31 The Girl In the Sweater Hard-Ons 2:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 32 Science Fiction Divinyls 3:32 $2.19 View In iTunes 33 Fashion and Fame The Angels 4:38 $1.69 View In iTunes 34 One of the Boys Rose Tattoo 3:12 $1.69 View In iTunes 35 I Remember When I Was Young Chain 6:48 $1.69 View In iTunes 36 Run By Night Midnight Oil 3:54 $2.19 View In iTunes 37 You Ain't Home Yet The Sports 2:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 38 Juliet Cold Chisel 2:43 $2.19 View In iTunes 39 Loinclothing Hunters & Collectors 5:29 $1.69 View In iTunes 40 Darlinghurst Confidential The Celibate Rifles 4:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 41 The Loved One INXS 3:35 $1.69 View In iTunes 42 Hey, Little Girl Icehouse 4:24 $1.69 View In iTunes 43 Running from the Storm Choirboys 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 44 Basia Painters & Dockers 3:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 45 Southern Comfort Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs 4:28 $1.69 View In iTunes 46 In the Heat of the Night Russell Morris & The Rubes 4:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 47 Hoodoo You Love (Bonus Track) Hoodoo Gurus 2:07 $1.69 View In iTunes 48 Comin' Home The Radiators 3:36 $2.19 View In iTunes 49 Face The Day The Angels 6:07 $1.69 View In iTunes 50 The One Thing INXS 3:25 $1.69 View In iTunes 51 Then I Kissed Her Hard-Ons 2:12 $1.69 View In iTunes 52 New Mistakes The Celibate Rifles 4:06 $1.69 View In iTunes 53 I'm Not Your Hero Choirboys 4:06 $1.69 View In iTunes 54 Assault and Flattery Mental As Anything 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 55 Get That Jive Dragon 2:47 $2.19 View In iTunes 56 In My Youth Noiseworks 3:32 $2.19 View In iTunes 57 Can't Keep a Good Man Down Cosmic Psychos 3:36 $1.69 View In iTunes 58 Love and Devotion Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons 5:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 59 Society The Celibate Rifles 1:41 $1.69 View In iTunes 60 Cold Cold Change Midnight Oil 3:29 $2.19 View In iTunes 61 The Butcher and Fast Eddy Rose Tattoo 6:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 62 Trouble In My Brain Sunnyboys 4:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 63 Rising Sun Cold Chisel 3:27 $2.19 View In iTunes 64 Elsie Divinyls 6:46 $1.69 View In iTunes 65 Rosaline Cold Chisel 4:47 $2.19 View In iTunes 66 Back In the Hole Hunters & Collectors 4:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 67 Burn for You INXS 4:57 $2.19 View In iTunes 68 Hayride to Hell Hoodoo Gurus 3:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 69 C.Y.O. Dance Mental As Anything 2:30 $1.69 View In iTunes 70 No Lies Noiseworks 3:54 $2.19 View In iTunes Total: 70 Songs
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