35. Eddy Current Suppression Ring Strap early Saints & Wire to the bones of X & you’re getting close to the sound of ECSR. Eddy Current have developed a rabid fan base with their incendiary live performances.
37. The Muddy Spurs The Muddy Spurs write rock that is guttural, pesky, morose. Their music sounds like the eye of an oracular storm, and feels like the world is either gonna end, or gonna keep on keeping on. The lyrics concern underworld shootings, bar brawls, nightclub liaisons, and love nest paranoia. Sometimes they play heavy, sometimes they play soft. But they always play with one itchy finger on the the trigger, and all eager eyes on the rider. Woah, yeah
39. The Fat Thing The Fat Thing were one of those bands that stunk up most of Melbournes pubs during one of live musics heydays... This time the early to mid 90s. We were doing cabaret, puppet and game shows on stage while fire breathing and throwing mud at the crowd in stupid costumes long before reality TV made everyone stay home. Back when pubs like the Great Britain, The Prince of Wales, The Punters, The Richmond Club, The MCG, The Riverside Tavern and The Evelyn were filthy and great, we were there. So now we`re boring old farts who occasionally get back together to laugh at each other and publicly meld cabaret punk with performane art metal... Its true, it can be done!
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42. Tim Rogers It looked as though Tim Rogers hadn't stopped drinking between You Am I's Falls Festival gig in Victoria on December 30 and the car crash that was their Tasmania show on New Year's Eve. The moment the singer-guitarist opened his mouth to speak to the excited crowd at the latter show, it was clear he wasn't well. Repeatedly slurring variations on a sentence that said he felt it was a privilege to play in Tasmania, Rogers was met by boos as the audience realised how intoxicated he was. After apologising for "playing like a c---", he insisted he would make up for it with the rest of the set. He didn't. A few songs later, Rogers, now shirtless, was tottering about the stage and trying to sing, but his floundering body wouldn't let his lips near the microphone. When he eventually fell on his backside - like a boxer under the effect of the knockout blow - it was clear the show was over, though the band somehow made it to the end of the song.
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57. Rowland S Howard Rowland S. Howard has been involved in creating & documenting innovative, unique music since the mid-1970's, all the while cultivating an unmistakable guitar sound, and a habit of writing music & lyrics that are simply to die for. From writing for various punk fanzines in his native Australia as a teenager, to writing the wildly popular "Shivers" whilst in The Young Charlatans, to becoming an integral part of influential bands like The Birthday Party and Crime & The City Solution...
58. Rowland S Howard On to forming his own band, These Immortal Souls , with Genevieve McGuckin, Rowland's brother Harry Howard, and drummer Epic Soundtracks. Although they only released two full-length LP's (1987's "Get Lost (Don't Lie!)" and 1992's "I'm Never Gonna Die Again"), the band created a style of music that truly defied definition and held you fixed in a dangerous ethereal noir-lounge galaxy of sex, drugs & rock'n'roll... Collaborating on projects with such artists as ex-Swell Map Nikki Sudden, renaissance woman extraordinaire Lydia Lunch, and former Barracuda Jeremy Gluck... Inroducing the 1999 debut self-titled release by instrumental band Hungry Ghosts ...
59. Rowland S Howard To releasing his first-ever solo project, " Teenage Snuff Film " on CD in 1999, on which he was joined by former Birthday Party cohort Mick Harvey, Surrealists/Beasts of Bourbon veteran Brian Hooper, and long-time collaborator Genevieve McGuckin. The full-length CD includes two covers, "She Cried" (The Shangri-La's "He Cried"), and a stunningly beautiful ballad reworking of Billy Idol's bombastic 1980's hit, "White Wedding". Rowland S. Howard is a man who truly wears his (he)art on his sleeve.
61. Silver Ray There is a grand, epic quality to the music of Melbourne three-piece instrumental group, Silver Ray . With most tracks over ten minutes in length, Silver Ray allow their music to slowly evolve and take the listener through a highly emotional musical journey that ranges from gorgeously sublime to stunningly powerful.
65. Paul Kelly From very early on in his career, Paul Kelly has been recognised as one of the most significant singer/songwriters in the country. Inspired initially by the likes of Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, Lou Reed and Ray Davies, Kelly's narrative song writing is infused with wry observations, bittersweet emotions and enormous appeal. As well as issuing an enduring body of work with his own bands, Kelly has written film scores (Lantana and the Cannes 2006 highlight, Jindabyne), and produced albums for and written songs with some of Australia and New Zealand's finest artists.