Posts Tagged ‘Secret History’
Hoodoo Gurus – My Girl
By Craig Smith • Jul 29th, 2008 • Category: Secret History of Australian MusicThe Earthmen – Whoever’s Been Using This Bed
By Craig Smith • Jul 8th, 2008 • Category: Secret History of Australian MusicModels – God Bless America
By Craig Smith • May 24th, 2008 • Category: Secret History of Australian MusicThe Models in 1983
The song itself is Kelly’s tribute to Ronald Reagan, backwardly championing the then President of the United States of America and his movie star cowboy roots. The title and lyrical bent is largely full of sarcasm, unlikely to endear Models to the Americans, but which didn’t prevent them from being signed to [...]
Bughouse – V For Vendetta
By Craig Smith • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Secret History of Australian MusicBughouse (L-R): Lea Cameron (vocals/guitar), Steve Campbell (guitar),
Peter Brookes (drums), Genevieve Maynard (vocals/bass)
I soon gleaned from the street press that Bughouse were a four-piece with Lea Campbell on vocals, Genevieve Maynard on bass, Steve Campbell on guitar and Peter Brookes on drums. “V for Vendetta/Burn it Back” was their debut single on their Ursula records [...]
The Screaming Tribesmen – Igloo
By Craig Smith • Apr 8th, 2008 • Category: Secret History of Australian MusicDropbears – Fun Loving
By Craig Smith • Mar 27th, 2008 • Category: Secret History of Australian MusicThe Go-Betweens – Man O’ Sand to Girl O’ Sea
By Craig Smith • Mar 14th, 2008 • Category: Secret History of Australian MusicThe Fauves – Everybody’s Getting a 3 Piece Together
By Craig Smith • Feb 20th, 2008 • Category: Secret History of Australian MusicThe Fauves (1995)
The follow-up The Youth Need Discipline was a more even and listenable affair but ultimately not much better. They teased the blinkered masses with songs about dwarves and roman emperors and made a few more friends this time round, but not enough to invite over for a bbq. The staunch fan as I [...]
Glide – Thin Faced Man
By Craig Smith • Feb 4th, 2008 • Category: Secret History of Australian MusicGlide (William Arthur on left)
Their story doesn’t stop here, but for me and Glide, it did and I’m still not entirely sure why. For some reason I was unimpressed with their follow-up EP Shuffle Off to Buffalo. The lead track “Water Falls” didn’t have the edge that any of the songs from Pretty Mouth did [...]
