Aussie Bands you gotta check out. - aberdeen-music

Alkaline · 10-05-2004, 20:24

When i was in oz i heard a couple of really cool bands, check 'em out if you can.

I Killed the Prom Queen: Hardcore a la Avenged Sevenfold
The Cat Empire: East coast Jazz-Hop
Sunk Loto: Deftonesesque metal
Something For Kate:Radiohead/R.E.M type stuff
Beautiful Girls: Sweet Blues 'n Roots
Bodyjar: Melodic Punk

kirkt · 10-05-2004, 21:28

cant say ive heard of any of them...whatever happened to 28 days? they were a right decent hardcore band!

KarmaTsunami · 10-05-2004, 23:17

something for kate i have heard of. a few friends of mine are really quite into them....and they had a song played on neighbours once...also heard of but not heard, bodyjar

-matthEw- · 10-05-2004, 23:54

Machine Gun Felatio are a great Aussie band...cant say i know much about them though.

withoutaspine · 11-05-2004, 02:40

28 days are still around. but haven't released anything decent in a while.
other good aussie bands;
the butterfly effect
the local pricks
powderfinger
fool the world
from the ruins
day of contempt

kirkt · 11-05-2004, 07:27

the butterfly effect are ace! so is the moonspell album of that tittle

11-05-2004, 09:41

grinspoon are awesome.....

Alkaline · 11-05-2004, 10:05

Powderfinger suck!!! They're poor Pearl Jam imitations who nicked a Soundgarden riff and slightly changed the timing.
I think Grinspoon have got a new album coming out. Machine Gun Fellatio have an absolutely awesome stage show involving copious amounts of boobage- however they are a bit too retro for me.
28 Days have just released a new album over in oz, a couple of months ago methinks, but they are just a corporate shadow of their much greater former selves.

Just remembered more cool bands Daysend- trashcore and Parkway Drive- Shai Huludish hardcore . There are also tons of cool solo artists kicking about:

Missy Higgins- ultra sexy piano playin chick
Claire Bowditch- more piano, beautiful voice though

Standard of music over there is ace, there are thriving and well recieved hardcore and punk scenes in all the big cities. Also the major country wide radio station, Triple J, is an alternative station where they play a wide variety of stuff ranging from death metal to blues & roots.