Talk:Australian rock
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Erm, isn't this article getting a bit confused with Music of Australia?
In the 90s, and to a lesser extent in the introduction, it talks about electronica, acid jazz, electropop, hip hop...and not a whole lot of rock. Guy Sebastian and Shannon Noll? That's almost laughable.
Is anyone going to mind too much if most of the 1990s and 2000s section of this article goes for a walk over to the main music article? Ambi 10:11, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Frank Ifield was English
He was born in Coventry, Engand and he was a country singer, not rock.
- Please sign your posts on talk pages, User:Ogg. I see this post is a while ago now when you were new here, so I guess you've picked the form up by now. This is mainly to identify you for anyone else reading the page. Andrewa 03:16, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] The second wave
My impression is that this article doesn't do justice to the contribution that Australian bands made to the international scene in the mid-sixties, particularly in the area of use of distortion on rhythm guitar which would eventually become the power chord.
Bands such as The Easybeats, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, and particularly The Masters Apprentices come to mind. Their hits may have been local, but when you compare their sounds to those of international bands just a little later, ISTM that overseas musicians were listening to our bands even if the record companies wouldn't release their stuff over there for the public to buy.
Music of Australia#Rock and popular music has a bit of material, but Music of Australia#Second wave of Australian rock is almost empty. Andrewa 03:39, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
- I agree, though there's a lot of things that this article really lacks. It's still being used as a synonym for Music of Australia - I remember removing Guy Sebastian from this article, and even now it still has a whole section on hip hop, of all things. It'd be lovely if someone could clean it up, focus on the topic, and remove the lengthy sections about specific bands. Ambi 14:49, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Amazing Article
Just had to comment on what an absolutely fantastic article this is. Well done to everyone involved. --Biggles 16:40, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
- I hope you're joking. It focuses way too much on a handful of specific bands, fails dismally to give a true overview of the area, and talks about way too much stuff that isn't rock. It wasn't that long ago that I had to continually evict Guy Sebastian from the article. Ambi 00:41, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Hence my sarcasm, sorry that wasn't clear. --Biggles 18:29, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Oz Rock
The musical style of many of the bands in the article is frequently called "Oz Rock", especially the music of Ackadacka, Powderfinger, Daddy Cool, Chisel and quite a few others. Does anyone know the origin and/or significance of the term, and is it worth a mention on the page? I was actually quite surprised to find that "Oz Rock" was not the article title.--ABVS 07:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
