My favorites are the Hoodoo Gurus (Hooweee), Midnight Oil. INXS was ok. AC DC rocks! Help me out here fellas I'm forgetting a few.. ;)

You forgot the EasyBeats and Men at Work.

Right now gota go with Keith Urban. Not a huge country fan but I like his stuff, has more heart than twang.

Radio Birdman & The Go-Betweens. Midnight Oil is definitely up there too.

Yeah - a lot of classics there,

The Hudu's are awesome. They got back together and did a tour ahhh about 2 years ago if I recall correctly. And actually played here in Karratha. It went off. Great live band.

Midnight Oil - another great act, however last album sucked I reckon. Lead singer Peter Garret is actually now a member of the Labour Party here in Oz.

ACDC will always rock, until they get lung cancer. They must be sponsered by Winfield I reckon.
INXS suck. Especially after that TV show crap. New album sucks ass.
Men at Work - One hit wonders. But great song.
Keith Urban - OK, not really my style.
Radio Birdman, yeah havent spun their discs for a while, but the Go-betweens.... Aint my cuppa tea.

However - more recent bands that are my fav's are

Grinspoon
C.O.G
Powderfinger

Its Australia Day here today. And the national radio station Triple J is counting down the hottest 100.
Its the listeners poll of the 100 most popular songs of the year.

I'll post the results when it is finished so you can see what other Aussie bands (and others) made the list.

Cheers KKB

Squid

Last edited: Thursday, January 26, 2006 at 5:08:10 AM

P.O.D. Are Aussie!?? :S Anyway they are a bit to rappy for me :P

4 more to go, any guesses at what makes #1

Wolfmother - another top new Aussie band.

5 Dare - Gorillaz
6 Mind's Eye - Wolfmother
7 My Doorbell - White Stripes
8 O Yeah - End Of Fashion
9 Joker & The Thief - Wolfmother
10 Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand
11 Fig Jam - Butterfingers
12 Computer Camp Love - Datarock
13 Gold Digger - Kanye West
14 Songbird - Bernard Fanning
15 Flame Trees - Sarah Blasko
16 Apple Tree - Wolfmother
17 Blue Orchid - White Stripes
18 I Was Only 19 - Herd
19 Middle Of The Hill - Josh Pyke
20 DOA - Foo Fighters
21 Hurricane - Faker
22 Do-Do's And Whoa-Oh's - Kisschasy
23 Two More Years - Bloc Party
24 Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo - Bloodhound Gang
25 The Car Song - Cat Empire
26 Fix You - Coldplay
27 B.Y.O.B. - System Of A Down
28 Everyday I Love You Less & Less - Kaiser Chiefs
29 Fast Girl - Gyroscope
30 Concrete Boots - After The Fall
31 The Special Two - Missy Higgins
32 My Enemy - Cog
33 Phoenix - Butterfly Effect
34 I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
35 Girl - Beck
36 Speed Of Sound - Coldplay
37 Dimension - Wolfmother
38 Sly - Cat Empire
39 Colossal - Wolfmother
40 Helicopter - Bloc Party
41 Dirty Harry - Gorillaz
42 Sweet As Sugar - Grinspoon
43 Autumn Flow - Lior
44 Autumn Flow - Lior
45 Positive Tension - Bloc Party
46 Juicebox - Strokes
47 Stuff & Nonsense - Missy Higgins
48 An Honest Mistake - Bravery
49 What's On Your Radio - Living End
50 I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
51 Be Yourself - Audioslave
52 America, F**K Yeah! - Team America
53 We're All In This Together - Ben Lee
54 Two Shoes - Cat Empire
55 Landed - Ben Folds
56 It's 5! - Architecture In Helsinki
57 Radio/Video - System Of A Down
58 Little Sister - Queens Of The Stone Age
59 Bloody Mother F***ing Asshole - Martha Wainwright
60 All The Money Or The Simple Life Honey - Dandy Warhols
61 Jesus Of Suburbia - Green Day
62 Beware Wolf - Gyroscope
63 Divorcee At 23 - Clare Bowditch & The Feeding Set
64 Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson
65 Always Worth It - Sarah Blasko
66 Gabrielle - Ween
67 The Denial Twist - White Stripes
68 Ashes - Beautiful Girls
69 Jesus I Was Evil - Butterfingers
70 This Year - Mountain Goats
71 Run - Cog
72 I'm So Post Modern - Bedroom Philosopher
73 Better Together - Jack Johnson
74 The Sound Of White - Missy Higgins
75 Que Onda Guero - Beck
76 Hypnotize - System Of A Down
77 First Day Of My Life - Bright Eyes
78 The Fighter - After The Fall
79 F*** Forever - Babyshambles
80 Believe - Chemical Brothers
81 Let's Take The Long Way Home - Beautiful Girls
82 Smoke It - Dandy Warhols
83 Filthy Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters
84 White Unicorn - Wolfmother
85 Tightrope Walker - Epicure
86 Into The Dark - Ben Lee
87 We Can't Hear You - Herd
88 Like Eating Glass - Bloc Party
89 Bastard - Ben Folds
90 Walk Away - Franz Ferdinand
91 Heartstopper - Emiliana Torrini
92 Messages - Xavier Rudd
93 The Fallen - Franz Ferdinand
94 On This Side - Clare Bowditch & The Feeding Set
95 Face Without A Name - Kisschasy
96 Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Little Birdy
97 Themata - Karnivool
98 Why Do You Love Me - Garbage
99 Evie (Pt.1) - Wrights
100 Party Started - Cat Empire

So Ben Folds is an adopted Aussie? I always look forward to hearing his stuff.

EDIT - sry Jay - I meant COG not POD.... DOH

Forgot Keith Urban... He's very cool.

If it ain't Olivia Newton John I ain't listnin.

You're the one that I want. Ooo Ooo Oo. You're all I need!

I think #59 was written by Napalm...

Man! I know like 1 songs (#52 from the movie I'm semi-ashamed to say) and the name of 3-4 bands.
I'm out of the mass-media loop and I love it %)
^{Ah! Olivia!}

Hey Baaarainz, we know your favorite is Sammy Hagar's I can't drive 55!! %)

Lol! XD I also like Love Gun (KISS) and anyone who wrote 'I Can't Shoot Straight'!

Last edited: Friday, January 27, 2006 at 7:24:01 AM

@ All,

I see that every1 has missed on Jet - great Australian talent.. Are you gonna be my girl was a big hit for them around the world!!! (http://www.jettheband.com/audio/). There are a great band like Crowded House, You Am I, Regurgitator, Spiderbait, The Hard-Ons (whom have toured with The Ramones - I used to live next door to the bass player), Killing Heidi - Mascara was a great song, Silverchair, Skunkhour...

When it comes to single artist none of them are as popular as Kylie Minogue, and her butt tight shorts!!! Live she sounds awful, but she has had a stream of singles, and the girl can rock and move that booty.

SK

^ Jet is Aussie?
I first heard "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" in Madden 04. ;)

^ yep.
B)