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Subject: 80s bands from 'Down Under'
Written By: Carl on 10/19/05 at 3:11 pm
Men At Work is the obvious with many hits, me and my brother LOVED their 'Business As Usual' album.
I also remember the group Icehouse being from Austrailia. That song 'Hey Little Girl' was catchy
I'm sure we got more
Subject: Re: 80s bands from 'Down Under'
Written By: nally on 10/19/05 at 3:13 pm
I'm sure we got more
We sure do... INXS. 8) Too bad they lost their frontman in '97. :\'(
Subject: Re: 80s bands from 'Down Under'
Written By: Carl on 10/19/05 at 3:21 pm
Very tragic indeed :\'( Pretty shocked when I heard that
Never knew that Moving Pictures (hit with 'What About Me?') was from there too.
Subject: Re: 80s bands from 'Down Under'
Written By: whistledog on 10/19/05 at 3:40 pm
From Australia and New Zealand
Goanna (One hit wonders in America with "Solid Rock" in 1983)
Venetians (One hit wonders in America with "So Much For Love" in 1987)
Models (They were one hit wonders in America with "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" in 1986)
Noiseworks (Their 1987 self-titled debut is quite possibly the greatest debut album I have ever heard)
Machinations (Their hit song "No Say In It" appears in the film Ruthless People)
Cold Chisel (Jimmy Barnes' band)
Jimmy Barnes (He had 2 hits in America with "Working Class Man" in 1986 and "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" in 1988. Plus, as guest vocalist with INXS, he had a 3rd hit with "Good Times" in 1987)
Eurogliders (One hit wonders in America with "Heaven (Must Be There)" in 1984)
Air Supply
AC/DC
Colin James Hay (Lead singer for Men At Work. He had a solo hit in America called "Hold Me" in 1987)
Wa Wa Nee (They had a popular 1987 hit called "Sugar Free)
Billy Thorpe (His 1980 hit "In My Room" was quite popular here in Canada)
Little River Band
Glenn Shorrock (Lead singer of Little River Band. As a solo artist, he was a 1 hit wonder in America with "Don't Gitls Get Lonely" in 1983)
John Farnham (Replaced Shorrock in the Little River Band. As a solo artist, he had a few hits pretty much everywhere except the US)
Rick Springfield
Big Pig (In America, they were one hit wonders with "Breakaway" in 1988)
The Church (They sang "Under the Milky Way" in 1988)
Divinyls (They first hit the charts here in Canada with "Boys in Town" in 1983. Their first American hit was "Pleasure and Pain" in 1986)
Flash and the Pan (Had a popular UK hit called "Waiting For A Train" in 1983)
Hoodoo Gurus
Hunters and Collectors
INXS
Mental As Anything (Their 1982 hit "Too Many Times" was popular here in Canada. Their 1984 hit "Live it Up" re-charted in the UK in 1986 due to it's use in the film Crocodile Dundee)
Midnight Oil
1927 (They were formed by Garry Frost of Moving Pictures. Their 1989 hit "That's When I Think of You" was a one hit wonder in America, and holds the title of the least successful hit of the 80's there)
Pseuco Echo (Remember their 1986 cover of "Funkytown")
Kings of the Sun (They had a minor American hit in 1988 called "Black Leather")
Split Enz (One hit wonders in America with "I Got You" in 1980. They had several hits here in Canada)
Tim Finn (Here in Canada, his 1983 hit "Through the Years" was popular)
Crowded House (They spun-out from Split Enz)
Kylie Minogue
Jason Donovan
Rick Astley
Subject: Re: 80s bands from 'Down Under'
Written By: nally on 10/19/05 at 3:41 pm
It's amazing how lots of these bands/artists do so well in countries other than the U.S. :-\\ The Divinyls' only U.S. hit was "I Touch Myself" from the early 90's.
Subject: Re: 80s bands from 'Down Under'
Written By: Carl on 10/19/05 at 3:45 pm
Big Austrailian invasion during this decade!
Subject: Re: 80s bands from 'Down Under'
Written By: whistledog on 10/19/05 at 3:57 pm
The Divinyls' only U.S. hit was "I Touch Myself" from the early 90's.
They had a few others, but "I Touch Myself" was the only one that went top 40
Subject: Re: 80s bands from 'Down Under'
Written By: nally on 10/19/05 at 4:06 pm
They had a few others, but "I Touch Myself" was the only one that went top 40
...and hence the only one I know .
Subject: Re: 80s bands from 'Down Under'
Written By: whistledog on 10/19/05 at 4:13 pm
Thought of a few more:
The Go-Betweens
The Choirboys (One hit wonders in America with "Run to Paradise" )
Angry Anderson and Rose Tattoo (Angry Anderson had a UK hit in 1988 called "Suddenly")
Olivia Newton-John
The Angels From Angel City (In Australia, they were just the Angels. Im America, they were first Angel City, then The Angels From Angel City)
Dragon (Quite popular in Aus, they were one hit wonders in America with the song "Rain" in 1984)
Dead Can Dance
Real Life (They were best known for "Send Me An Angel", which was a top 40 hit in America in 1983 and as a remix in 1989. They also had another American top 40 hit with "Catch Me I'm Falling" in 1984)
Subject: Re: 80s bands from 'Down Under'
Written By: Powerslave on 10/19/05 at 7:41 pm
Some may also remember a heavy metal band called Heaven that toured America with Kiss and Judas Priest. Dio and Lita Ford recorded parts on their album "Where Angels Fear to Tread".
Also, Rick Astley is not Australian. :)
Subject: Re: 80s bands from 'Down Under'
Written By: whistledog on 10/19/05 at 8:41 pm
Also, Rick Astley is not Australian. :)
Oh yeah right. He's British. For some reason, I always think he is from Aus