INTERVIEW CONDUCTED SEPT. 22, 1991; STORY FIRST PUBLISHED MAY 15, 2021 By Steve Newton With a jarring, guitar-heavy sound influenced by such gritty Aussie bands as Angel City, AC/DC, and early Midnight Oil, Newcastle, Australia's Screaming Jets are capable of causing quite a ruckus. They did so on their debut album, All For One, and … Continue reading Screaming Jets interview, unpublished for 30 years, shows the Aussie guitar-rockers highly skilled at pissing people off
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Paul Kelly wonders if “Every F***king City” will go over in Vancouver
There are a couple of things that come to mind when I recall my five-week visit to Australia in ’86, one being the “drive-in bottleshops”.
Beatles freak Jon Auer says the Posies want to emulate the Fab Four
The night before our chat, the Posies played the final date of a tour with longtime Aussie faves the Hoodoo Gurus.
Doc Neeson calls Angel City’s comparisons to AC/DC “a bonus”
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MARCH 22, 1985 By Steve Newton "We were driving around L.A. yesterday," relates Angel City vocalist Doc Neeson, "and we passed this fantastic crowd of about 20 or 30 black guys--a conga band. So I stopped. Then one of them grabbed a hold of our lead guitarist! "And to us, culturally, you're … Continue reading Doc Neeson calls Angel City’s comparisons to AC/DC “a bonus”
John Butler says his trio was already gold in Australia before the record companies came calling
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MAY 26, 2010 By Steve Newton History shows that the major record labels have done all right for themselves while bringing Australian music to the masses. Atlantic signed AC/DC to an international distribution deal in 1976, and for years afterward its stockholders reaped the benefits of monumental blues-metal. During the ’80s U.S. … Continue reading John Butler says his trio was already gold in Australia before the record companies came calling
Aussie roots artist Xavier Rudd found new sunshine and an African groove on Koonyum Sun
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JUNE 2, 2010 By Steve Newton In the booklet that accompanies Xavier Rudd’s new CD, Koonyum Sun, there’s a picture of the Aussie roots artist in concert at an outdoor venue in Banff. He’s laying down some lap-slide guitar while his young sons Joaquin and Finojet bust moves across the stage floor. They … Continue reading Aussie roots artist Xavier Rudd found new sunshine and an African groove on Koonyum Sun