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| There are hundreds of Australian artists and bands that have websites. It is beyond the scope and mission of this Guitar Links site to link to them all. On this page are just a few of the sites that have come to the attention of this Webmaster. The latest entries can be found in the 2000 Guitars Database |
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| Cold Chisel For the latest information on Aussie rock legends Cold Chisel, check out this site. Includes photos, posters, a fanzine and more! |  |
July 1998: Yakuza Girls is released on the web by Cold Chisel - first time an Australian Band has released a new track free via the Internet |
| Looking for something different? Try Yakuza - Japan's Mafia | ||
| Silverchair
Dream Date With Danny: by Matthew Amster-Burton from MSN Music Central Australian rockers Silverchair have more going for them than mere youthful energy. They've got Daniel Johns. The handsome and talented Johns is the undisputed leader of Silverchair — he sings, plays guitar, and writes all the songs. His vocal range belies his 17 years, and he is equally comfortable crooning like Eddie Vedder and screaming like Kurt Cobain. Not bad for a guy who says he'd be just as happy at the beach or watching TV. Rhythm section Chris Joannou (bass) and Ben Gillies (drums) do their part ably, but this is clearly Johns' show. Official USA Silverchair Homepage Australian Silverchair Homepage - This one claims to be Australia's number 1 Music Site for a record 10 weeks in a row! |
Silverchair at Hitsquad
over 50 silverchair sites listed 
Silverchair TAB, TAB, TABs! |
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| Last November the music world lost in Michael Hutchence one of the greatest international pop artists Australia has ever produced. As a tribute to Michael's life and the millions of fans he inspired as the lead singer of INXS, a special memorial service will be conducted on the anniversary of his death, at 6:00 pm (t.b.c.) on Sunday November 22nd, 1998, in the Northern Chapel of Sydney's Northern Suburbs Crematorium. |
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Songlines Music Aboriginal Corporation Our aim is to connect with industry and to provide employment and training opportunities to maximise Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders development within the music industry |
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| Coloured Stone
Genres: World
Styles: World Fusion, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock
"A rock band from the Australian outback, these aboriginals seem to have heard the Doors as often as Bob Marley. Choice stuff" - Bruce Eder, All-Music Guide
Ruby Hunter enjoys the distinction of being the first Aboriginal woman to record solo in the history of Australian music. Her debut album Thoughts Within, explores, as the name suggests, the contours of her deeply emotional interior life. See more Women Artists/Bands |
| Tiddas Aboriginal/Celtic mix ...natural Australian accents that come through in the voices of Sally, Lou and Amy. It's something that you don't hear enough of, people using their own accents rather than cloning british or american sounds... more |  |
For more detail on Neil's life in the outback and the Warumpi Band, his book "Sing For Me Countryman" (1993 Hodder & Stoughton) is highly recommended. Andrew McMillan's "Strict Rules" (1988 Hodder & Stoughton), the story of the Blackfella/Whitefella tour with Midnight Oil in 1986 is also recommended reading.
1996 Interview
Warumpi Band Albums
| Midnight Oil | NEW Music Trader Oils Article July 9, 1998 |
 Midnight Oil - Redneck Wonderland, released NOV 03, 1998
By 1986, Midnight Oil's principal songwriters - Jim Moginie, Peter Garrett and Rob Hirst - had addressed many of the most important issues confronting the world in the late 20th century. They had written songs about the folly of war and the destructive nature of capitalism, exploitation and greed. They had cried out for the natural environments laid waste by progress - and they had touched on many of the great stories of Australia's brief but colorful history of white settlement. Now they turned their attention to the plight of Australia's own indigenous people.  Initially, Midnight Oil wrote a song, "Dead Heart," for release as a single and for use in a documentary being made on the Australian Aborigines. The band then undertook an extensive tour - with Aboriginal outfit the Warumpi Band - of some of the country's most remote Aboriginal settlements. The Black Fella White Fella Tour, in July 1986, exposed Midnight Oil to the realities of modern Aboriginal life. 200 years of white settlement in Australia has seen all manner of atrocity visited upon the country's original owners - and today's survivors fight to maintain their ancient traditions in an atmosphere tainted by poverty, disease and alcoholism. |
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Leighton B. Watts "Down Under Country". Hits include: "Selfish Heart" - four months on "Hoedown" Playlist, Australia's largest nationally syndicated country music radio show
A published humorist, songwriter and poet from the deep Southern Land of Australia. Since coming to the United States of America in early 1993, he has produced six albums of his own songs, a poetry album, a book of newsletters describing his "terminal case of itchy feet", a volume of his own poetry and currently has an album of Cowboy songs in production Win a tape of Leighton's music! Just subscribe to the free newsletter for details! |
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 | Singer-songwriter Mark Anthony Abbott may be a newcomer to the country music scene but his background stands him in good stead for his late-chosen career. Consider this ... Mark has been a strapper, jockey, shearer, wool presser, drover, and a cook for a team of sheep-mulesers in the Northern Territory. He has hitch-hiked around Australia, lived with a family of Aboriginals outside Blackall & drove horses from town to town on agistment. He was a street kid in Brisbane before that term was even thought of. What better grounding could anyone have to become a storyteller through writing songs about the many and varied aspects of life he has witnessed. |
Victorian Jazz Club Local Events, Festival, Newsletter...The VJC was established in 1968 as a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting live hot Jazz.
In it's 29th year, the VJC continues to present top professional musicians
Stray Alien is an independent music business,
representing artists to the entertainment industry. Stray
Alien has a passion to expose new fresh songwriters and
performers and guide the artists career in the areas of
recording, touring, publicity and marketing.
Based in Melbourne, Australia, at one of this country's
leading recording complexes, RB-X Studio.
ABC Recovery
is a place where every Australian music lover should be on a Saturday morning!
Recovery showcases many of Australia's best and up and coming bands and also
runs some great stories and competitions. A definite must see!
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Kylie Minogue
Ok, so Kylie isn't a guitarist, but it's a great photo for a popular Australian singer, that links to an interesting article on the Ozzie Women Performers page... |
Australian Independent Artists Network
This Internet Site showcases the first of many
independent original Australian bands represented by the AIAN. These
musicians are a hand picked selection of Australia's finest independent
musicians covering a wide variety of musical genres including funk, r&b
rock, reggae, trad jazz, ambient techno, a cappella and jazz fusion.
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Country Music Association of Australia profiles and pictures of Australia's country music artists. Includes the 20 best selling country titles and country music festivals guide |
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See 100 other Oz Band/Fan Sites! Many of the sites are not necessarily Great Guitar Sites, but represent the homepages of fans. What they may lack in HTML & design skills, they make up for with sheer enthusiasm - Take a peek!
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