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AC/DC
- there are almost as many Acca Dacca fan sites as there are fans. This
is as good a place as any to start!
AC/DC- Crabsody
In Blue
Glenn Roberston's excellent Acca website
John
Annas
One of Australia's top drummers, John's career includes work with Kevin
Borich Express, Renee Geyer, Marc Hunter, Sharon O’Neil,
Broderick Smith’s Big Combo and The Barry Leef Band
Andy Anderson
One of the founding fathers of OzRock, Andy was the lead singer of the
legendary Missing Links, Running Jumping Standing Still, Southern
Comfort, Arkestra and a cast member of Hair. In the
70s he moved into acting with great success, winning an AFI award along
the way and amassing an impressive CV that includes The
Sullivans, Prisoner, the brilliant cop
series Phoenix, The Bob Morrison Show
and Fire, to name just a few. Andy's new CD If
I'd Known I'd Live This Long is out now and
available through his site.
Angry Anderson - Bound for Glory
Doug
Ashdown
- Shownet page for the renowned singer-songwriter, musician and
entertainer, with more than ten albums to his credit
The
Atlantics
"Flight of the Surf Guitar" -- the official website
The Atlantics - excellent American site dedicated to Sydney's surf-sound legends, including detailed interviews with group members
The
Beach Buddies
The all-star Australian Beach Boys tribute group, comprising five of
the most famous names of Australia '60s pop -- Pete Litchfield, Peter
Robinson (The Thunderbirds, The Strangers), '60's solo star and
ex-Seeker Buddy England, John Creech (The Mixtures, and more recently
Kylie Minogue) and former Zoot lead singer Daryl Cotton.
Beeb
Birtles On The Web
- the renowned singer/songwriter and former member of Zoot, Mississippi
and LRB
Daryl
Braithwaite Homepage
- homepage of the former Sherbet megaspunk, still going strong and
sounding great
Kevin
Borich
- the official website for the Trans-Tasman axemeister and
former
La De Das lead guitarist.
Buffalo:
Blow Your Speakers!
- Michael Eaglin's definitive site abbout Australia's heavy rock
masters.
Ray
Burton
One of the legends of the industry, Ray is a former member of many top
Aussie groups including The Telstars, The Delltones, The Executives,
Ayers Rock, Friends, Dynasty, Doug Parkinson Band, The Brian Cadd Band,
The Digger Revell Show and many more. He is also famed as the co-author
of Helen Reddy's international mega-hit "I Am Woman".
The
Bushwackers
- "give me a home among the gum trees" ...
Johnny
Chester
The official site for Australia's internationally acclaimed entertainer
including a biography, year-by-year career chronology and discography.
Richard Clapton
Finally! A dedicated Richard Clapton site is long overdue, and most
welcome. This new website is still under construction so check back
regularly for new features.
Jim
Conway
The homepage for Australia's patron saint of the blues harmonica. Jim
is one of the world's finest harp players, and a founder member of
legendary Aussie outfits The Backsliders and Captain Matchbox Whoopee
Band.
Jeff
Crozier
The late, great High Priest of Magik was a cult favourite in Melbourne
in the late '60s and early '70s. Although pegged as a nutter by the
dopey Australian media, he earned rave reviews and was hailed as a
genius by Americans during his time there in the early 70s. Sadly, his
untimely death in 1981 robbed us of a great talent, but his legend
lives on. This great tribute page by his former guitarist Duncan Fry
includes exclusive photos and sound files. Top gear.
Bob
Daisley
The offical site for one of the true legends of Aussie rock. Bob was
the bassist for Mecca, Kahvas Jute, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne and
many more. Check out the "Equipment" page to see Bob's truly staggering
collection of basses, including one formerly owned by the late great
John Entwistle.
Dragon
- 20 Years With A Legendary Australian Band - By
Chuck Miller
- Marc Hunter tribute
Mal
Eastick
- axeman extraordinaire, one of Australia's most experienced and
respected guitarists
Tommy
Emmanuel
- homepage for the Aussie guitar wizard, and including Tommy's tribute
to his colleague, the late Marc Hunter
Buddy England
One of the unsing heroes of the Australian music scene, Buddy is a multi-talented
singer, songwriter and producer with an extraordinary CV. Among his many credits, he was a regular on
The
Go!! Show, wrote and/or
produced many hits for himself and
other artists over three decades, founded the Air records label, worked
as an A&R manager and was a member of the late '70s
lineup of The Seekers.
Jon
English
- the official Jon English homepage
John Farnham
Jack's official site is here ... just in time for his retirement! And
if too much Farnsey is still not enough, why not peruse ....
Jack's Place, the John Farnham Fan Club
- Lyn Albury's top Farnsey fansite, with links and info galore. (They even mention us - onya Lyn!)John Farnham: Through The Eyes of a fan
A great Farnesy site, beautifully presented and full of great info
Venetta
Fields
- a goddess living amongst us, to be sure. Venetta has a CV second to
none -- she started out as an Ikette, then formed The Blueberries and
with long-time colleagues Shirley Matthews and Clydie King she was a
vocalist on some of the most famous albums and singles of the last 40
years. She has been a resident of Oz since 1988, and was a member of
John Farnham's backing band for many years, has recorded extensively
with The Black Sorrows, and fronted her own group. Which hardly even
begins to cover her incredible career ...
The Foreday Riders
Oz blues legends and one of our pioneering blues groups.
Tim's
Gaze
- the home page for Tim Gaze - singer, songwriter, producer, master
guitarist and all-round OzRock legend
Renee
Geyer
- Renee's official website
The
Dave Graney Show
A good bloke and a true original, the former Moodist also has a strong
interest in 60s' and 70s Oz Rock. Dave's site is worth visiting if only
for the great story about his Club Buggery appearance with the
legendary Jimmy Webb.
Hair
Pat Gallagher's site dedicated to Australian productions of HAIR,
including the original '69-70 Aussie production starring Keith Glass,
Reg Livermore, Marcia Hines, John Waters and Tully
The
Hair Pages
'The original home of the American tribal love-rock musical!"
The
Hair Online Archives
'The original home of the American tribal love-rock musical!"
Ross Hannaford
- Diana's
Kiss, Ross's longtime "Espy" resident band
- Ross Hananford Page
Barry
Harvey
- The official homepage for "Little Goose", the percussion maestro,
former member of King Harvest and the Kevin Borich Express, and
long-serving drummer in the immortal Chain.
Marcia Hines
Dave
Hole
Marcie
Jones
One of the pioneering female Aussie pop singers of the '60s, Marcie
began her career in 1960 singing with Melbourne's legendary
Thunderbirds and together with the Cook sisters Margaret, Beverley and
Wendy, she formed Marcie and the Cookies which became the top female
singing group in Australia in the late 60s.
Kirk
Lorange
- no apostrophe! Kirk is one of Australia's top guitarists, and his
site is packed with goodies.
Little
River Band
- official website for the band, with pages on all the various members
Trevor Lucas
- Australian-born folk legend, producer for Fairport Convention, Redgum
and The Bushwackers, co-founder of Fotheringay and a member of
Fairport, and husband and musical partner of Sandy Denny.
Phil Manning
- the legendary bluesmen, singer, songwriter, guitarist par excellence
and member of the illustrious Chain
Max Merritt & The Meteors Official
Website
- the new homepage for the legendary soul man, one of our all-time
greats
Mario Millo Homepage
- acclaimed guitarist, composer and former Sebastian Hardie/Windchase
axe-meister
The
Masters Apprentices
The official Masters website, including a Jim Keays homepage
Masters Apprentices
- Simon Wilson's tribute page, with links to other Masters sites
Olivia
Newton-John
- Lori Buck's mega-comprehensive ONJ site has all you need to know (and
then some) plus dozens of Livvy links!
Olivia
Newton-John official website
Rory
O'Donoghue
Feature page about the multi-talented Mr O'D. on the
LBHM website.
Doug
Parkinson
CleisMusic
The homepage for Cleis Pearce, former violist in the legendary
Mackenzie Theory, Women & Children First and other notable
groups.
Quill-Tolhurst
The only bad thing about the reunion of these two Aussie greats is that
it took 30 years to happen! Greg and Kerryn got back together in 2002
and recorded a superb new album of original material, appropriately
titled
So Rudely Interrupted.
The Musical World of Rocky Horror
Shawn McHorse's fabbo site dedicated to all things Rocky; tons of info
including all the Aussie cast albums
Rose
Tattoo: Australian Rock'n'Roll
- another great site by Michael Eaglin
Ross
Ryan
- coathanger.com, the largest Ross Ryan website in the world, put
together with Ross's inimitable humour
The
Saints - The Most Primitive Site In The
World
- Dave Kimball's excellent site devoted to the 'original' Saints,
created with the co-operation of Ed Kuepper
Seekers Home Page
- Ruth Stribblehill's Seekers page - info and links
Gary
Shearston
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Gary Shearston is probably best known for his droll 1974 hit version of Cole Porter's "I
Get A Kick Out Of You", but he was a leading light of the
Australian folk scene in the' 60s and a pioneer in the revival of
Australian bush ballads. He's now an Anglican priest but he's still
playing and recording music. You can visit Gary's site, where you find
out more about his life and music and buy reissues of his 60s and 70s
albums, as well as his new CD Only Love Survives.
You can read also a recent interview with Gary on the Simply Australia site.
Greg
Sheehan
The renowned drummer and
percussionist.
Rick Springfield
There are heaps of Rick sites, but here are a few to be going on with
- Rick
Springfield - the official
website
- The "Rick's Loyal Supporters" Fan Club Homepage
- Uniting Rick Springfield Fans - Susan's Site
Jeff
St John & The Embers
Skyhooks Homepage
Split
Enz
- frenz.com - the definitive Split Enz homepage and gateway to all
things Enz
Rod Stone
One of the great names of the Sixties music scene, Rod is the former
lead guitarist with NZ beat legends The Librettos and Australia's soul
stirrers, The Groove.
Tamam
Shud
Official site for the Sydney's psych/prog/surf legends
Matt
Taylor
I remember when I was young
Billy
Thorpe
Billy Thorpe: The Legend
Peter Wells Official Site
- the late, great rock'n'roll outlaw!
Dennis Wilson
- the acclaimed guitarist of Mecca and the legendary Kahvas Jute. His
new CD is out now and you can buy it from the site.
Ross
Wilson
The Boss is back -- hell, he never went away!
Zoot
- just Zoot. The near-as-dammit official Zoot page (part of the Beeb
Birtles site)