www.longgoneloser.com Ok, so this isn’t 100% an Aussie band but it does feature the vocal talents of Randy Reimann from Massappeal and it was recorded in Sydney when UK skatepunks, The Stupids, toured around Australia with The Hard-Ons. I feel that’s enough to justify it being included in the Aussie Rock Jukebox. This was released on the ‘No Cheese!’ tour 10″ vinyl by Waterfront Records in 1988. This cover of the Minor Threat classic tune is intense. Well played!
Gotye? S (pictured) joins his album Making Mirrors Somebody That I Used To Know single at # 1 on this week?’s ARIA chart. The last Australian to occupy both act which charts in April 2007 with Silverchair Straight Lines from Young Modern, chart historian Gavin Ryan reports. (Britain? S Adele did it for seven weeks from the end of June). Gotye is the 18th Australian act to do so (out of 19 in total? Delta did it twice), the first being Daddy Cool in 1971. Altogether Gotye is the 117th t act. . .
Long-serving Brisbane rock photojournalist and Dead Shades band member Dane Beesley has a book coming out in July, featuring images and musings from 10 years behind the lens and documenting rock music culture. Splitting The Seconds:? A Photographer’s Journal will be officially launched at Metro Arts on Friday Jul 22, and will be available online at www. photodane. com and selected bookstores. If you?? Ve ever been to a gig in Brisbane, then chances are you? Ve been in the Dane? S vicinity, Whether You Knew. . .
