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Austrailian rock and roll

The recent "Obscure bands" discussion inspired me to bring up another sub-genre because many of the responses mentioned a few of these groups. Who are your favorite Australian rock and roll bands? Let's be specific and mention favorite individual albums.
A few bands from down under:
AC/DC
Crowded House
the Church
Hoodoo Gurus
Hunters and Collectors (Mark Seymour solo works)
Powderfinger
Wolfmother

My favorites from this group are the Hoodoo's first 2 albums "Stoneage Romeos" and "Mars Needs Guitars"
I also really enjoy Hunters and Collectors "Human Frailty and "Under One Roof". Gotta love a band with a full time French horn player that still shakes the rafters. Every now and then it is fun to crank it up a little. The Aussies know how to rock.
maxnewid
maxnewid OP
449 posts
 
I would throw New Zealand in there as well. Love Tommy Emmanuel and want to check out some of these other people.
aolmrd1241
1,039 posts
 
My favorite ’folk rock’ band from Australia would have to be Angus & Julia Stone...The album 'Down the Way' is a good place to start.
rlawry
478 posts
 
Love Flash and the Pan.  I highly recommend their self-titled first album and Lights in the Night.  Definitely a sound that few others, if any, had, especially the barrel-rolling piano and organ.
77jovian
407 posts
 

Tommy Emmanuel is a guitar wizard and puts on a great live show.

Great suggestions of bands I'm unfamiliar with on this thread. 

I would add the Little River Band.  I listened to their 2-disc greatest hits compilation recently and was impressed with the creativity, musicianship and production.  Worth a listen, if you have the impression they were nothing but a bland soft-rock band.

czarivey
5,946 posts
 
How about Dead Can Dance -- partially Brittish/Australian mainly because of different origins of soloists with outstanding and powerful voices.

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