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A fascinating one-time-only music group, New Competition was evidence that great music may appear when “instructors” and “learners” gather. In this situation, the “instructors” had been ex-Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton and ex-MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, who became a member of makes with “learners” Deniz Tek, Rob Younger, and Warwick Gilbert, …

Founded by ex-Radio Birdman vocalist Rob Younger, Australia’s Fresh Christs have were able to persevere through many personnel shifts, in addition to Younger’s many commitments generating other bands. In the beginning started like a one-off to record an individual (“Face a fresh God,” 1981, right now worth a lot of …

Even though best-known band of the first Australian punk scene from the later ’70s was the Saints, the very first band to wave the punk rock and roll flag within the land right here was Radio Birdman. Shaped by Australian émigré Deniz Tek (originally from Ann Arbor, MI) and Aussie …

Playing stripped-down, loud, and accelerated Ramones-inspired guitar rock and roll, the Celibate Rifles had been among the first Australian punk rings to emerge through the post-Radio Birdman/Saints era. Acquiring their cues from these Aussie rings, combined with the American hard rock and roll from the Stooges, MC5, and Blue Oyster …

Folding together equal parts vintage psychedelia, no-quarter boogie, rock-infused blues, and classic hard rock and roll and running all of them though a huge bank or investment company of amps, Datura4 certainly are a rock and roll band surviving in today’s while showing a genuine appreciation for the noises of …