SHOUT by JOHNNY O’KEEFE. Story by Doug Jacquier
As the band was setting up, Johnny’s manager arrived and, handing out sheet music and a running list, said there would be no rehearsals or sound check.
GHOST SHIPS by THE SAINTS. Stereo Story by Virginia Muzik
When I’d be driving, and one of ‘our songs’ came on schmaltzy radio station 2CH, I’d crank it up, sing along and think of you. I’d flash back to moments in our childhood – just the good times – imagining you in the passenger seat, singing too.
RAZOR’S EDGE by GOANNA. Story by Jim Roberts
The next time Razor’s Edge played he loudly sang the line about getting a letter from Davey. I usually shut up for a few minutes. It was that line that cut me up a bit, it still does.
A CRY IN THE WIND by YABU BAND. Article by Anne-Marie Smith
Delson and Boyd Stokes perform this song as a tribute to Elder Josie Boyle (RIP), who documented the Wongatha language for all to use, respect and share while bonding together.
The OzMusic collection
The careers of many musicians featured in our OzMusic stories would have been shaped in one way or another by Michael Gudinski.
FEAR AND TREMBLING by GANG OF YOUTHS. Fiction by Sean Mortell.
A rollercoaster through yourself. The rain monotonously pounds on the floor-to-ceiling window, obscuring the twinkling lights of the city. Murmurs disperse across the room...
ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL by VINCE JONES. Story by Nick Gadd
It would be overstating it to say that we came to Melbourne because of Vince Jones. But it didn’t hurt that you can find performers of his calibre there.
BACK TO THE TRACK by SHANE HOWARD. Story by Vin M
I’d heard that he might be up this way. Somewhere. ‘Heard that after the band had fallen apart he had headed north. But how far north?
I’LL BE GONE. Book by Craig Horne.
Mike Rudd wanted to turn music on its head; like an abstract artist he wanted to create a new tonal reality, a blueprint for Melbourne’s live music scene to follow.
RAZOR’S EDGE by GOANNA. Story by Coriander Brown
My workmates were all well and truly on the Razor's Edge in one form or another. Ex druggies, pregnant at 15, split multiple marriages, wild Lebanese girls on the run from strict families in the southern states...