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Stop The Drop
Stop The Drop was an Australian benefit concert held at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on 13 February 1983, in aid of the community organisation, People For Nuclear Disarmament (PND). Australian bands Midnight Oil, INXS, Goanna and Redgum, together with Colin Hay (of Men at Work) performed. History People For Nuclear Disarmament (PND) was formed in 1981 as a community organisation, which campaigned for nuclear disarmament, against United States Army bases in Australia and against uranium mining (see anti-nuclear movement in Australia). They sponsored a public meeting, Act for Survival, at the Assembly Hall, Melbourne, featuring Nobel Laureate Patrick White on 21 October 1981 as their first major activity. It was followed by a rally held on 4 April 1982, which attracted 40,000 people. PND member Kevin Fewster, a tutor in Australian History at Monash University, met with Midnight Oil's singer Peter Garrett to discuss the possibility of holding a rock concert to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
The Sidney Myer Music Bowl is an outdoor bandshell performance venue in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located in the lawns and gardens of Kings Domain on Linlithgow Avenue close to the Arts Centre and the Southbank entertainment precinct. It was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Menzies, on 12 February 1959, with an audience of 30,000 people. It is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. History The businessman and philanthropist Sidney Myer inspired the construction of the building after attending the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. A violinist who enjoyed music, Myer established free open-air concerts with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 1929, which were always well attended by Melburnians. These free concerts continue to this day, now being held at the bowl itself. There are usually three or four concerts a year. Upon his death in 1934, the Sidney Myer Fund was established to continue the tradition of philanthropy begun by its fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Howard
Shane Michael Howard (born 26 January 1955) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist, he was the mainstay of folk rock group Goanna (1977–85, 1998) which had hit singles with " Solid Rock" (September 1982, No. 3) and " Let the Franklin Flow" (May 1983, No. 12) on the Kent Music Report and their album, ''Spirit of Place'' (November 1982, No. 2). After their disbandment he pursued a solo career. Biography 1955-1975: Early life Howard was born on 26 January 1955 and raised in the Victorian coastal town of Dennington north-west of Warrnambool. He is the middle child of seven children of an Irish Catholic family living in a cramped factory cottage. His father, Leo, was a worker at the local Nestlés powdered milk factory, for 48 years. Howard loved music, led by his mother, Teresa, who played the piano and sang. According to Howard's younger sister, Marcia Howard, they were colloquially called, "The Von Trapp Family of the Western District", because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mental As Anything
Mental As Anything are an Australian new wave and pop rock band that formed in Sydney in 1976. Its most popular line-up (which lasted from 1977 to 1999, and recorded all of their charting singles and albums) was Martin Plaza (birth name Martin Murphy) on vocals and guitar; Reg Mombassa (birth name Christopher O'Doherty) on lead guitar and vocals; his brother Peter "Yoga Dog" O'Doherty on bass guitar and vocals; Wayne de Lisle (birth name David Twohill) on drums; and Andrew "Greedy" Smith on vocals, keyboards and harmonica. Their original hit songs were generated by Mombassa, O'Doherty, Plaza and Smith, either individually or collectively; they also hit the Australian charts with covers of songs by Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry. Their top ten Australian singles are "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" and "Too Many Times" (both from 1981), " Live It Up" (1985) and "Rock and Roll Music" (1988).Australian chart peaks: * Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Kirkpatrick
Margaret Anne Kirkpatrick (née Downs; born 29 January 1941) is an Australian stage and screen actress who starred in the cult TV series ''Prisoner'' (otherwise known as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'' in the UK and North America), where she was best known both locally and internationally for her portrayal of the character Joan Ferguson, a sinister and cold lesbian prison officer, nicknamed "The Freak". She performed as in an Australian production of the musical '' Wicked'' as Madame Morrible Kirkpatrick has appeared in numerous TV series including '' Richmond Hill'', '' Water Rats'', ''G.P.'' and ''Blue Heelers'', as well as two roles in '' All Saints'' and ''Home and Away'' In 2019, she released her autobiography ''The Gloves Are Off: The Inside Story From Prisoner to Wicked'' Biography Margaret Anne Downs was born in Albury, New South Wales, to James and Crissie Downs. When she was seven months old her father was killed while on active national service as a soldier in Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Clifton
Jane Clifton (born 10 April 1949) is a Gibraltar-born Australian actress, singer, writer and voice artist. She is best known for her role in TV serial ''Prisoner'' as tough prison bookie Margo Gaffney. As a singer, she had a stint with Jo Jo Zep and has recorded an album featuring Jenny Morris and Wendy Matthews, Mark Williams and Marc Hunter Biography Family and citizenship Clifton was born in Gibraltar to British Army parents. In 1961 she emigrated to Perth, Australia, before later settling in Melbourne. She became a naturalised citizen of Australia in 1992. Radio and voice-over career Clifton started out her career on Melbourne community radio stations 3CR and 3RMT-FM in the 1970s. She then worked for commercial stations 3AK, Radio National and 774 ABC. Clifton has also done voice-over work for commercials and audio books. Film, television and stage Clifton has acted extensively in film and the stage and in various television programs. Beginning in cult favor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigrid Thornton
Sigrid Madeline Thornton (born 12 February 1959) is an Australian film and television actress. Her television work includes ''Prisoner'' (1979–80), '' All the Rivers Run'' (1983), '' SeaChange'' (1998–2019) and '' Wentworth'' (2016–2018). She also starred in the American Western series ''Paradise'' (1988–91). Her film appearances include '' Snapshot'' (1979), '' The Man from Snowy River'' (1982), ''Street Hero'' (1984) and '' Face to Face'' (2011). She won the AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama for the 2015 miniseries '' Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door''. Biography Early years Thornton was born in Canberra, the daughter of Merle, an academic and writer, and Neil Thornton, an academic. She was raised in Brisbane, attending St. Peter's Lutheran College. For two years, she lived in London, where she was a member of the Unicorn Theatre. Back in Brisbane she attended Twelfth Night Theatre Junior Workshop and in 1970, during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Trios Ringbarkus
Los Trios Ringbarkus was an Australian stand up comedy duo prominent in the 1980s, comprising Neill Gladwin (b. 1961) and Steve Kearney (b. 1961). Live act Both members were born in Melbourne, Gladwin in Essendon and Kearney in Burwood. They attended Rusden State College, studying to be drama teachers: at a party, Kearney broke an egg on Gladwin's head, and the two men recognised a common sense of humour. Their name was, of course, a joke; they were always a duo, though early in their career they would refer to a former third member who 'went back to his accountancy business’ or who 'got so small he disappeared and became an accountant and lives in Geelong.’ The duo often referred to themselves as 'anti-tainment'. Their act would often begin with them appearing to stumble onto stage by accident; 'staring out at the audience in sheer terror,' as one witness described it, 'whimpering in agony, stumbling across the stage entangled in microphone leads unable to speak as they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Cummings
Stephen Donald Cummings (born 13 September 1954) is an Australian rock singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band the Sports from 1976 to 1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but has had limited commercial success. He has written two novels, ''Wonderboy'' (1996) and ''Stay Away from Lightning Girl'' (1999), and a memoir, '' Will It Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy'' (2009). In 2014 a documentary film, ''Don't Throw Stones'', based on his memoir premiered as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival. Early years Stephen Cummings was born in 1954 in Melbourne and grew up in the suburb of Camberwell. He was the vocalist for Ewe and the Merinos. The Pelaco Brothers The Pelaco Brothers formed in 1974, with Cummings on vocals, Joe Camilleri on saxophone and vocals, Peter Lillie on guitar and vocals, Johnny Topper on bass guitar, Karl Wolfe on drums and Chris Worrall on guitar. They played " rock-a-billy, country swing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons are an Australian blues music, blues and rock music, rock band that features the singer, songwriter and saxophonist Joe Camilleri (aka "Jo Jo Zep"). The band was active in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and had several Australian chart hits including "Hit and Run (Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons song), Hit and Run", "Shape I'm In (Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons song), Shape I'm In" and "All I Wanna Do (Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons song), All I Wanna Do". The Falcons dissolved in 1981 and the group's biggest Australian hit, 1982's "Taxi Mary", as well as the New Zealand top ten hit "Walk On By (song), Walk on By", were both credited simply to "Jo Jo Zep". In 1983, Camilleri and other members of the Falcons formed the Black Sorrows. The late 1970s line up of Camilleri, Jeff Burstin on guitar, Tony Faehse on guitar, John Power on bass guitar, Wilbur Wilde on saxophone and Gary Young (Australian musician), Gary Young on drums, reunited in 2001, and again in 2003 to release a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Split Enz
Split Enz were a New Zealand rock band formed in Auckland in 1972 by Tim Finn and Phil Judd and had a variety of other members during its existence. Originally started as a folk-oriented group with quirky art rock stylings, the band built a strong regional following, noted for their outlandish costumes and makeup. After Tim Finn's brother Neil joined as co-lead vocalist and songwriter, the band came to embrace a more streamlined and pop-oriented approach and became pioneers of new wave. The band achieved worldwide indie stardom in the 1980s, with particular success in New Zealand, Canada and Australia. The band experienced its greatest success in the early 1980s, with the albums '' True Colours'' (1980), '' Waiata'' (1981) and '' Time and Tide'' (1982) reaching number one in New Zealand and Australia and producing the hit singles " I Got You" (a New Zealand and Australian number-one), " One Step Ahead", " History Never Repeats", " Dirty Creature" and " Six Months in a L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triple M Melbourne
Triple M Melbourne is a radio station broadcasting in Melbourne, Victoria. Its target demographic is the 18-54 age group. Triple M Melbourne is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Triple M Network and broadcasts on the 105.1 MHz frequency. The station was Australia's first commercial FM station, originally known as Eon FM, broadcasting on 92.3 MHz. Station history Eon FM: The Birth of Commercial FM Radio In late 1979, a consortium, members of which included recording entrepreneur Bill Armstrong, band manager Glenn Wheatley and stockbroker Bill Conn, successfully bid on one of two Melbourne FM licenses and set about creating a commercial FM radio station. Armstrong headed the consortium, having seen the commercial opportunities of FM radio in the US and the UK. Despite what their license application read, they had no blueprint at all with regard to marketing, programming, administration or promotion. The next six months was then spent building a radio station from scratch. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
