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A choirboy is a boy member of a choir. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ... A boy is a young and/or in some way immature male human (usually child or adolescent), as contrasted to its female counterpart, which is called girl; or a young male of another animal or male object. ... A choir or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. ...
As a slang term, it refers to a do-gooder or someone who is morally upright, in the same sense that "Boy Scout" refers to someone who is considered honorable or conscientious. Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speakers dialect or language. ... Polish Boy Scouts fighting in the Warsaw Uprising Boy Scouts originally denoted the organization that developed and rapidly grew up during 1908 in the wake of the publication by Lord Robert Baden-Powell of his book Scouting for Boys. ...
The story is a tragicomic look at the on- and off-duty exploits of a group of policemen in Los Angeles' Rampart District who conduct unauthorized end-of-watch meetings or "choir practice" sessions in MacArthur Park, one of which ends with the accidental shooting of a young park transient.
"The Choirboys" is also famous for being an indictment of policehierarchy in general especially because of the way the investigation into the shooting was handled.
In 1983, George Young (formerly of The Easybeats, and older brother of Angus and Malcolm Young of AC/DC) heard a demo from the Choirboys.
Australian TV musical personality Ian "Molly" Meldrum said the album was "destined to become an Aussie classic." Cold Chisel invited the Choirboys to support them on their "Last Stand", their last tour for 15 years.
The Choirboys returned to the live scene in 1986, opening for Deep Purple on their tour.
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