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The little bands scene is the name given to the post punk rock scene which flourished in Australia in the late 1970s and 1980s. This scene was concentrated around inner suburbs, and was characterised by large numbers of small bands, more concerned with artistic expression than mainstream success. The bands played in small inner-city venues, often pubs, and their music was sometimes broadcast by community radio stations, such as 3RRR. In the scene, the distinctions between performers and audience were blurred; many of the people in the audiences at shows were either in bands or ended up forming such. Post-punk was a musical movement beginning at the end of the 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion. For the more recent post-punk movement in rock music, see post-punk revival. ...
Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...
The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...
The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...
An amusingly named pub: the Old New Inn at Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds (southwest Midlands of England) A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia...
Community radio is a type of radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area, broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by more powerful broadcast groups. ...
3RRR (called Three Triple R, or simply Triple R) is arguably Australias best known community radio station, based in Melbourne. ...
The little bands scene got its name from "little bands nights", gigs organised in Melbourne by members of Primitive Calculators. Originally they were bands made up of members of the Calculators and friends, to be the support bands for the Calculators. By using the Calculators equipment, it made it easier to set up for the night and made up for the shortness of the Calculators set. These bands were meant to be "disposable", to play once or twice and then form other "little bands". This led to the recording of the Little Bands EP in 1979, featuring Too Fat To Fit Through The Door, Morpions, Ronnie and the Rhythm Boys and The Take. It grew from there and began to take on a life of its own. At later nights, up to ten hastily assembled bands would play for fifteen minutes each. Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ...
Primitive Calculators were an Australian post punk band of the 1970s, known for their use of synthesizers and their chaotic, noisy sound. ...
The Melbourne little bands scene was documented in the 1987 film Dogs In Space. Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Dogs In Space is a 1987 Australian film set in the post-punk little band scene in Melbourne, in 1978. ...
In Sydney a similar scene revolved around the post-punk band Pel Mel and acts associated with the M Squared label. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and with a population of over four million people is the most populous city in Australia. ...
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