The trends of Australian music have often mirrored those of the United States and Britain. Australian Aboriginal music during the prehistory of Australia is not well documented; this timeline will concentrate on the time since radio began broadcasting in Australia (1923). The earliest music of Australia was the folk music of the Australian Aborigines. ... Ŵú Australian Aborigines are the native peoples of Australia. ... Pub rock is a style of Australian rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s and still influencing contemporary Australian music today. ... Australia is home to several large immigrant communities, including the Vietnamese, Indonesians, Filipinos and others. ... Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture. ... Problems listening to the files? See media help. ... Subcategories There are 3 subcategories to this category. ... Australian hip hop began in the early 1980s, primarily influenced by hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from America. ... Jazz is an American musical genre very substantially created by African Americans. ... Australian country music is a vibrant part of the music of Australia. ... Australian rock and rock musicians have produced a wide variety of music. ... Australian indie rock is part of the overall flow of Australian rock history but has a distinct history somewhat separate from mainstream rock in Australia, largely from the end of the punk rock era onwards. ... Australian hardcore punk is an active rock music subgenre with a dedicated following. ... The Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) is the Australian counterpart of the Recording Industry Association of America. ... The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA). ... The Deadlys are an annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. ... The ARIA charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres. ... The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual top 100 list, based on the votes of Australian youth radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year. ... A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ... This is a list of music festivals in Australia // A-E Aquarius Festival Australian Gospel Music Festival Big Day Out - national - from 1992 Darwin International Guitar Festival Earthcore F-L Falls Festival Gone South Homebake M-O Meredith Music Festival List of Meredith Music Festival lineups by year Offshore Festival... The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival that tours Australasia. ... LiViD, short for Linux Video and DVD, was a collection of projects that aim to create program tools and software libraries related to DVD for Linux operating system. ... Homebake is an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist from New Zealand. ... Snout playing at the 2001 Falls Festival The Falls Festival is a New Years Eve music festival, held annually in Australia since 1993-94. ... Stompen Ground Festival in Broome, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned, designed and managed arts and cultural festival. ... The Tamworth Country Music Festival is a celebration of Australias rich country music culture and heritage. ... The Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) is an organization founded in 1980 by Freda Glynn, Phillip Batty and John Macumba in order to expose Aboriginal music and culture to the rest of Australia from its Alice Springs media centre. ... Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from late 1974 until July 19 1987. ... Rage is an all-night Australian music video program that has been broadcast on ABC TV on Friday and Saturday nights. ... Triple J (JJJ) is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australias national public broadcaster. ... A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a countrys government as their states official national song. ... Advance Australia Fair is the official national anthem of Australia, not, contrary to popular belief, Waltzing Matilda. ... The earliest music of Australia was the folk music of the Australian Aborigines. ... Ŵú Australian Aborigines are the native peoples of Australia. ... The prehistory of Australia is the term used to describe the period of approximately 50,000 years (possibly a lot more) between the arrival of humans on the Australian continent and the first definite sighting of Australia by Europeans in 1606, which may be taken as the beginning of the...

1950s

In 1955 the New South Wales government extended pub closing time from 6pm to 10pm (see Six o'clock swill). Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West 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... The Six Oclock Swill was the last-minute rush to buy drinks at a hotel bar before it closed. ...

Television was introduced to Australia in 1956. Rock and roll was popular, as in America. "Rock Around the Clock" sold over 150,000 units as a 45rpm EP. (Creswell & Fabinyi, 1999) 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. ... This article is about the song. ... An extended play or EP, is the name given to vinyl records or CDs which are too long to be called singles but too short to qualify as albums. ...

In March 1958, Johnny O'Keefe's "The Wild One" was the #1 single - he was the first Australian rock star to have such a hit. (Creswell & Fabinyi, 1999) Channel 9 began broadcasting an Australian version of America's Bandstand programme, with Brian Henderson as host, which lasted for 14 years. Johnny OKeefe (1935-1978) was an early Australian rock and roll singer of the 1950s. ... Channel 9 refers to several television stations, among them are: Nine Network, Australia Channel 9, Malaysia C9TV, Northern Ireland WCPO, Cincinnati, Ohio Channel 9, MSDN Channel 9 is also the name of a fictional television channel on the comedy sketch show series, The Fast Show This is a disambiguation page... Categories: Buildings and structures stubs ... Brian Henderson on TCN-9 Brian Henderson (born 1931) is a New Zealand-born Australian television personality who hosted the Australian version of Bandstand from 1958 until 1972. ...

In 1959 Johnny O'Keefe took over the recently launched Six O'Clock Rock (ABC), which ran until 1961. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australias national public broadcaster. ...

1960s

Still strongly reflecting American culture, in 1962 Australia experienced the Twist fad, soon followed by the Stomp fad (reflecting surf culture). In 1964, one of the biggest bands of this genre, the Beach Boys toured Australia. During this time Australia also had its experience of Beatlemania with a Beatles tour. The mid 1960s saw the 'mod' fad come and go. Categories: Timelines of music ... c. ... 1801 The Easy Instructor by William Smith and William Little is published for choral schools, leading to the shape note tradition 1802 The Garifunas arrive in Belize (then British Honduras) and soon develop paranda music 1803 Ludwig van Beethovens Symphony No. ... // 1900 in music Music of Argentina The bandoneón begins to become popular in Argentina; it will soon become one of the principal instruments in tango music Music of Colombia The accordion begins to become popular throughout the country Music of Cuba Romantic ballads called boleros are developed A second... 1910 in music International trends The tango begins to become popular in Europe Music of Armenia Komitas Vardapet finishes collecting over 3,000 Armenian folk songs Music of Peru The Indigenismo movement begins, bringing increased social and cultural awareness to native Peruvians Music of Portugal Fado is recorded for the... 1920 in music International trends Highlife music develops in western Africa, especially in coastal Ghana Performers like Carlos Gardel begin to popularize the tango in France, Spain and Latin America Xavier Cugat popularizes several forms of Afro-Cuban dances in the United States and Europe Erik Satie composes bizarre furniture... 1930 in music Music of the Bahamas A sponge disease decimates the sponge fishing industry in the Bahamas, beginning the decline of antems, a type of work song Music of Cuba The rumbas popularity begins to spread in Cuba and abroad, while Arsenio Rodriguez develops the conjunto band... 1940 in music International trends Allied servicemen help bring American and European popular music to Asian countries when they are statuibed in Hawaii and the Philippines; this especially includes popularizing the guitar and ukulele in Papua New Guinea Disneys Fantasia introduces stereo sound Music of Argentina Cuarteto becomes popular... 1950 in music Music of Afghanistan The beginning of radio broadcasting leads to the beginning of Afghan popular music Music of Argentina Astor Piazzolla begins to fuse traditional tango music with jazz and classical music Music of Algeria Rai singers like Bellemou Messaoud add violin, accordion and other western influences... 1960 in music Music of Brazil Carimbó begins modernizing and using electric instruments Music of Cambodia Princess Norodom Buppha Devi helps lead a revival of classical Khmer dance forms like apsara. ... 1970 in music International trends Simon & Garfunkel release Bridge Over Troubled Water; this, along with releases from James Taylor (Sweet Baby James), Cat Stevens (Tea for the Tillerman) and Joni Mitchell (Ladies of the Canyon) help define the singer-songwriter tradition Taj Mahal releases Happy to Be Just Like I... // 1980 in music International trends Alternative rock and post punk artists like Joy Division (Closer), The Specials (More Specials) and U2 (Boy) achieve some popularity with influential releases; they are accompanied by popular punk and New Wave releases from Devo (Freedom of Choice), Talking Heads (Remain in Light), The Pretenders... // 1990 in music International trends Barbadian artists like Gabby, Spice and Square One bring a new sound to Trinidadian soca Mari Boines Gula Gula, and its titular hit single, bring Sami joik-based folk to popular attention Paradise Lost emerges at the forefront of the doom metal scene Music... // The Decade as a Whole Music downloads hurt CD sales, portable devices such as iPods begin to replace CDs and cassettes. ... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ... 17th century c. ... 1930s 1930 in music Led by musicians like Sol Hoopii, Hawaiian steel guitar folk musics popularity in the United States becomes widespread, influencing country music, the country blues and other genres 1931 in music Gene Autrys Silver Haired Daddy of Mine popularizes honky tonk music Fletcher Henderson and... 1970s 1970 in music Simon & Garfunkel release Bridge Over Troubled Water; this, along with releases from James Taylor (Sweet Baby James), Cat Stevens (Tea for the Tillerman) and Joni Mitchell (Ladies of the Canyon) help define the singer-songwriter tradition Taj Mahal releases Happy to Be Just Like I Am... The twist was a rock and roll dance popular in the early 1960s and also the name of the song that originated it. ... Spectators at Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu. ... The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. ... Beatlemania is a term that was used during the 1960s to describe fan frenzy (particularly by young teenaged girls) towards The Beatles. ... The Beatles were a British rock group from Liverpool, England. ... Ministry of Defence or Ministry of Defense may refer to the Ministry of Defence in: Afghanistan China France Guatemala Greece India New Zealand Norway Saudi Arabia Singapore United Kingdom Soviet Union This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

A cover of The Coasters' "Poison Ivy" (also covered by the Rolling Stones) gave Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs their first #1 hit, keeping even the Beatles at bay. (Creswell & Fabinyi, 1999) The Rolling Stones are a British rock group who rose to prominence during the 1960s. ... Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs are an Australian musical group dating from the sixties. ... The Beatles were a British rock group from Liverpool, England. ...

1964 also saw Jimmy Little have a hit with "Royal Telephone" - he was the first indigeneous Australian to do so. (Creswell & Fabinyi, 1999) Jimmy Little OAM is an Australian Aboriginal musician whose career has spanned six decades. ... The Indigenous Australians are the first inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands, continuing their presence during European settlement. ...

By 1966, the Loved Ones and the Easybeats had both seen success. Johnny Young was host of Young Talent Time and the Seekers became the first Australian band to sell over a million records internationally. (Creswell & Fabinyi, 1999) Pop paper Go-Set was also launched this year, hosting their own televised pop awards (the Pop Poll). The Loved Ones were an Australian rock group of the 1960s. ... tgdg ... Johnny Young, born in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, is an Australian singer, composer, producer, disc jockey and television producer and host. ... Young Talent Time was an Australian television variety program screened on Channel Ten. ... The Seekers are a group of Australian folk-influenced popular musicians which was formed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1963. ... For the 1979 song by M, see Pop Muzik. ...

In 1967 the Bee Gees's soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever was a huge success worldwide, and in Australia broke all previous sales records. (Creswell & Fabinyi, 1999) The Bee Gees: Maurice, Barry and Robin The Bee Gees were a British and Australian band, originally a pop singer-songwriter combination, reborn as funk and disco. ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a New York discotheque. ...

1970s

The popularity of surf culture continued into the 70s. From 1972 to 1975 the Sunbury Music Festival (considered to be Australia's answer to America's Woodstock) was held in Victoria, dominated by the likes of Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Daddy Cool and the Skyhooks. The crowd watches a band at the 1972 festival. ... Woodstock may refer to: Woodstock Music and Art Festival, a 1969 U.S. rock festival which inspired a 1970 Warner Bros. ... Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs are an Australian musical group dating from the sixties. ... Daddy Cool can be: an Australian band of the 1970s—see Daddy Cool (band); a song by Boney M; or a novel by Donald Goines—see Daddy Cool: A Father Out to Revenge His Daughters Shame. ... Skyhooks was an Australian rock band of the 1970s, sometimes classified as a glam rock band. ...

In 1972 "It's Time" was recorded by Alison McCallum, and was famously (and successfully) used by the ALP in Gough Whitlam's bid for government. He introduced many reforms, including legislating for the establishment of community-based FM radio and increased funding for the arts. Due to his government's reforms, 2JJ (now the influential Triple J) was established. The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia, was the only Australian Prime Minister to be dismissed by the Governor-General. ... Triple J (JJJ) is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ...

1972 also saw Michael Gudinski form Mushroom Records. In 1975, Skyhooks, who were signed to Mushroom, released Living in the '70s. Six tracks from the album were banned, and the controversy combined with the singles "Living in the 70s" and "Horror Movie" ensured the album sold well. The debut song played by 2JJ was one of the banned Skyhooks tunes, "You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good In Bed". Michael Gudinski is a Melbourne-based entrepreneur and businessman who is a leading figure in the Australian music industry. ... Mushroom Records is an Australian record company. ... Skyhooks was an Australian rock band of the 1970s, sometimes classified as a glam rock band. ...

At the end of 1974, the ABC began broadcasting Countdown with Ian Meldrum as host, a show which became hugely popular and influential. Songs played on the show often experienced a wild upswing in sales. A countdown is the backward counting to indicate the seconds, days, etc. ... From video The Ultimate Kylie 2004 Ian Molly Meldrum (born January 29, 1946) is an Australian popular music critic, journalist, and record producer, and musical entrepreneur best known as talent co-ordinator, on-air interviewer and music news presenter on seminal popular music program Countdown. ...

The mid to late 70s saw the emergence of disco, glam rock and New Wave, as reflected in the popularity of Sherbet, Split Enz and Skyhooks. It existed alongside hard rock acts such as AC/DC. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Glam rock (less commonly glitter rock), is a style of rock music popularised in the 1970s, it was mostly a British phenomenon and confined to larger cities in the U.S., such as New York and Los Angeles. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in American, Australian, British, Canadian and European popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Sherbet was one of the most prominent Australian rock bands of the 1970s. ... Split Enz with ...costumes and hair. ... Skyhooks was an Australian rock band of the 1970s, sometimes classified as a glam rock band. ... AC/DC is an Australian hard rock band. ...

Australian music was starting to gather momentum overseas, with the Skyhooks touring the United States, and AC/DC and Sherbet attracting attention in Britain. In the late 70s, as the punk rock phenomenon began overseas, Radio Birdman and the Saints began to be seen as scene leaders. Little River Band gained success in the United States in 1977, with their album Diamantina Cocktail being the first Australian-made American gold record (500,000 sales). (Creswell & Fabinyi, 1999) Skyhooks was an Australian rock band of the 1970s, sometimes classified as a glam rock band. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Radio Birdman was one of the first punk bands. ... The Saints are an influential Australian rock and roll band, formed in Brisbane in 1972 (see 1972 in music). ... Little River Band (also known as LRB) is an Australian rock music band. ...

Melbourne became a haunting ground for many influential although not huge-selling rock acts during this time, including Nick Cave's the Birthday Party, the Go-Betweens and the Triffids. Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian rock musician, songwriter, poet, author, actor and screenwriter, best known for his work in rock and roll band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and his fascination with American music and its roots. ... The Birthday Party is the name of an acclaimed play (and later movie) written by Harold Pinter: The Birthday Party (play); and an influential post-punk band led by Nick Cave: The Birthday Party (band). ... The Go-Betweens in 2005: Robert Forster and Grant McLennan (background) The Go-Betweens are one of the most internationally influential indie rock bands from Australia, formed by guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan in Brisbane in 1977. ... The Triffids were an Australian rock band who achieved some international success in the 1980s. ...

1980s

The late 70s and early 80s saw the dominance of the hugely popular pub rock, typified by Mental As Anything, Midnight Oil, the Angels, Cold Chisel and Icehouse. Pub rock is a style of Australian rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s and still influencing contemporary Australian music today. ... Mental As Anything is an Australian rock music band which has released several albums and many innovative music videos, including Creatures of Leisure, Fundamental, and Mouth To Mouth. Although they have worked in a much broader musical idiom, Mental As Anything are in many respects comparable to British band Madness... Midnight Oil was an Australian rock band known for their driving hard rock sound, superb live performances and their overt left-wing political activism. ... See The Angels (Australian) for the Australian group The Angels were an American girl group, best-known for their 1963 hit My Boyfriends Back. Barbara and Phyllis Allbut and Linda Jansen (soon replaced with Peggy Santiglia) had their first hit was in 1961, with Till, followed by a lesser... Cold Chisel, produced the canonical example of Australian pub rock, with a string of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and they are acknowledged as one of the most popular and successful Australian groups of the period, although this success and acclaim was almost completely restricted to Australia. ... Icehouse may mean: Icehouse, a building where ice is stored Icehouse, an abstract strategy game Icehouse pieces with which Icehouse and many other games are played. ...

In 1981 Men At Work's "Down Under" was hugely popular both domestically and in the U.S., with the single staying at #1 on the Billboard charts for 15 weeks. INXS also experienced big success with "What You Need" reaching the U.S. top 5, and the band selling over 1.3 million copies of their Listen Like Thieves album. (Creswell & Fabinyi, 1999) Men At Work was an Australian reggae-influenced rock band of the early 1980s (see 1980s in music). ... Down Under is the title of a song written in 1982 by the Australian rock group Men at Work, from the album Business as Usual. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... The band INXS, as they were with the late Michael Hutchence The band INXS, with new lead singer J.D. Fortune INXS (pronounced In Excess) is an Australian rock group. ... Listen Like Thieves is the fifth album by the Australian rock band INXS. It was released in 1985. ...

In 1984 Midnight Oil's charismatic lead singer Peter Garrett ran for parliament with the Nuclear Disarmament Party. In the end Garrett narrowly missed out on winning a senate seat. In the mid 1980s, politics and music were increasingly entwined - the 1985 Live Aid concert was huge. Midnight Oil's Diesel and Dust album, featuring the "Beds Are Burning" single, broke the band in the US. Peter Garrett campaigning in Melbourne for the 9 October 2004 Australian election Peter Garrett (born 16 April 1953), Australian musician and politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, since October 2004. ... Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on July 13, 1985. ... Diesel and Dust is an album by Midnight Oil that was released in 1987 under the CBS record label. ...

The mid 80s also saw the arrival of dance music and the synthesiser, for example the Rockmelons and Psuedo Echo. In 1987, Kylie Minogue hit the pop charts with a bang, "Locomotion" becoming the biggest selling Australian single of the decade and #2 in the UK, #3 in the US. (Creswell & Fabinyi, 1999) Dance music is music composed, played, or both, specifically to accompany social dancing. ... The term synthesiser is also used to mean frequency synthesiser, an electronic system found in communications. ... Kylie Ann Minogue (born May 28, 1968) is an Australian singer/songwriter and an occasional actress. ...

There was a sudden burst of interest in female singer/songwriters in the late 80s, with Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews and Jenny Morris (actually a New Zealander) being popular. With Split Enz now defunct, Neil Finn started another project - the Mullanes, later to be renamed Crowded House. In 1987 "Don't Dream It's Over" peaked at #2 in the US. Kate Ceberano (1966 - ) is a singer from Australia. ... Wendy Matthews (b. ... Jenny Morris Jenny Morris is a New Zealand rock singer. ... Neil Finn in Hamburg, June 1996 Neil Mullane Finn OBE (b. ... Crowded House was an Australian/New Zealand rock group between 1986 and 1996; two original members were from Australia and one was from New Zealand. ...

The late 80s was also the time of the first development of alternative music, with bands such as the Cruel Sea and TISM forming. The term alternative rock or alternative music1 was coined in the early 1980s to describe bands which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... The Cruel Sea refers to more than one thing: The Cruel Sea (book) is a 1951 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. ... // History TISM (an acronym of This Is Serious Mum) are an Australian alternative rock band. ...

1990s

The 1990s saw the continued expansion and then popularity of alternative music. It also saw a rennaissance in music festivals, with some dozen or more being established and holding their own. Several expanded to cover multiple cities (Homebake, Big Day Out, Livid). The trend was kicked off by the establishment of the Big Day Out in 1992 in Sydney. Grunge had become huge in Australia after the death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain in 1994, and silverchair were the chief beneficiaries, with huge success both locally and within the US (1996). A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ... Homebake is an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist from New Zealand. ... The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival that tours Australasia. ... LiViD, short for Linux Video and DVD, was a collection of projects that aim to create program tools and software libraries related to DVD for Linux operating system. ... The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival that tours Australasia. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... ... Kurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – ca. ... Silverchair is one of Australia’s most successful contemporary rock bands. ...

Alternative going mainstream was confimed in 1994, when the Cruel Sea dominated the ARIA Music Awards with their album The Honeymoon Is Over. Nick Cave experienced wider commercial success, and You Am I had three successive albums debut at #1. Other stalwarts of the 90s have been Regurgitator, Magic Dirt and Spiderbait. The Cruel Sea refers to more than one thing: The Cruel Sea (book) is a 1951 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. ... The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA). ... Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian rock musician, songwriter, poet, author, actor and screenwriter, best known for his work in rock and roll band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and his fascination with American music and its roots. ... You Am I 2002. ... Ben Ely and Quan Yeomans Regurgitator is an Australian rock band from Brisbane consisting of lead singer/guitarist Quan Yeomans, bassist Ben Ely and drummer Peter Kostic. ... Magic Dirt at the 2004 Big Day Out Magic Dirt is an Australian rock band, formed in 1992 in Geelong, Australia. ... Spiderbait is an Australian rock band who have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40. ...

The baby boomer's rock scene, by the 90s, translated into adult contemporary, with Wendy Matthews, Daryl Braithwaite and the Screaming Jets finding success. The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... Wendy Matthews (b. ... Daryl Braithwaite (born January 11, 1949) is an Australian singer who rose to fame as the lead singer of successful band Sherbet in the 1970s, and went on to have a number of solo hits in the 80s and 90s. ...

In the late 90s, pop broke out all over. Savage Garden hit the US#1 with their single "Truly, Madly, Deeply" and their debut album sold over 8 million copies. (Creswell & Fabinyi, 1999) Tina Arena and Natalie Imbruglia also had big chart success. For the article about the album of the same name, see Savage Garden (album). ... Truly, Madly, Deeply - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... // Career Filippina Lydia (Tina) Arena was born November 1st, 1967, in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Natalie Imbruglia Natalie Jane Imbruglia (born February 4, 1975) is an Australian singer and actress. ...

Triple J's influence in possible success for a band was clearer than ever, with the station breaking Grinspoon, Missy Higgins and largely responsible for promoting the Whitlams, who after winning Triple J's Hottest 100 poll in 1997 with their "No Aphrodisiac", went on to win Song of the Year at the 1998 ARIA music awards. Triple J (JJJ) is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ... Grinspoon are an Australian alternative/grunge rock band from Lismore, fronted by Phil Jamieson with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass and Kristian Hopes on drums. ... Missy Higgins Missy Higgins (born Melissa Morrison Higgins on August 19, 1983) is an Australian singer-songwriter living in Melbourne. ... From left: Warwick Hornby, Jak Housden, Tim Freedman, and Terepai Richmond The Whitlams is an Australian band that formed in late 1992 in Newtown, Sydney, Australia. ... No Aphrodisiac is the third single on The Whitlams third album Eternal Nightcap. ... The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA). ...

2000s

The early "noughties" saw Powderfinger break though and become the country's biggest rock band. Not long after, reality television became huge, with Channel 7's Popstars and in 2003, with Channel 10's ongoing Australian Idol. Delta Goodrem followed in the footsteps of Tina Arena in the 90s with huge success, and a crack at the American market. Missy Higgins and Ben Lee also broke through, sweeping the 2005 ARIA music awards, previously having relied almost solely on the support of Triple J. Powderfinger is a successful Australian rock band. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming which generally is unscripted, documenting actual events over fiction, and featuring ordinary people over professional actors. ... Channel 7 can mean: A small US-based personal computer game developer most famous for Iron Seed, a game set in space. ... Popstars is an international reality television program and a precursor to the Idol series. ... Ten Network logo Network TEN so called because it broadcasts on Channel TEN in most cities, is Australias third but possibly most profitable television network. ... Australian Idol is the Australian version of the British TV hit show Pop Idol that airs on the Ten Network. ... Delta Lea Goodrem (born in Sydney on November 9, 1984) is an Australian musician, singer, and actress. ... // Career Filippina Lydia (Tina) Arena was born November 1st, 1967, in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Missy Higgins Missy Higgins (born Melissa Morrison Higgins on August 19, 1983) is an Australian singer-songwriter living in Melbourne. ... Ben Lee (left) with an excited fan Ben Lee (born on September 11, 1978) is an Australian born musician. ... Triple J (JJJ) is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ...

Australian hip-hop began to break through, with the Hilltop Hoods finding the most commercial success. Australian hip hop began in the early 1980s, primarily influenced by hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from America. ... The Hilltop Hoods are an Australian hip-hop group, originating from Adelaide, South Australia. ...

Following the success of the Strokes overseas, there was said to be an Oz rock renaissance, led by Jet the likes of the Vines and Airbourne. Retro rock also the Black Sabbath-inspired Wolfmother quickly find popularity. The Strokes are an American rock band that rose to fame in the early 2000s. ... Cover art for Jets album, Get Born. ... The Vines are an Australian garage rock band that emerged along with a new breed of alternative rockers such as The Strokes, The Hives and The White Stripes in 2002 (see 2002 in music). ... Airbourne is an Australian rock band, comparable by music style to AC/DC. Categories: | ... This article is about the British heavy metal band. ... Wolfmother are a band from Erskineville, Sydney, Australia. ...

Sources

• Creswell, Toby & Fabinyi, Martin (1999), The Real Thing: Adventures in Australian Rock & Roll, Random House, Sydney.