Eskimo Joe
I've off to see Australias 3rd best band (after Something For Kate and Silverchair) play in Manchester tonight.

Anybody else going?
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 12:55, 26 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Where do
Magic Dirt fit in then?
(Bazongaloid, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 12:58, Reply)

I hate silverchair
they're like a cheap Nirvana
(PsychoChomp, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:07, Reply)

australia's best band
is John Butler Trio

FACT
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:08, Reply)

eeeerrrrrrrrr
AC/DC?

Alan Fletcher?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:10, Reply)

I had totally forgotten about AC/DC
I deserve a slap for that.

John Butler Trio are alright, but I prefer Something for Kate, and Silverchair started off as a poor mans Nirvana but albums three and four really showed they could cut it on their own. Sadly Album five was utter, utter bilge.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:13, Reply)

@ alt the Geordie (thats how I pronounce your name in my head)
I've never heard Silverchair but my music bible allmusic.com actually rates their 5th album. So I'm afraid you must be wrong!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:17, Reply)

I only heard their second album
I have shunned them since, I may listen to a later album now
(PsychoChomp, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:22, Reply)

Er
The Bad Seeds
The Birthday Party
Grinderman

(bit of a Nick Cave fanboy)
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:24, Reply)

Erm..
What about 30 Odd Foot of Grunts?

Tee hee
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:25, Reply)

AC/DC
I think they're a pile of monkey wank to be honest - probably more wanky than WANKallica

I rather rate 'The Herd' as well for a little bit of hip-hop goodness
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:30, Reply)

ignoring spikeypickle's obviously wrong comments
AC/DC don't count in a contest of who is the best band.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:37, Reply)

why
wouldn't they count?
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:37, Reply)

Aside from the fact
that Agnostic is taking the piss, he is also wrong, since they are from NeW ZeAlAnD.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:41, Reply)

@SoS-i-a
I was thinking along the same lines. Although I still really have a hard time seeing why "DLD" was put out as a Seeds, rather than a Grinderman, album.


And the moustache must go, too.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:44, Reply)

AC/DC and 30 Odd Foot of Grunts
are both Australian (and shit)

Didn't know who you were referring to with your NZ comment al
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:45, Reply)

Isn't it
just to do with the fact that Grinderman are a smaller band? He's also toured just as Nick Cave with pretty much the Grinderman lineup I think. Agreed DLD does sound more like Grinderman than the last Bad Seeds album.

They're also featured on the new Seasick Steve album although I haven't heard that, should be well good! And apparently working on a new Grinderman album...

He's so prolific it's unreal. Apparently he has an office (as in separate from his house) and he just goes there 9-5 every day, 5 days a week, and writes!
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:49, Reply)

Both founder members
of TOFOG are from New Zealand. I would argue they are not australian.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:50, Reply)

Nick Cave
live in Hove, I always wonder if I might bump into him when I go to see my parents.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:51, Reply)

They were formed in Australia, by people who lived in Australia
So even though some of them are Kiwis, I would classify them as an Australian band...

I didn't know Nick Cave lived in Hove!
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:54, Reply)

Actually I wouldn't
even classify them as a band as they are utterly shit.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:57, Reply)

Fair point!
They are a band in the same way Russell Crowe is an actor.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 13:58, Reply)

More to the point...
The best australian band - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Berzerker
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 14:11, Reply)

The Bezerker are bloody good
But they're not in the same league as Monsieur Cave...
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 14:16, Reply)

and lets not forget
the mighty MUTINY!!!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny_(band)
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 14:21, Reply)

@son of sam
They are a little to Mr Cave though, hehe.

Saw them live a couple of weeks ago, utterly immense!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 14:30, Reply)

Erm...
Pendulum are wank.

I mean utter complete wank.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 15:55, Reply)