Time Travel 25 Years With Tyranny Of Distance

(a *rough* chronological A to Z of Australian music)

A very special Radio Festival presentation with extra special guests Bruce Milne, Mary Mihelakos and Wally Meanie (Kempton). Thanks to those guys for coming in with a lot more information than I could ever give and helping out for the massive week that is PBS FM's Radio Festival.

AC/DC: Highway To Hell (Highway To Hell LP) 1979
The album that broke the band in the states and the last album recorded by Bon Scott before he died in London in February 1980.

Birthday Party/Boys Next Door: The Friend Catcher (The Birthday Party LP) 1980
Initially credited to The Boys Next Door, and issued as a 7”.
HM: Beasts Of Bourbon

Church: Unguarded Moment (Of Skins And Heart LP) 1981
The second single from the Church’s debut album.
HM: The Celibate Rifles, The Cruel Sea

Divinyls: Siren (Never Let You Go) (Desperate LP) January 1983
One of the singles that didn't make the charts from the Australian #3 album Desperate.
HM: The Dirty Three

Anne Cessna and Essendon Airport: Talking To Cleopatra (Talking To Cleopatra single) 1980
David Chesworth and Robert Goodge formed the duo in 1978. This one features Anne Cessna on vocals and was released in 1980. The band continued with several different line ups until 1983. Taken from the Corduroy compilation reissue Sonic Investigations (Of The Trivial) album.
HM: Even

Fun Things: Savage (The Fun Things EP) 1980
Featured on the Do The Pop compilation and recorded in a day for $100. Based in Brisbane with teenager Brad Shepherd (better known from Hoodoo Gurus) and his drummer brother Murray and broke up not long after recording the EP.
HM: Fungus Brains, Flaming Hands

Go-Betweens: Man O’ Sand To Girl O’ Sea (Spring Hill Fair LP) September 1984
Third album.

Hoodoo Gurus: Bittersweet (Mars Needs Guitars LP) June 1984
HM: Huxton Creepers, Hard Ons

I Spit On Your Gravy: Thursday Crawl (St Kilda's Alright LP) 1985
Reissued as St Kilda's Still Alright on Corduroy.

Johnnys: (There's Gonna Be a) Showdown (Highlights Of A Dangerous Life LP) August 1986
Reformed to play a triumphant show at the Tote – another institution celebrating a big birthday recently – just a week ago. Featuring Spencer P. Jones.

Ed Kuepper: Also Sprach The King Of Euro-Disco (Rooms Of The Magnificent LP) 1987
The album features Chris Abrahams and Melanie Oxley.
HM: Paul Kelly

Lime Spiders: Cherry Red (Beethoven’s Fist LP) 1990

The Meanies: Scum (Come ‘N See LP) 1991
HM: Midnight Oil, Magic Dirt

Not Drowning Waving: Crazy Birds (Circus LP) 1993
HM: The Necks

Onyas: Beergut (first 7”) 1995

Powder Monkeys: The Supernova That Never Quits (Time Wounds All Heels LP) December 1995
Featuring the sadly missed Tim Hemensley and also John Nolan who once played in Hoss and both of them were in Bored! Starting as a five piece, but for this recording were down to a three piece with Timmy Jack Ray. This single came out at the end of 1995 and was featured on the second album Time Wounds All Heels which arrived early in 1996.

Regurgitator: Track 1 (New EP) 1995

Snout: Li’l Pop Writer (The New Pop Dialogue LP) 1996
HM: Sandpit, Spiderbait, Smudge, Something For Kate

Tendrils: The Prune In Heat (Soaking Red LP) 1998
Second album produced by the collaboration of Joel Silbersher of Hoss and Charlie Owen of New Christs, Beasts Of Bourboun and the Cruel Sea.
HM: The Triffids

Underground Lovers: Towards The Skies (Cold Feeling LP) 1998
Features Merida Sussex of Paradise Motel on vocals.

Vivian Girls: X-Ray Eyes (Vivian Girls LP) 2000
Melbourne quintet.

Warped: Strychnine Girl (On The Make LP) 2001

You Am I: Who Put The Devil In You? (Deliverance LP) September 2002
Sixth studio album, starring Davey Lane.

Zebras: French Chicks (Zebras LP) 2004
Launching their self titled album at the Rob Roy this weekend!

With big apologies to the letters Q and X. Sorry guys, it was slightly flawed.

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