• 6 Sep 2025, 1:08 p.m.

    I like Gang of Youths who I'm pretty sure are Stralian.

  • 6 Sep 2025, 1:24 p.m.

    Silverchair.
    Jimmy Barnes
    The Angels (from Angel city)
    Screaming Jets
    Kylie.

    The Fuckers are everywhere.

    You will be glad to know that Men Without Hats are Canadian.

    And AC/DC are most definitely Aussie. Well they were until Bon Scott topped himself and they took up U.K. Citizenship and hired a Geordie....

    Chicago: Global.

  • 6 Sep 2025, 1:45 p.m.

    I already told you Australia's two best bands, it's Amyl & The Sniffers and Parkway Drive.

  • 6 Sep 2025, 2:58 p.m.

    Nah, its Stiff Richards.

  • 6 Sep 2025, 3 p.m.

    Cliff Richard tribute act featuring hard core pornography?

  • 6 Sep 2025, 4:12 p.m.

    I am going to throw You Am I into the mix. Especially their earlier power pop stuff.
    And early Bon Scott AC/DC are surely just as grafting pub rock as any and, technically, Scots as much as anything.

  • 6 Sep 2025, 8:43 p.m.

    Also, going back a bit, The Easybeats. Who (unsurprisingly, as it’s the Young’s uncle IIRC) sound like a proto-DC.

  • 6 Sep 2025, 8:48 p.m.

    All right fine, but fucking Jet? And while we're at it, Airbourne can fuck off as well. As can Wolfmother.

  • 7 Sep 2025, 12:47 a.m.

    My friend played in a band based in Detroit for awhile and (especially when I think about the many bands I absolutely love from that city) I was horrified to learn that many people there are extremely possessive of [whispers] Kid fucking Rock.

  • 7 Sep 2025, 1:25 a.m.

    I once accidentally saw Kid Rock. It was awful.

  • 7 Sep 2025, 4:41 a.m.

    Jesus wept. I genuinely feel sorry for you. Not even as a dare. Utterly awful. There’s not a band mentioned yet that even comes close to that bottom of the barrel shit.

  • 7 Sep 2025, 7 a.m.

    To be fair I only really know 1 song and of that song I'm only in it for the first 80 seconds or so. Belting intro though.

    I did see them live once but I was so drunk the only thing I can remember from the evening is accusing some aussie bastard of stealing my hat.

  • 7 Sep 2025, 9:23 a.m.

    It was a corporate box thing. I had a client wanting to go and I wasn't really aware of how awful an individual he was, or how terrible his music is (in fairness it was at least 12 years ago so I don't think he'd really exposed the full level of his cuntitude at that point).

    I remember there was a lot of pyrotechnics, and there were pole dancers on stage, and I was wearing a suit which was incredibly incongruous every time I left the box. And I remember how incredibly cynical and manufactured and unpleasant the whole thing felt.

    I would rather see Jet play a three hour set than go to another Kid Rock show. I would actually rather pay to see Jet than go to Kid Rock for free again.

  • 7 Sep 2025, 10:04 a.m.

    Jason Williamson appears to be going through a minor existential crisis. 48 hours ago:

    imgur.com/a/zVUVcBa

    And then 12 hours ago:

    I mean it's all very healthy but those two emails one after the other were quite a jump.

  • 10 Sep 2025, 6:18 p.m.

    @chicago Twisted Sister announced a 50th anniversary tour next year.