The Divas

Thanks to Edward Kettle for these articles on The Divas and a press release for The Divas Bushfire EP from1990. As well as an extensive selection of flyers, posters and advertising material from various street mags and publications from the late 80s and early 90s.

Edward Kettle:
"The band was the vehicle of Damion Campbell-Young - songwriter and had quite a life. Formed in adelaide in 1984 , Relocating to Sydney in 86, Brisbane 94. Last show - Sydney 2003, untimely death of Damion in 2005 . Along with my friend Paul Mcqueen ex Divas drummer and Presenter on Song Writers Across Australia (SWAA) we are arranging a Ten year Aniversary tribute extravaganza, akin to Dig it Up ! We plan to release a 18 track Anthology CD - supported by some live shows with past members and guest musicians."

Billy Bragg - Live

Billy Bragg live at Easts Leagues Club in Brisbane back in 1989.

A rainy night down at The Patch

Mental as Anything head to Coolangatta to play The Patch back in 1989. Paul Best takes us through his evening for Time Off Magazine.

The Plug Uglies

After the tragic loss of their guitarist John Gorman, Sydney band The Plug Uglies dedicate their next release to his memory.

Many thanks to Richard Conrad for this this article.

1989.

Richard Conrad on Lubricated Goat

Thanks to Richard Conrad for sending me this article he did on Lubricated Goat back in the late 80s.

"I did a column called "Pub Rock" for The Sunday Telegraph in Sydney from about 88 to mid-90.
Back then it was pretty unusual to get the local indie stuff into the mainstream press, but that was the buzz for me. Didn't date any of these clippings but they're somewhere in that 88-90 patch."

"I was a rock journo pretty constantly from '81 to 1990; I quit the Sunday Telegraph in 1990.  .... next stops, Glastonbury & Reading festivals, but didn't write a word, which was a nice change, but paying for tickets was a rude shock. I think Mike Colman is still a sports writer, but on The Courier-Mail now ." Read about it here.

For more by Richard Conrad click here and here.

Hard-Ons

The Hard-Ons, Apprentice Dentists and The Aardvarks head to Brisbane for a show at The FM Club.

Time Off Magazine 1989.

Julian Cope Live 1989

Julian Cope shows us he can still pull it off live with a performance in Manchester.


Melody Maker 1989.

The Triffids UK tour

The Triffids head off on a UK tour to promote their upcoming album "The Black Swan".

Melody Maker 1989.

Buzzcocks Reform

Another article I ripped out of the local street paper "Time Off" on the first reformation tour of The Buzzcocks.

1989.

Billy Bragg - Gig Poster

From Billy's Australian tour.
I took a few photos at the Brisbane gig and when I track them down they'll be showing up in a future post.

1989.

Headless Chickens

The Headless Chickens belt out a few tunes at Coolangatta on Queensland's beautiful Gold Coast.

Time Off Magazine 1989.

Buzzcocks Reform

The Buzzcocks get back together for their first world tour since they split in 1981, which also saw their first trip to Australia.

The Courier Mail 1989.

Razar - The Reunion Gig

A flier for Razar's first and only reunion gig in Brisbane 1989.

It was a good night that one, a bit of a trip back in time to say the least.