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Pages in category "Australian alternative rock groups" The following 112 pages are in this category, out of 112 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of Western Australian musicians, (artists and bands) from all genres. Because of the relative isolation of the state and the capital city of Perth from the rest of Australia , band membership has often been characterised by associations with other bands in the region.
A few bands, like Models, crossed over to the mainstream; others, like The Birthday Party went on to achieve critical acclaim abroad. This era can be said to have ended in the 1990s, when in the wake of the explosion of grunge, alternative music became mainstream. Major labels signed three-chord grunge/punk-style rock bands, commercial radio ...
Died Pretty's 1990s albums, Doughboy Hollow, Trace and Sold, appeared on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Albums Charts but they had more success on the alternative scene. According to rock music historian Ian McFarlane they "unashamedly plundered rock's past to arrive at an original sound that was always passionate ...
Pages in category "Australian indie rock groups" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 239 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Fini Scad were an Australian alternative rock band of the 1990s. They had a minor hit with their single "Coppertone", which reached No. 42 in the 1996 Triple J Hottest 100. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997, the band were nominated for two awards. [1] They released one album, Wider Screen in 1998, and disbanded later the same year.
Australian independent radio station, Triple J has also helped propel a multitude of these bands to garner a worldwide audience, with YouTube videos, articles, and airtime. [70] Australia itself has a large number of music festivals that cater to the psychedelic, as well as other alternative music, scene.
Falling Joys are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Canberra in 1985. The original line-up included Suzie Higgie on lead vocals and guitar and Stuart G. Robertson on bass guitar. By the end of 1988 Higgie and Robertson, now on guitar, were joined by Pat Hayes on bass guitar and vocals, and Pete Velzen on drums.