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Pages in category "Australian alternative rock groups" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
An Australian alternative, indie-rock band that formed in 1977, The Go-Betweens’ offered a post-punk sensibility that enveloped The Brisbane Sound in the 70s. The Brisbane Sound moved in two circles, the “loud, grungy guitar bands of Screamfeeder ilk” and the “more introspective, sunny Brisbane sound”.
Although some of Brisbane bands continued with punk after 1984, they drastically changed and became absorbed as part of the alternative rock scene. The original attributes of nihilism, despair and hate from the punk's spirit were discarded and twisted into the hardcore fashion of social activism [70] and political correctness. [71]
By the early 1990s, the success of grunge music, American punk veterans and revivalists, as well as local bands like the Hybernators, the Speed Demons, the Meanies, Frenzal Rhomb, and Screamfeeder led to the formation of punk-influenced bands such as the Living End, Jebediah, Bodyjar, 28 Days, Dreamkillers, Four Zero One Four, Align, Tiltmeter ...
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 ...
The album was successful and went on to win an ARIA award for Best Alternative Release. 2005 in particular sparked many brand new Australian "indie rock" bands such as End of Fashion who won ARIA awards for their debut self-titled album and hit song "Oh Yeah" (as well as performing at the Homebake festival and appearing on talk show Rove Live ...
The feral subculture is a counter-cultural social movement originating in the latter part of the 20th century, mainly centred in Australia.The movement reached its heyday in the mid 1990s, in parallel with other similar movements in Europe, North America, and elsewhere, such as gutter punks, crusties, and ”travellers”.
Notable 1990s Australian rock bands include Silverchair, Savage Garden, Bachelor Girl, Powderfinger, and The Living End. By the mid-1990s, Australian music saw increased exposure in East and Southeast Asia with several newer Australian acts being marketed in those regions.