Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
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 ...
Pages in category "Australian indie rock groups" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 240 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Girlfriend was an Australian girl group formed in 1991. Their debut album Make It Come True was released in 1992 and contained four ARIA top 50 singles, including the #1 hit, " Take It From Me ". The group also became recognised for its fashion sense , with their flower hats becoming a symbol of the band; at one point, they had their own ...
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 ...
Stranded: The Secret History of Australian Independent Music 1977–1991 is a book about the Australian independent music scene from 1979 until 1991, as written by author and music journalist Clinton Walker. The books follows two decades of music, from punk, rock, alternative sound to garage-rock and grunge and integrates various first-person ...
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 ...
Music Box: 18 weeks 17 April Pink Floyd: The Division Bell: 3 weeks 24 April 1 May 8 May Mariah Carey: Music Box: 18 weeks 15 May 22 May 29 May 5 June 12 June 19 June 26 June Stone Temple Pilots: Purple: 1 week 3 July Mariah Carey: Music Box: 18 weeks 10 July 17 July 24 July 31 July The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge: 1 week 7 August Mariah ...