Aussie prog

I have Blackfeather's At The Mountain Of Madness, an interesting work that reminds me most of Captain Beyond and/or some Deep Purple Mk 1 stuff ... boasts a real talent in guitarist/composer John Robinson ...

Also heard about, but never actually listened to Sebastian Hardie and Windchase (two linked bands I believe). I rarely see Aussie prog discussed and have wondered what the land that gave us AC/DC, Midnight Oil and Men At Work has to offer in the prog department?

An interesting new Aussie band is Architecture in Helsinki ... not strictly prog but full of unusual time signature changes, a medley of instruments  and an innovative , fresh feel !

Useful_Idiot wrote: I've heard some good things about Gandalf, although I've also heard that he's more new age than prog.  He's listed on here, so I'm mentioning him.

Austria and Australia are two different countries, man.

Gandalf is from Austria, "aussie", I believe, is the slang for a person who comes from Australia.

Hey Trotsky That was a goal for sure. Mendes was robbed! Spurs were robbed!

AfanSpur wrote: Hey Trotsky That was a goal for sure. Mendes was robbed! Spurs were robbed!

First off, my avatar is a genuine picture of a "goal" that was scored by Tottenham Hotspur (the team that The Bullet and I both support) against Manchester United (a team that I loathe). However the linesman was too far behind the play and the keeper scooped it out before he arrived and it was not given as a goal.

As a long time Tottenham fan surrounded by Manchester United fans (including my father, most of my friends and relatives ... in fact, Malaysia has the largest number of MU fans outside the UK) I was particularly outraged since I have long mantained that Manchester United gain a distinct advantage when playing at their home ground (in league matches from 1993 to 2003 penalties were awarded at a rate of 17 in favour of Manchester United and 1 in favour of whichever opposition they happened to be playing!

At the time of the incident I had already been quite annoyed by a match a few weeks earlier when Arsenal (Spurs' historical arch-rivals) lost to Manchester United in a match filled with dubious refreeing decisions and had a record-breaking 49 game unbeaten run snapped. It takes some doing to annoy a Spurs fan over an injustice to Arsenal, but I've always preferred to see my team lose in a fair game, rather than win deceitfully. (can someone get me an emoticon with a halo?)

Tony R, as a die-hard MU fan has accordingly found a misleading picture (which I just realised he admitted to having manipulated)  The MU fans in my office behave in a similar manner ... and continually delete this evidence of blatant injustice which I have set as my background on my work terminal... so I thought I'd get my own back my using it as my avatar. It's all in good fun of course, between overgrown boys! 

And now back to Aussie prog ....

barbs wrote: An Australian band called Kahvas Jute produced probably one of the bests examples of progressive hard rock in about 1971. The album is called Wide Open and it has been reissued on CD. The record is obviously a big collectors item and very rare. Dennis Wilson was the main driving force behind the band and is a very good guitarist.

Yeah i got this one, rocking flower power prog or something

Have other good ones aswell but this one's a personal aussie favourite of mine.

Fanny Adams was solid also, some heavy rocking, light psych with a very good band was highly ranked in the early 70's on top lists in the UK.

Have about 20 more or so but a real awsome progressive rock band is Bakery, this is a recommendation mates 

 The Bee Gees (  English born they migrated when they were kids ) also started in Australia but needed a bigger scene.

Hey Trotsky my Man Utd friend was at the game and admits it was a goal so we can rest in peace but sorry no Justice!

Sebastien Hardie live was very good especially in Sydney after the fans had heard about the trouble with Yes's management the night before in Melbourne. For those that don't know Sebastien Hardie were going overtime and steve Howes roadie came on and pulled the plug out which caused an uproar with the Seb H crew. Consequently there was great emotion for SebH from the audience. However after hearing SebH and being delighted I could not believe how awesome Yes were when Siberian Khatru opened. What a difference it was an 'eleven' moment.

DallasBryan wrote: . The albums to listen to from the Outback are,IMO: Sebatian Hardie - Four Moments Windchase - Symphinity If you like Camel's better stuff you will probably enjoy these guys!

I would completely agree there.

There HAVE been some lesser known prog bands to check out if you want to look into Aussie prog. Take a look into these. None of these are superstars but they aren't all horrible either:

• Rainbow Theater
• Dead Can Dance
• Mackenzie Theory
• Aleph
• Mario Millo
• Chris Neal
• Chetarca
• Cybotron
• Master's Apprentices
• Pirana
• Quasar
• Tamam Shud
• Madden & Harris
• Bakery
• Greg Sneddon
• Madderlake