Australian artists

[Desverger]

Here is a list of songs by Australian artists from the 60s to the 00s, of varying styles. Some might be interesting for Rock Band DLC. I don’t necessarily endorse these songs. I imagine many would be recognised by Aussies (some only vaguely).

EDIT- **Additional artists located on page 2**

If you like a song, let Harmonix know. If you think a band sucks, or object to a song’s omission, feel free to share your opinion.

All songs include links to youtube.

EDIT- **All my links have decided to autoembed for no apparent reason. I have removed the links, but encourage you to search for the videos if you are interested**

AC/DC
Thunderstruck
Highway To Hell
You Shook Me All Night Long
TNT
Long Way To The Top
Back In Black
Who Made Who?
Jailbreak
High Voltage
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Hoodoo Gurus
Like Wow – Wipeout!
What’s My Scene?
Come Any Time
Miss Freelove 69
Tojo
I Want You Back

Hunters & Collectors
Say Goodbye
Do You See What I See?
Head Above Water

Midnight Oil
Forgotten Years
The Power & The Passion
Read About It
King Of The Mountain

The Cruel Sea
The Honeymoon Is Over
Black Stick
Better Get A Lawyer

Easybeats/Stevie Wright
Friday On My Mind
Evie Part 1

Daddy Cool
Eagle Rock

Russell Morris
The Real Thing

The Angels
Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again
Take A Long Line
No Secrets

Spiderbait
Shazam
Buy Me A Pony
Sam Gribbles

Regurgitator
Blubber Boy
Everyday Formula
Kong Foo Sing

You Am I
Rumble
Berlin Chair
Cathy's Clown
Get Up
Soldiers

James Reyne/Australian Crawl
Fall Of Rome
Errol
Things Don’t Seem
Beautiful People
House Of Cards

Divinyls
I Touch Myself
Pleasure And Pain
Science Fiction
Boys In Town
Hey Little Boy
Sleeping Beauty

Cold Chisel/Jimmy Barnes
Bow River
You Got Nothing I Want
Working Class Man
Driving Wheels

Jebediah
Leaving Home
Jerks Of Attention
Animal
Military Strongmen

Baby Animals
Early Warning
One Word

Custard
Apartment
Nice Bird

Silverchair
Tomorrow
Pure Massacre
Freak
Israel's Son

Rose Tattoo
We Can’t Be Beaten

Skyhooks
Women In Uniform (later covered by Iron Maiden)
You Just Like Me ‘Cos I’m Good In Bed

Screamfeeder
Hi Cs

Magic Dirt
Dirty Jeans

Eskimo Joe
Who Sold Her Out
Sweater

The Masters Apprentices
Turn Up Your Radio

Goanna
Solid Rock

Dave Graney ‘N’ The Coral Snakes
Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Where I Hide
Feelin’ Kinda Sporty
You’re Just Too Hip, Baby

The Living End
Wake Up
Prisoner of Society

Frenzal Rhomb
Punch In The Face
Never Had So Much Fun

Noiseworks
Hot Chilli Woman
No Lies

INXS
New Sensation
Devil Inside
Need You Tonight
The Gift
Suicide Blonde

GANGgajang
Sounds Of Then

The Fauves
Dogs Are The Best People

The Screaming Jets
Better
Helping Hand

Something For Kate
Captain

Ratcat
Don’t Go Now

[GarryMar]

Hi, i was Over in Oz in the back end of last year and there is a great new music scene happening over there as far as rock bands are concerned (well i say new, these bands are new to me and the rest of the world even though i remember hearing many of them have 3-4 albums under their belts)
I think that non-localised DLC would be great for people to hear new music they would usually miss out on. if HMX developed DLC for the Oz gamers in mind but still gave it a would wide release that would be great for everyone.
I'm strugling to remember a few band names at the mo, but when my brother returns from oz in a couple of months i'll be stealing all the CD's he's bought over there. lol

[Toraneko]

Don't Forget Wolfmother!!! X3

[Desverger]

Don't Forget Wolfmother!!! X3

Don't worry, I haven't.:)

I focused on bands pre-2000 in the OP because I have better knowledge of older bands. I am happy if people wish to mention newer bands (Wolfmother, The Vines etc) or ones I missed (Powderfinger, Men at Work etc).

One of the best things about playing the Guitar Hero games was to discover bands which had not received airplay in Australia but obviously had in the US. My idea behind this thread, apart from filling in time until the game comes out over here, was to pass some of that back.

[drizzt9922]

Sick Puppies are good.

[Reedus]

aside from everyone and their dog wanting AC/DC in the game, the next logical choice would be INXS. they have a plethora of hits to choose from and would fit the formula perfectly.

[Desverger]

aside from everyone and their dog wanting AC/DC in the game, the next logical choice would be INXS. they have a plethora of hits to choose from and would fit the formula perfectly.

INXS would be great as the guitar riffs are memorable. I worry the interesting parts of the tune are often not guitar, though (keyboard, horns, harmonica etc).

[sdc_sketchez]

On My Mind is one of my all time favourite songs.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=t0O-2ax6KUE

Its an awesome rock song, it sucks that these guys aren't well known here.

[Rock_Band_Over]

INXS
New Sensation -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXws4yClyng
Devil Inside -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luobOzreRq4


Nice work putting this list together but the omission of "Need You Tonight" is almost a crime!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUZhUjS630E

[a21schizoidman]

INXS, Men At Work, Midnight Oil, ac/dc, Easybeats (Angus and Malcolms older brother George was in this band, lol)

and some Bee Gees, Little River Band, Rick Springfield,

[Desverger]

Powderfinger
On My Mind
Sunsets
My Kind Of Scene
Passenger

Wolfmother
Woman
Mind's Eye
White Unicorn
Dimension

Jet
Cold Hard *****
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Rip It Up

The Cops
Call Me Anytime
The Message

The Vines
Get Free
Ride
Outtathaway

Faker
This Heart Attack
Hurricane

Kisschasy
Opinions Won't Keep You Warm At Night

Grinspoon
No Reason
Hard Act To Follow
Just Ace
Chemical Heart
More Than You Are

John Butler Trio
Zebra
Good Excuse
Funky Tonight
Better Than

Karnivool
Lifelike
Roquefort

End Of Fashion
The Game
O Yeah

Little Birdy
Come On Come On

Superjesus
Gravity
Down Again

Shihad/Pacifier (yes, I know they are from New Zealand)
Run
Home Again
Comfort Me

Killing Heidi
Weir
Mascara

Bodyjar
Not The Same
Too Drunk To Drive

Little River Band
Help Is On Its Way

The Go-Betweens
Cattle and Cane
Streets Of Your Town

Dragon (formed in New Zealand)
April Sun in Cuba
Rain
Young Years

Rick Springfield
Jessie's Girl

Choirboys
Run To Paradise
Boys Will Be Boys

Mental As Anything
The Nips Are Getting Bigger
If You Leave Me (Can I Come Too)
Too Many Times

Mondo Rock
Cool World
Come Said The Boy

Richard Clapton
Girls On The Avenue
Deep Water

The Saints
(I'm) Stranded

[Shamrock]

Sick Puppies
Pitiful (http://youtube.com/watch?v=dxATwbOm8X0)
All The Same (http://youtube.com/watch?v=okjxe8VWQPo)
My World (http://youtube.com/watch?v=26quCpQbsCg)
What Are You Looking For (http://youtube.com/watch?v=sPO7ZL-_qLE)

;)

[Samsung]

^They're from Australia...

Got semi-known down under in 2000. :)

[lovehate]

Silverchair, like a few people mentioned would be cool. Maybe Emotion Sickness, Isreals Son and Freak would be nice.

Men at Work would be hilarious.

Sick Puppies... Pitiful, Cancer or My World would be alot of fun to play as well.

[SlivedCupWinner]

One of my favorite bands is hoodoo gurus.

miss freelove 69 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_UCks8O0FA&feature=related) would be awesomely fun

I also find my self singing the intro to 1000 miles away (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDlavnA1ck8) during the organ break between Foreplay and Longtime.

[kemmy]

pitiful by the Sick Puppies would be fun to play... for everyone

[crystalAN85]

Sick Puppies - Pitiful and My World would be my votes!

[Dr. Wagner]

Anyone here like The Morning After Girls?

[aspiring]

How about some Living End? Best Australian Rock band of the current decade. Craps all over Silverchair. And for some more recent music, how about some hardcore Parkway Drive and maybe some punk rock in One Dollar Short? Look these bands up. Great music and NEED to be in Rock Band, especially before garbage like *shudder* Faker.

[BassMasta666]

Lol Men at work would be great :D Never been a big fan of Living End or Grinspoon. only like Sliverchairs older stuff.....their new album was crap

[darkbhudda]

Saw the Hoodoo Gurus live the other day. They are still awesome. I would love to see them in Rock Band. So many songs would rock hard and be fun to play.

[Arecsa]

Some absolutely awesome songs in that list. If we ever get an Aussie pack I'd kill to have Holy Grail by Hunters and Collectors as a part of it.

[Chairchucker]

Agreeing with people who are saying that The Living End (anything off of their self titled album, and a fair few of the stuff on their other albums) would be a blast on every instrument. INXS, Powderfinger and Silverchair would all be good just for the fact that they're somewhat iconic as Australian bands go.

And because some extra chick singers would be nice, agreeing with the person who said Little Birdy would be pretty neat, and adding that I would love something by The Grates.

[cheners94]

Good list, but you missed out Jet and British India just off the top of my head. Living End DLC would blow my mind

[Ebay]

Parkway Drive and I Killed the Prom Queen are my 2 most frequented Aussie bands.

[sssrcr85]

Silverchair NEEDS to be in this game

[deevineh8tred]

two words: PARKWAY DRIVE

[VeHeMeNcE]

The Berzerker \m/

[stevo796]

You forgot Wolfmother and The Vines

and throw in jet just cause

[Plan B]

An Australian artist thread without Antiskeptic? Madness!

Antiskeptic:

Called
Clear To Pass
Dancing On The Inside
Jimmy Was Always Thinking
Beautiful In White

[rylin]

AC/DC
Midnight Oil
Regurgitator
Divinyls
Silverchair
Rose Tattoo
Frenzal Rhomb
INXS


I approve wholeheartedly.
Now, where's HMXDanT? He needs to get crackin' on this here thread.

[xLegionx]

Silverchair would be amazing!
tomorrow, Isreal's son, emotion sickness, without you, freak, miss you love, ana's song..

would be great for vocal and all the instruments, well one or two may be left out for a particular song but overall great music..

[Desverger]

Been a while since I visited this thread. Thanks to those who have added their support, and to those who have added bands I am too boring or old to have considered.

I had some real doubts about creating it, as nationalism is bad enough without applying it to music. The reality though is that as I have grown up in Australia a large percentage of the musicians I grew up with are local. Rock Band, being an American product, was always going to be dominated by bigname and local US artists.

Hopefully the AU release of Rock Band 1 can see some additional AU/NZ songs in the game - thre or four is not enough!