{"id":175,"date":"2020-02-10T17:36:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T17:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobbybunny.com\/bkbunnyland\/?p=175"},"modified":"2024-03-23T04:26:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T04:26:33","slug":"a-brief-history-of-australian-and-new-zealand-rock-bands-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobbybunny.com\/bkbunnyland\/music-videos\/a-brief-history-of-australian-and-new-zealand-rock-bands-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"a brief history of australian (and new zealand) rock bands pt 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Boys Next Door - Somebody&#039;s Watching (Door Door 1978)\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xSb0teeKKOg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Boys Next Door<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Somebody&#8217;s Watching<\/em> (1978)<br>Nick Cave&#8217;s first band, before the Birthday Party and long before The Bad Seeds, way back when he hadnt even done drugs yet, imagine that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Radio Birdman   DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NBJWykz3pZw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Radio Birdman<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Descent Into Maelstrom<\/em> (1977\/78)<br>70s Aussie punk \/ indie garage rock heroes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Split Enz - History Never Repeats\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tzuJXqgsiSM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Split Enz<\/strong> &#8211; <em>History Never Repeats<\/em> (1981)<br>Formed by <strong>Tim and Neil Finn<\/strong> and Phil Judd in 1973 in New Zealand, Split Enz would become the face of Australian New Wave with a multitude of top 10 hits, later moving to the UK and eventually splitting off into the international pop success <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J9gKyRmic20\">Crowded House<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Swingers - One Good Reason\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fAuuS8ZyDkg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Swingers<\/strong> &#8211; <em>One Good Reason<\/em> (1979) [7&#8243; version]<br><strong>Phil Judd<\/strong>&#8216;s next band and another of Australia&#8217;s iconic new wave bands (although originally from New Zealand).  The band was featured in the popular 1982 cult movie musical &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F_klJfpt2WY\">Starstruck<\/a>&#8221; doing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4sDPqXiYJFA\">totally revamped version<\/a> of this track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Veronicas - &quot;4EVER&quot; (Official Music Video 2005)\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PE8XM1gHEno?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Veronicas<\/strong> &#8211; <em>4ever<\/em> (2005)<br>And i&#8217;ll leave you with the infectious pop anthem from The Veronica&#8217;s debut album, back when identical twin (whats with aussie bands and siblings?) sisters <strong>Lisa and Jessica Origliasso<\/strong> were just sweet innocent teenagers.  Go find their further videos to see how that turned out (spoiler, still sweet, no longer teenagers, not so much innocent)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boys Next Door &#8211; Somebody&#8217;s Watching (1978)Nick Cave&#8217;s first band, before the Birthday Party and long before The Bad Seeds, way back when he hadnt even done drugs yet, imagine that? Radio Birdman &#8211; Descent Into Maelstrom (1977\/78)70s Aussie punk \/ indie garage rock heroes Split Enz &#8211; History Never Repeats (1981)Formed by Tim &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbybunny.com\/bkbunnyland\/music-videos\/a-brief-history-of-australian-and-new-zealand-rock-bands-pt-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;a brief history of australian (and new zealand) rock bands pt 2&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[34,18,35,26],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-videos","tag-australian-rock","tag-new-wave","tag-postpunk","tag-punk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobbybunny.com\/bkbunnyland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobbybunny.com\/bkbunnyland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobbybunny.com\/bkbunnyland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobbybunny.com\/bkbunnyland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobbybunny.com\/bkbunnyland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobbybunny.com\/bkbunnyland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobbybunny.com\/bkbunnyland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobbybunny.com\/bkbunnyland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobbybunny.com\/bkbunnyland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobbybunny.com\/bkbunnyland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}