Hard-Ons
Holy crap! Australian thrash-punk legends the Hard-Ons played in Chicago tonight, this Friday the 13th, and I went along! I've seen them countless times in Canberra over the years as well as their awesome side project Nunchukka Superfly.
For those of you who have been living under a rock, the Hard-Ons are from Punchbowl in Western Sydney. They burst onto the scence around 1984 and went on to record 17 consecutive #1 singles on the alternative chart. They're regarded as gods in Europe. In my mind they've always been a perfect mix of heavy as f**k guitar with brilliant bubblegum pop melodies. Their lyrics are nothing to write home about though. If you want poetics, listen to Morrisey or something
The show was typically hard-hitting and contained a mix of old and new. Some for the tracks they played were 'Don't want to see you cry', 'Bubble Bath,' 'What would Stiv Bators Do', 'Sunny', 'There goes one of the creeps who hassled my girlfriend.'
I chatted to the guys. It was great to hear Australian accents again after all this time. Guitarist Blackie said he remembered chatting to me once before in Canberra. Chicago was their last stop on a mammoth USA tour. We agreed that collectively, America has a lot of problems but individual Americans we've met are really cool people.
I can't believe they were 2nd on the bill, supporting some derivative SoCal punk band. The Hard-Ons teared the place apart but their songs just seemed to go over the heads of most of the punters who were there to chant away at the headliner's songs. Well I had an unreal time and scored a $10 tshirt too.
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MG
For those of you who have been living under a rock, the Hard-Ons are from Punchbowl in Western Sydney. They burst onto the scence around 1984 and went on to record 17 consecutive #1 singles on the alternative chart. They're regarded as gods in Europe. In my mind they've always been a perfect mix of heavy as f**k guitar with brilliant bubblegum pop melodies. Their lyrics are nothing to write home about though. If you want poetics, listen to Morrisey or something
The show was typically hard-hitting and contained a mix of old and new. Some for the tracks they played were 'Don't want to see you cry', 'Bubble Bath,' 'What would Stiv Bators Do', 'Sunny', 'There goes one of the creeps who hassled my girlfriend.'
I chatted to the guys. It was great to hear Australian accents again after all this time. Guitarist Blackie said he remembered chatting to me once before in Canberra. Chicago was their last stop on a mammoth USA tour. We agreed that collectively, America has a lot of problems but individual Americans we've met are really cool people.
I can't believe they were 2nd on the bill, supporting some derivative SoCal punk band. The Hard-Ons teared the place apart but their songs just seemed to go over the heads of most of the punters who were there to chant away at the headliner's songs. Well I had an unreal time and scored a $10 tshirt too.
666
MG
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