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Home Up

 

 

"Melbourne Punk Directory"

Concept and original words by Hungry Dave (March 2005)

 

Part 7:  1995 to 1997

This, the final chapter of the MPD, deals with bands that existed during the period of 1995 to 1997.

By this stage there were more punk bands than you could poke a stick at. Most of the bands from this era played a melodic power pop style being pretty much influenced by Californian bands like the Descendents etc. But.. there was also a few Hardcore, Crust, Brit-punk and post punk bands on the scene.

In the “old days” the idea was you took the influences and did your own thing with it (such as the 1982-1984 era bands did) however by this stage that idea was a bit lost on some bands who sounded a bit too samey wanting to sound like Bad religion, Descendents or whatever. Still, there was some great and good bands none the less.

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Featured Bands...so far...

Click on the band name or scroll down for the full history.

A.S.V.V.,   Beanflipper,   Bodyjar,   Buzzbomb,   Caustic Soda,  

Cretins Puddle,   Devotchka,   Fallout,   Farenheit 451,   4Q,  

Gameover,   H-Block,   Headcase,   Kill,   Kurgan,   Magnacite,  

Mindsnare,   Mid Youth Crisis,   Mutiny,   Myside,   Next Step,  Nasty Pasties, 

No Grace,  Nursery Crimes (Cont),   No Idea,   Nihilistic View,   Oddball,   One Inch Punch,  

Poncho Estrada,  Scroungers,   Self Reliance,   Silpheed,   Smut,   Sphyzein,  

Stand Against,   Trigger,   Vicious Circle,   Warsore,  

Watercow,   Without A Reason, 

 Wrongbody,   Walsh Street Cop Killers

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A.S.V.V.

Oi/Bogan band that had indecipherable original songs such as “knife wound” but entertaining none the less.

Beanflipper

Grind/Crust band that developed out of Warp Spasm. Influences ranged from Crass to Vicious Circle to Damaged.

The Band released

Total Dysfunctional Collapse

Rodent Ulcer EP

Garden Variety Manic Depressant

Beanflipper broke up in 1998 and then reformed in 2004 for a couple of years.
 

Some words from Matti Harrod

I'm the drummer for Beanflipper but I was also the drummer for "Mental Health", "Mullgrinder" and "Hardcore Pusles". So as you see Craig was not the only one who went off to do other things. (Thanks for the info)
 

Bodyjar

Probably the most premier Aussie pop-punk band of the 1990’s. Influenced by the Descendents/All. Also comparisons were made with Millencollin and No Fun At all. Lots of releases, O/S tours etc.

Buzzbomb

This band got active in 1994 and later evolved into Voice of Dissent. No other info known.

Caustic Soda

Descendents/Emo core type band which later evolved into Blueline Medic.

Cretins Puddle

Blink/NOFX band that did the awful “Electric Dreams” cover.

Devotchka

Melodic punk band who released an EP titled “Bucket o’Puss to go Mr President”.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Some words from Morgan from the band. (2006) Thanks.

I was the bass player and one of the singers in Devotchka and I can tell you a bit more about it.

The original lineup was Mark-Guitar , Morgan-Bass/Vocals , Steve - Drums/Vocals. The band started in 93 and after a couple of years we also picked up a 2nd guitarist 'Chris'.

Steve eventually quit the band after the EP release to pursue a career as an insurance salesman (no shit) and have a normal life. He was replaced by Luke, a talented but drug addled freak who descended into a heroin vortex as far as I know.

Mark went on to form 'Kill' as you've mentioned. Chris took his own life a couple of years ago after the end of a long term relationship, kinda sad coz he was a talented bastard too. I'm now a professional stunt actor.

Twas cool to read your page, I remember most of the bands in the 95-97 era quite well, played with a few of them. You haven't mentioned any of the seminal venues for Melbourne punk like the GB, Tote, Arthouse etc.
 

Marie is still running punk at the Arthouse and remembers me and the band from the distant past. That place is a frickin institution.
 

Cheers mate,

Morgz

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Fallout

Melton band influenced by Madball, Agnostic Front, Drop Dead and Metal.

Farenheit 451

This was a young band from Melton that played a U.S. Emo-core.

4Q

Loud raging British 1980’s style hardcore band, similar to Bastard Squad, Oi Pollio, Broken Bones and English Dogs.

Gameover

Formed in 1996. Musically along the same lines as Descendents, Lagwagon, NOFX, Bad Religion etc.

H-Block

   

Influenced by English 1977 punk such as The Clash, The Jam and 999.

Headcase

Humorous hardcore band.

Kill

This band was influenced by The Marc Of Cain, Misfits and Shellac. Kill featured ex- Kaos, Devotchka and Christbait members.

Kurgan

This band played melodic Metal-ish Hardcore.

Magnacite

Nasty hardcore band with Growly vocals.

Mindsnare

   

Fast Metalish N.Y. hardcore style band with influences like Agnostic Front, Madball and Youth of Today.

Mutiny

Irish/Folk/punk act, something different.

Myside

No info known. Used to play on the same bill as Mindsnare etc.

Nasty Pasties

Some words from Steve Weir a founding member. (2005)

I was in a band around that time that played a lot of shows in Melbourne with bands like, Oddball, Seeling, H-Block, Game Over. We were called Nasty Pasties.
We started out on the Peninsula in 1991, we were hugely influenced by the California bands, Decendents, Bad Religion and later by more political bands like Propagandhi.
Oddball & Nasty Pasties both split up at the same time around 1998.
 

Next Step

Another NOFX, Descendents type band.

No Grace

A Melton band. Played a similar style to Fallout. Influenced by N.Y. hardcore.

No Idea

Appeared in 1996. A cr0ss between 1977 punk and chaos punk. Still doing it. Make sure you catch one of their shows, top band.

Nihilistic View

A 1980’s Exploited style band hat played heavy, fast hardcore with the Anti-system type ideas and lyrics.

Nursery Crimes

The band was still going through this period.

Oddball

Thanks to Alex "Bastard Squad"  for the info....

OddBall - This was an angry melodic punk band I started with another bloke from Trevor (not Trigger). Influenced by Bad Religion etc. We put out a 9 track EP called 'Laundromat' on the Rapido label and recorded a 5 track EP which appeared on the Care Factor Records compilation 'This Is Punk o' Clock Too'.

This group disbanded and formed Poncho Estrada with ex OddBall, No Idea and Nasty Pasties.

One Inch Punch / Mid Youth Crisis

 

Like Mindsnare these guys played fast hardcore and were considered one of the better bands of the day. Musically in between Minor threat / D.C. punk and early Bad Religion.

Poncho Estrada

Soon after Oddball and Nastie Pasties splitting Alex, Chris and Step from Oddball and Roger from No Idea hooked up with Steve from Nastie Pasties and started Poncho Estrada.

Scroungers

A one man band featuring a guy called Macca that played all the instruments himself. Macca has been in other bands previous to this such as Two Years Old and Silent Lunatics.

March 2009 - Clinton Green has just released

The Scroungers - Bored, Pissed & Agro: 1991-1997

Available now for free download or on CDR  - www.shamefilemusic.com

Self Reliance

U.S. hardcore influenced band that later evolved into 28 days.

Silpheed

Western suburbs band that played melodic punk.

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Some words from Chris who played in Silpheed. (2006)

We (Silpheed) played with Vicious Circle afew times. Most memorable being One Inch Punches Cd launch for the first album at the punters club..
Twas an awesome show!
 
Have started a new project with him called coue`method.

www.myspace.com/couemethod

 
Check it out see what ya think..
Sorry i could not be of much help towards your site..
but i will pass this email onto others that may be able to help ok!
 
Chris.

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Smut

Crusty or 1977 style punk? No info known please contact us if you can help.

Sphyzein

Past punk type band influenced by The Marc Of Cain, Shellac and Fugazi.

Stand Against

Crusty Anarchist band that played noisy hardcore thrash.

Trevor

Trevor was Alex (guitar +vocals), Craig (guitar + vocals), Rae (bass) and Mick (drums). Alex went on to form Oddball.

Trigger

Melodic punk band i.e.: NOFX, Descendents etc

Vicious Circle

Reformed in 1995 with Les and Paul being the only original members.

Warsore

 

Noise-core / Grind / Crust band influenced by Swedish and Japanese hardcore.

Watercow

Played together for 2-3 years with supports show with Face To Face, and many Melbourne bands during that time. Then Mark the American Import received a full scholarship to Melbourne Uni Music in classical guitar and orchestral composing therefore allowing little time for band stuff.

Without A Reason

Apparently from Ballarat. No other info know. Please let us know if you can help.

Wrongbody

Thinking / aware band that played in a Helment-ish U.S. hardcore style.

Walsh Street Cop Killers

Still going at this stage.

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"Melbourne Punk Directory"

1977 - 1997

Concept and original words by Hungry Dave (May 2004 - March 2005)

"Melbourne Punk Directory" Main Index Page

Part 1:  1977 to 1979   "In The Begining"

Part 2:  1980 to 1981  "Second Wave"

Part 3:  1982 to 1984  "Hardcore"

Part 4:  1985 to 1987

Part 5:  1988 to 1991

Part 6: 1991 to 1994

Part 7: 1995 to 1997

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