DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #25
MILLION MILES FROM HOME One of the best songs I’ve written and I know many fans love it, so hope you enjoy it. (Just click on the title for the video)
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DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #25
SUBURBAN BOY My most well known song and one of the very first songs I wrote back in 1972, it was always a declaration of my intent to try and make popular art from our […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #24
OLD STOCK RD With my band Pus I was punk before punk – well before the Sex Pistols anyway. This song represented my advancement to the next step: high energy suburban rock. Cars, footy, sex, […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX
NO FENCES Martin Cilia and I wrote this song around 1991. I wanted to make a statement about the importance of including one another into our culture. It’s a country feel with a bridge inspired […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #21
WELCOME TO THE HOSPITAL This track was not played by the band all that often. I think I may have written it on the first tour in 1978 but I’m hazy on it and can’t […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #20
LONELY BAR ROOM CRAWLER
Dave’s Australia Day Advent Jukebox #19
JOEY BLACK One of my hard rock numbers from the 1979 Correct Weight album. Has a few of my favourite lyrics in here. (`these streets aren’t safe for violence any more’) Live Johnny and Tony […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #18
FREE KICKS Second single for Mushroom, a football-themed disco-rock number. Mixing footy with pop music was just too ahead of its time. Or maybe it wasn’t very good? Though I reckon it’s not bad at […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #17
MUGS GAME In my Pus days (1973-75) I developed the idea of satirical monologue over a riff with Throbbing Knob. At the same time Pus was playing The Fugs’ ‘Couldn’t Get High.’ When I wrote […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #15
THE AUSTRALIAN ROCK AND ROLL INDUSTRY From the Correct Weight album this track is a snapshot of the Australian rock industry at the time – 1979. It was just before the likes of INXS, Men […]