Australian Hardcore - Early History (1980s)

Early History (1980s)

Massappeal of Sydney were one of the first hardcore acts to perform in Sydney playing their first gig in 1985 and releasing an 12" album (Nobody Likes A Thinker) in 1986. As well as the Hard-Ons at the same time. Another early band in the hardcore punk scene was Adelaide's Where's the Pope?, which formed around 1985 and released their first LP, Straight Edge Holocaust, in 1987. Also forming in the 1980s was the Perth band Rupture. But the real home, from the early 1980s, of Punk Rock in Australia was Melbourne. The Seaview Ballroom, The Duke of Edinburgh and The Prince of Wales were the places where legends were made, with a scene that grew and grew. Some of the legends were: Depression, Gash, Arm The Insane, Death Sentence, The Rejected, Death Mission, World War XXIV, Psychotic Maniacs, Vicious Circle, End Result, Ribcage Wrestlers, Permanent Damage, C.H.A.O.S, Progression Cult, Sick Things, Perdition, Positive Hatred, Suicide Squad, Box of Fish, Feedtime, Examplehead, Toys Went Berserk, Crucified Truth, I Spit On Your Gravy, Public Execution, Lethal Overdose and Civil Dissident. All of these bands had vinyl releases in the 1980s. But there were also lots of bands that went straight to CD or were never recorded. Bands like S.I.C, Festers Fanatics, Public Nuisance, Bastard Squad, Forcefed, Damage Case, S.T.E (Scum of the Earth) The Dorks, Rotten Tomatoes, Murder Murder Suicide and The Cosmic Psychos.