Pig City : From the Saints to Savage Garden / Andrew Stafford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stafford, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock music--History and criticism.

Rock music.

Rock music--Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, [2024]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From cult heroes the Saints and the Go-Betweens to national icons Powderfinger and international stars Savage Garden, Brisbane has produced more than its share of great bands. But behind the music lay a ghost city of malice and corruption. Pressed under the thumb of the Bjelke-Petersen government and its toughest enforcers-the police-Brisbane's musicians, radio announcers, and political activists braved ignorance, harassment and often violence to be heard. This updated, 10th anniversary edition features a scathing new introduction by the author, assessing the changing shape of Brisbane, i

Contents:

Cover; Praise for Pig City; Author biography; Title page; Imprint page; contents; author's note - the wrong road; author's note; introduction - know your product; pineapples from the dawn of time (1971-1979); 1 - a million people staying low; 2 - guerrilla radio; 3 - the most primitive band in the world; 4 - the striped sunlight sound; 5 - task force versus the brisbane punks; 6 - swept away; ups and downs (1980-1989); 7 - last of the leather age; 8 - everybody moves; 9 - brisbane blacks; 10 - too much acid; 11 - ss brigade; 12 - cyclone hits expo; affirmation (1990-2000)

13 - rock against work!14 - spring hill fair; 15 - black ticket day; 16 - the human jukebox; 17 - new suburban fables; 18 - today your love, tomorrow the world; epilogue - no, your product; notes; appendix - cast of characters; bibliography; permissions; acknowledgments; index; Picture section

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 28, 2014).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780702270192

0702270199

9780702254673

0702254673

OCLC:

881509879