Articles by Paul Miles

Rock’n’roll outlaws Rose Tattoo played Doncaster’s Shoppingtown Hotel in Melbourne on Friday 5 April 2019, as part of their Still Never Too Loud Tour of Australia with the Hard-Ons.

Sydney punk power pop rockers the Hard-Ons played Doncaster’s Shoppingtown Hotel in Melbourne, Australia on Friday 5 April 2019, as part of their Still Never Too Loud Tour with Rose Tattoo.

Brazilian thrash brothers and former Sepultura members Max & Iggor Cavalera played a sold-out show at Melbourne’s 170 Russell on Thursday 21 March 2019, as part of their headline Beneath Arise Australian Tour. The legendary metal siblings last toured Australia in 2017 for the 20th anniversary of Sepultura’s classic album Roots, and this time around they performed select tracks from their 1989 album Beneath the Remains, as well as 1991’s Arise.

Brothers William and Jim Reid led The Jesus and Mary Chain to become pioneers of the post-punk notion. Like mad scientists, the brothers would concoct formulas of noisy, effects-driven scores to accompany lyrics of angst and discontent. This would be there modus operandi from their 1985 debut Psychocandy through to their most recent work, 2017’s Damage And Joy.

American rock’n’roll queen Suzi Quatro headlined the sold-out Red Hot Summer Tour concert at Bendigo Racecourse in regional Victoria on Saturday 23 February 2019. The 68-year-old from Detroit has been rocking audiences since 1964 and has now sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. After releasing her eponymous debut album in 1973, she quickly became the first female bass player to be a major rock star.

Baby Animals played a sold-out Red Hot Summer Tour concert at Bendigo Racecourse on Saturday 23 February 2019. Celebrating their new Greatest Hits album, they performed a ten-song set of classics in front of 7,000 people. Baby Animals is singer Suze DeMarchi, guitarist Dave Leslie, drummer Mick Skelton (Thirsty Merc, The Party Boys) and bassist Dario Bortolin (Jimmy Barnes, Dragon, Olivia Newton-John). The band’s self-titled debut album was released in 1991 and spent 6 weeks at #1 in Australia (keeping Nirvana’s Nevermind out of the top spot), winning them multiple ARIA Awards, and achieving multi-platinum sales in Australia.

Legendary Australian rock band The Angels performed in front of a 7,000-strong sold-out crowd at Bendigo Racecourse in Victoria on Saturday 23 February 2019 as part of the Red Hot Summer Tour concert. After forming in Adelaide during 1974, lead guitarist Rick Brewster and his brother John Brewster on rhythm guitar remain the longest standing members of The Angels, and the core songwriters and producers for the band. John’s son Sam Brewster plays bass, and Nick Norton is the drummer.

Aussie hard rockers The Screaming Jets played to a sold-out crowd of 7,000 people during the Red Hot Summer Tour concert at Bendigo Racecourse in regional Victoria on Saturday 23 February 2019. Fronted by founding members Dave Gleeson on vocals and bassist Paul Woseen, the band also includes guitarists Jimi Hocking and Scott Kingman (Horsehead), plus Mark McLeod on drums.

New Zealander singer Jon Stevens played the Red Hot Summer Tour concert at Bendigo Racecourse on Saturday 23 February 2019. The fifty-seven-year-old’s set comprised hit songs from his time fronting Noiseworks between 1986 and 1992, as well as INXS from 2000 to 2003, plus select solo songs.

Australian rock band Chocolate Starfish opened the sold-out Red Hot Summer Tour concert held at Bendigo Racecourse on Saturday 23 February 2019. Led by front man Adam Thompson on vocals, the ‘Fish also includes Norm Falvo on keys, John “Stones” Nixon (Roxus) on bass, Darren Danielson (Roxus) on drums, and Zakk Zedras on guitar, who joined after the death of original guitarist and songwriter Zoran Romic in 2012.