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Paint Stripper is one of my favourite Australian bands from the mid 1990s. Today’s track Prozac 20 is from their 1996 LP, Strontium 90. Information on Paint Stripper is criminally absent from the web as far as I can tell. The Melbourne trio put out three releases between 1994 and 1996. Paint Stripper (1994), Rubbish Truck EP (1995) and Strontium 90 (1996). I’m sure there would be a few other compilations etc they appeared on during that time as well. I recently picked up a split 7 inch with Rapido label mates Pollen released in 1995 featuring Rose Coloured Glasses from Strontium 90.
Below is footage of the band on YouTube performing this track live, possibly on Melbourne community TV station Channel 31. Although both these tracks feature Tonya on vocals, vocal duties for the band were shared with guitarist Andrew Wills. On the first Paint Stripper release, Neil Thomason (who went on to form Ricaine), features in the line up on vocals as well.
If you like what you hear, check out the links at the end of this post. You can pick up a copy of Strontium 90 for just $1.95 at Rocking Horse Records.
Paint Stripper – Rose Coloured Glasses
Line Ups
1994
Neil Thomason – guitar/vocals (Ricaine)
Tonya Blizzard – bass/vocals
Andrew Wills – guitar
Martin Yeats – drums
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Today’s track ‘Punk Princess’ is a b-side to the 1978 release ‘Death to Disco’ on Mushroom Records by Dave and the Derros.
Dave, aka David Jones, wrote novelty songs for his radio show in Newcastle NSW, Australia. I presume this was one of them. While searching for some info on this release I came across quite a few want lists with this record on it. I also found a number of dealers selling it for anywhere between $25 and $60 USD.
I picked mine up at a thrift store in the outer suburbs of Melbourne for 50cents. See, if you have patience you can find gems amongst all the Kamahl and James Last records. I did not know this was somewhat of a collectors item when I picked it up. I just figured with a song titled ‘Punk Princess’ by a band called ‘Dave and the Derros’ I couldn’t possibly go wrong!
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Note: The start of Crazed is real quiet for the first 28 secs.
Does anyone remember the Newcastle band Peyote? They seemed to disappear as quickly as they arrived on the scene back in 1995. I don’t know/remember much about them so would appreciate it if anyone could fill in the gaps. The one thing I do distinctly remember is the first time I heard them on Rage with the video for their single Crazed (or possibly Bean Curst?). From memory the video was simply live footage of the band. No Peyote love that I can find on the YouTubes thus far.
Peyote picked up the support slot on Faith No More’s Australian tour. They also played at the Alternative Nation festival. Their track Bean Curst appears on both the Alternative Nation CD and on Triple J’s Twelve compilation. Apparently a self-titled 4-track CD was released in the same year following on from Crazed but I haven’t been able to track that one down – if anyone can enlighten me about that please do! As far as I know they only had two releases and don’t appear to have survived beyond 1995. Band members were Justin King (vocals), Fin (guitar), Gavin (bass) and Sasha (drums).
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This is another demo received for the radio show some time in 2001-02. I have a feeling that if Redsands had managed to stay together they could have made quite an impact on the Aussie metal scene. This release received airplay on Triple J’s metal program of the day (and quite a few spins on my show too!), but from memory they broke up prematurely, yet amicably in 2002 due to disagreements about the musical direction the band should take.
The liner notes on the demo indicate the band’s contempt for music categories and labels: ‘The true essence of music is to do what you feel and let that guide you. We are metal and we aren’t metal. What is metal anyway and who really gives a fuck? We are Redsands, these are our sounds.’
Vocalist Simon Calabrese later took up vocal duties for ‘melodic death metal’ band Daysend in 2003, performed on their record ‘Severance’ and left the band in 2006.
Title: Redsands / Cat#: RED001 / Format: CD
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