Into The Music

Part three of Wide Open Road looks at how Australian music was formed through a pub culture that allowed many musicians to hone their craft to live audiences. We'll hear tales of some of Australia's classic band venues, some long forgotten, some still going strong, and the music that was made there. Featured artists in this program are The Presets, Radio Birdman, Midnight Oil, Hunters and Collectors, The Laughing Clowns, The Scientists, Silverchair, The Grates.

The loud, aggressive environment of big suburban pubs shaped a tough rock and roll, where the aim was to play loud and fast, and get off stage alive. In the inner suburbs of our big cities, tiny venues were more like musical laboratories, where musicians from around Australia converged to experiment and create new sounds. In the early 1990s the live music scene fractured, as dance music and festivals took punters from the pubs. But these days, in the age of free downloads and MySpace, playing live is as important as ever.

Wide Open Road Four is a four part documentary series to be broadcast on Radio National and triple j during Australian music month about how Australian contemporary music has been shaped by our unique environment. Over four weeks, the series explores the way the landscape and the social and cultural environment has shaped distinctly Australian music. From the desert to the coast, the suburbs to the outback, from punk to hip hop, you'll hear some of our best known songwriters talk about where they're from and why it matters.
The programs are narrated by Richard Kingsmill.

Sound Engineer: Mark Don
RN Executive Producer: Robyn Ravlich

Wide Open Road continues online with extended interviews, photos, tracks to stream and a road map of Australian lyrics. Listeners are invited to get involved and submit stories and photos, lyrics about Australia and your favourite memories of gigs, songs and artists. You can find the website at abc.net.au/wideopenroad

Music details

My People
The Presets
Triple j {jjj} Live at the Wireless - The Presets
From: Apocalypso
Hamilton/Moyes
EMI: Modular =ModCD084(2008)
1'47

Are You The One
The Presets
Triple j {jjj} Live at the Wireless - The Presets
From: Beams
Hamilton/Moyes
C/C : Modular= ModCD 034(2005)
1'07

High Voltage
AC/DC
From: Let there be Rock - The Movie - Live in Paris - AC/DC
{disc 2 of 4 disc set - bonfire}
Young/Young/Scott
J Albert and Son
EMI=724382376828(1997)
1'27

It's a Long Way to The Top
AC/DC
From: T.N.T
Albert=4652622(1975);Albert=4770832;Albert=4771002;335392
Young/Young/Scott
2'15

Showbusiness
From: The Baddest - Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes
Grudge=153754-2(1999)
Young/Young/Scott
J Albert and Son
4'11

Descent into the Maelstrom
Radio Birdman
Live at the Marryatville Hotel, Adelaide
ex ABC-TV- Rocturnal
18-Apr-1977
from: Radios Appear
Redeye=RedCD49(1995)
Deniz Tek
Polygram
3'28

She-Riff
Magic Dirt
from: Ten Years of the Meredith Music Festival - Dogs must be Underpanted {Compilation}
Whammo=Marajon001(2000)
Srsen/Turner/Robertson/Thomas
Mushroom
0'53

Dirty Love
Divinyls
From: Temperamental
Chrysalis=cd53256(1988
Amphlett/Mcentee
SBK
1'53

She's a Dish
The Hard-Ons
Waterfront=D16027(1992)
de Silva/Black/Ahn
0'27

Selfish
The Hard-Ons
from: Dateless Dude's Club
Waterfront=d29127(1992)
de Silva/Black/Ahn
0'13

It's Up to Me
The Hard-Ons
From: Too Far Gone
Waterfront=d30989(1993)
de Silva/Black/Ahn
0'12

I do I do I do
The Hard-Ons
From: Best of the Hard-Ons
Citadel=CitCD546(1999)
de Silva/Black/Ahn
Polygram
0'12

Stand in Line
Midnight Oil
Live recording for 2jj {triple j {jjj}} at 'the last 2jj concert' 18/1/1981
CBS=6559272(1981)
Hirst/Moginie/Garrett/Rotsey
N/S
5'32

Holy Joe
Laughing Clowns
From: History of rock'n'roll vol.1
hot=hot1010(1980)
kuepper ed
n/s
2'50

Sedition Festival
Live at the Trade Union Club 1
ATPR=ATPRCD24(2006)
Wet Taxis, The End, The Cult, Sunday Painters
1'43

Murderess In A Purple Dress
The Scientists
from: Absolute
Redeye=8495522(1991)
Kim Salmon
Lost in Music/Polygram
1'30
Very Biased
Custard
Live at the Wireless JJJ 1997
From: We have the Technology
Rooart=74321510192(1997)
Mccormack/Medew/Strong/Thompson
Polygram
1'31

Alligator Engine
Hunters & Collectors
Live at the Wireless 6-1-82
From: Hunters and Collectors
White=Mush32130.2(1981)
Seymour/Archer/Falconer/Howard/Smith/Waters
Human Frailty/Mushroom
2'53

Say Goodbye
Hunters and Collectors
From: Living in Large Rooms and Lounges - Hunters and Collectors
White=d98017(1995)
Seymour/Archer/Falconer/Howard/Smith/Waters
Human Frailty/Mushroom
2'40

Friccion
Itch-E and Scratch-E
Recorded atSstudio 227 Sydney 5/6/95
Rantzen/Mcdermott/Correa/Brandis
Volition
2'32

Tomorrow
Silverchair
Triple J{jjj} Live at the wireless - Silverchair
Murmur=MattCD001(1994)
Johns/Gillies
Sony/ATV
3'24

Sam Gribbles
Spiderbait
Triple J {jjj} Live at the Wireless - Spiderbait {vol.6}
Whittney/English/Maher
Polydor=Polpro9(1996)
N/S
2'09

Inside Outside
The Grates
Triple J {jjj} Live at the Wireless - The Grates
from: Gravity Won't get you High
Patterson/Skyring/Hodgson
Dew Process
2'55

Producer

Cath Dwyer and Tom Morton