Off the Record

25 Years of Music Street Press

Sean Sennett, Simon Groth

• Publisher: University of Queensland Press
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN:
  9780702238314
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music History & Criticism

The ultimate music fan's bible packed with insight into the world of rock 'n' roll. Off the Record brings together the best interviews and articles from Australia's music street press, about bands on the cusp of greatness to megastars at the height of their powers—all imbued with a cool street-press indie sensibility. Many pieces come from Time Off, a magazine established in 1979 and the first free music/entertainment weekly in Australia. Far from regurgitating industry marketing copy, music street press has a fiercely independent and wry voice. Off the Record reflects this, offering a unique insight into recent music history: Powderfinger return from their first-ever Sydney shows, Nick Cave name-checks his literary heroes, and Neil Finn worries that Crowded House's new album might be a little too dark, while elsewhere Kurt Cobain dives into Dave Grohl's drum kit (and sprains his wrist in the process). Australian bands, from the Saints to the Grates and the Hilltop Hoods, are featured, but the international focus is strong too, from the Rolling Stones and Sonic Youth to Oasis and the White Stripes. This is the must-have indie book about all things music.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• Hunters and Collectors
• The Triffids
• Stevie Wright
• The Residents
• Painters and Dockers
• Warumpi Band
• Weddings Parties Anything
• Midnight Oil
• Do Re Mi
• Crowded House
• Paul Kelly
• Hoodoo Gurus
• The Go-Betweens
• Sonic Youth
• Jello Biafra
• Malcolm McLaren
• The Ramones
• The Stone Roses
• The Church
• The Celibate Rifles
• Bob Geldof
• The Cure
• Iggy Pop
• Chris Isaak
• Jane's Addiction
• AC/DC
• The La's
• Massive Attack
• Violent Femmes
• The Cult
• Nirvana
• Bob Dylan
• Keith Richards
• Tori Amos
• Nick Cave
• Powerfinger
• The Lemonheads
• INXS
• Radiohead
• Smashing Pumpkins
• Guns N' Roses
• Magic Dirt
• Pearl Jam
• REM
• TISM
• The Flaming Lips
• Dinosaur Jr
• Lou Reed
• Nine Inch Nails
• Bjork
• You am I
• Dirty Three
• Meat Loaf
• Beck
• Beastie Boys
• Jeff Buckley
• Sex Pistols
• Silverchair
• Bruce Springsteen
• Paul McCartney
• Henry Rollins
• Regurgitator
• U2
• Oasis
• Custard
• SixFtHick
• The Living End
• Billy Bragg
• Spiderbait
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Joe Strummer
• Pink Floyd
• Queens of the Stone Age
• Coldplay
• PJ Harvey
• Augie March
• Kiss
• The John Butler Trio
• Radio Birdman
• David Bowie
• Paul Weller
• Eels
• Metallica
• Marilyn Manson
• Jet
• The White Stripes
• Public Enemy
• Missy Higgins
• Arctic Monkeys
• The Grates
• The Vines
• The Saints
• Hilltop Hoods
• Yves Klein Blue
• Angus & Julia Stone