The Big Three or more - Australia - Progressive Rock Music Forum

As far as progressive metal is concerned, I like Voyager and Caligula's Horse.

Also there's a prog-ish melodic death metal Aussie band called Be'lakor which I enjoy a lot.

Tame Impala is another Aussie band I like a lot.

I think we get the general idea that most people seem to know of Sebastain Hardie, nice band and all that I even have copies of their albums on Vinyl but please check out some of the other bands listed here. Most of these band had much bigger following in the day than SB ever had................

Bakery below - note In the 1973 Zappa tour of Oz is notable for the involvement of Australian Prog singer Barry Leef, then the lead singer with Bakery. FZ spotted Barry when he dropped in at Chequers Club in Sydney. He was impressed enough to invite Barry to audition and subsequently asked him to join the group. Barry appeared with The Mothers at two concerts as guest vocalist on the song "Road Ladies". Sadly, it transpired that Barry's contract with Bakery prevented him from joining The Mothers.

MOMENTO TRACKS: (Living With A Memory above)
Tracks:
1. Holocaust - 9:24
2. Pete For Jennie - 1:30
3. Living With A Memory - 8:52
4. S.S. Bounce - 4:19
5. The Gift - 7:59
6. When I'm Feeling - 2:19
7. Faith To Sing A Song - 7:25
THE BAND:
Perth / West coast 1970-1975
Rex Bullen (keyboards) 1971-72
Tom Davidson (vocals) 1971
Hank Davis (drums) 1970-72
Paul Ewing (organ, vocals) 1972-75
Steve Hogg (bass, vocals) 1972-73
Phil Lawson (bass) Feb-Aug. 1973
Barry Leef (lead vocals) 1973-75
Mal Logan (keyboards) Jun. - Oct. 1970
Eddie McDonald (bass) 1970-72
Jackie Orszaczky (bass) Aug. 1973 – 1975
Mark Verschuer (vocals) 1971-73
Peter Walker (guitar) 1970-75
John Worrall (vocals, flute) 1970-72
History
Bakery was formed in Perth at the start of 1970. Regarded as one of the leading "underground" groups of their day, they are remembered for their superb debut album Momento, the innovative Rock Mass for Love LP and the powerful single "No Dying In The Dark".
The original lineup was John Worrall, "wild-haired guitarist" Peter Walker (ex-Jelly Roll Bakers), Mal Logan (ex-The Rebels), Eddie McDonald and Hank Davis. McDonald and Davis were both ex-members of the NZ Avengers.
In the words of encyclopedist Vernon Joyson, Bakery's work:
"... blended hard rock and country with jazz using complex arrangements. Their main strength was the variety of their music which could switch from gentle acoustic passages to booming heavy progressive assaults on the senses within the same song."
Regrettably, like most of Astor's locally-recorded output, neither of the Bakery albums has ever been officially released on CD, which is a great shame, as Momento certainly ranks as one of the strongest and most accomplished Australian rock albums of the period.
Bakery continued gigging until their split in February 1975, but regrettably they made no more commercial recordings.

Edited by EddieRUKiddingVarese - September 22 2016 at 15:58

"Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes"
and I need the knits, the double knits!

Some Spectrum this time, mostly same lineup as Ariel - Mike Rudd/ Bill Putt

Mike Rudd - I'll be gone, Old Rockers just keep rockin, at least Mike is anyway. Bloody Good Performance- Org below from 1971. Damn the Rockwiz version is better but looks like the only way to see it is direct on Youtube- have put another version (Rockwiz one is better) below the original.....

Edited by EddieRUKiddingVarese - September 24 2016 at 16:27

"Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes"
and I need the knits, the double knits!

Bakery for me... hits that musical G-spot of mine every time out.

The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip

noni wrote:

Atavachron wrote:

True. And I suppose there could be at least 36 diehard fans but I kinda doubt it.

There is quite a few I know who like Sebastian Hardie. People regard their music between Camel and the Flower Kings.

Yes, Sebastian Hardie are not surprising leaders for this particular poll; apart from being the most prominent band in Australia to adopt that typical symphonic rock sound during the '70's, they also reformed to support Yes when they toured Australia a few years ago and even had a hit single in their heyday (the instrumental "Rosanna").

However, 36 votes for SH and 13 votes for Windchase (a subsequent band that featured the guitarist & keyboardist from SH who had split from the rhythm section who apparently had the rights to the SH name, and recorded just one album) looks improbable to say the least...

My vote goes to Spectrum - their first two albums, deep in the "head music" scene in Melbourne of the early 1970's had enough proggy/spacey moments to appeal to me. Mike was to later hone his songwriting skills in a quirky direction that also appeals; though that isn't necessarily in the realms of Prog Archives, that quirky songwriting style does loosely remind me of Caravan (not a band I can recall Spectrum ever being compared to).

Seasons Of Change - weekly programme on community radio: http://seasonsofchangeradio.blogspot.com.au/

Some more OZ pub rock not Prog

Sentimental Version (RIP Doc)- the Angels - should have been as big a AC/DC outside OZ

Clean weird TV version

Original Version - before the audience call became vogue

Recent Version Post Doc

"Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes"
and I need the knits, the double knits!

Yep, Syrius is a good choice and as enough Oz connections to be considered. Jackie Orszaczky was a legend inOz music circles from Syrius to Bakery and then many bands including You am I, Hoodoo Gurus, Savage Garden, The Whitlams, Tim Finn & Grinspoon............

"Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes"
and I need the knits, the double knits!

Poll Question: Choose your favourite Oz Prog Band
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Ariel	6	[5.36%]
Sebastian Hardie	42	[37.50%]
Ayers Rock	21	[18.75%]
Bakery	2	[1.79%]
Fraternity	4	[3.57%]
The Masters Apprentices	5	[4.46%]
Tamam Shud	1	[0.89%]
Windchase	18	[16.07%]
MacKenzie Theory	2	[1.79%]
Brainstorm	1	[0.89%]
Mighty Kong	2	[1.79%]
Sons of the Vegetal Mother	2	[1.79%]
Spectrum	4	[3.57%]
Murtceps	2	[1.79%]
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