| 1 | ->''Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda\ |
| 2 | You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me\ |
| 3 | And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled:\ |
| 4 | "You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."'' |
| 5 | |
| 6 | UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}n music is known for being wildly eclectic or {{Rock}} or [[CountryMusic country]]-based. Oddly enough, a whole heck of a lot of our famous musicians (particularly those who became famous around the 1970s, when there was a huge explosion of Australian pub rock) were born in the UK and immigrated here. They almost invariably came here as children and got their start in music over here, though, so we can still legitimately claim them as our own (even if singers such as Music/JimmyBarnes and Music/ColinHay still sound semi-Scottish). |
| 7 | |
| 8 | The90s saw many Australian mainstream musicians sliding more and more into {{Pop}} territory to compete with international artists, including the continued dominance of Music/KylieMinogue, along with the likes of artists such as Music/TinaArena, Music/KateCeberano, Music/ToniPearen, Music/{{Euphoria}}, Music/DeniHines and Music/SavageGarden. The same decade also saw an explosion of Australian independent AlternativeRock and UsefulNotes/{{Punk}} bands, many of whom came to define the country's musical landscape for years to come, giving rise to the likes of Music/{{Silverchair}}, Music/{{Custard}}, Music/{{Spiderbait}}, Music/{{Jebediah}}, Music/FrenzelRhomb, Music/KillingHeidi, Music/{{Powderfinger}}, Music/{{Regurgitator}}, Music/MagicDirt and many, many more, solidifying the country's rock music roots. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Nowadays, Australian music runs the gamut of genre, style and influence, with many artists making waves internationally and gaining the same levels of recognition as their peers overseas. One element of Australian music that has often been remarked upon is its sheer invention, with many artists breaking out as a result of creating music unlike anything else out there to varying degrees. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | !!Famous Australian musicians and groups include: |
| 13 | |
| 14 | [[index]] |
| 15 | * [[Music/TwentyEightDays 28 Days]] |
| 16 | * [[Music/ThirtyOddFootOfGrunts 30 Odd Foot of Grunts]] (a.k.a. that Aussie band fronted by some New Zealand-born bloke named Creator/RussellCrowe) |
| 17 | ** Music/TheOrdinaryFearOfGod, Crowe's later band with former Grunts members |
| 18 | * Music/FiveSecondsOfSummer - The only BoyBand from Australia to break into the American market. |
| 19 | * Music/{{ACDC}} (although mainly made of UK-born musicians). |
| 20 | ** 1975 - ''Music/HighVoltage'' |
| 21 | ** 1975 - ''Music/TNT1975'' |
| 22 | ** 1976 - ''Music/DirtyDeedsDoneDirtCheap'' |
| 23 | ** 1979 - ''Music/HighwayToHell'' |
| 24 | ** 1980 - ''Music/BackInBlack'' |
| 25 | * Music/{{Airbourne}} |
| 26 | * Music/AirSupply |
| 27 | * Music/{{Alarum}} |
| 28 | * Music/PeterAllen |
| 29 | * Music/TheAmenta |
| 30 | * Music/VanessaAmorosi |
| 31 | * Music/AmylAndTheSniffers |
| 32 | * Music/TheAngels |
| 33 | * Music/{{Angelspit}} |
| 34 | * Music/ChristineAnu |
| 35 | * Music/ArchitectureInHelsinki |
| 36 | * Music/TinaArena |
| 37 | * Music/ArtVsScience |
| 38 | * Music/TheAtomicBeauProject |
| 39 | * Music/AugieMarch |
| 40 | * Creator/AuntyDonna released a full-length musical album (of comedic songs) in 2018. |
| 41 | * Music/AustralianCrawl, whose former frontman Music/JamesReyne would later go on to a successful solo career |
| 42 | * Music/TheAvalanches |
| 43 | ** 2000 - ''Music/SinceILeftYou'' |
| 44 | ** 2016 - ''Music/{{Wildflower}}'' |
| 45 | * Music/AversionsCrown |
| 46 | * Music/TheAxisOfAwesome |
| 47 | * Music/IggyAzalea - Though she never had any involvement in the Australian scene, having moved to the US to focus on her career. |
| 48 | * Music/BabyAnimals |
| 49 | * Music/BagRaiders |
| 50 | * Music/BallParkMusic |
| 51 | * Music/{{Bardot}} |
| 52 | * Music/TheBeards |
| 53 | * Music/BeastsOfBourbon |
| 54 | ** Lead singer Tex Perkins later went on to greater fame as the founder of Music/TheCruelSea |
| 55 | * Music/TheBeeGees (born on the UsefulNotes/IsleOfMan, were based in Australia when they launched their musical career) |
| 56 | * Music/TheBennies |
| 57 | * Music/NickBertke |
| 58 | * Music/TheBerzerker |
| 59 | * Music/BeyondTerrorBeyondGrace |
| 60 | * Music/BillyThorpeAndTheAztecs |
| 61 | * Music/BirdsOfTokyo |
| 62 | * Music/TheBirthdayParty (Music/NickCave's original band) |
| 63 | * Music/BlissNEso |
| 64 | * Music/BloodDuster |
| 65 | * Music/{{Bluejuice}} |
| 66 | * Music/BluetileLounge |
| 67 | * Music/{{Bodyjar}} |
| 68 | * Music/EricBogle |
| 69 | * Music/{{Bond}} |
| 70 | * Music/BorisTheBlade |
| 71 | * Music/DarylBraithwaite |
| 72 | * Music/HavanaBrown |
| 73 | * Music/TheBushwackers |
| 74 | * Music/BrianCadd |
| 75 | * Music/CaligulasHorse |
| 76 | * Creator/TomCardy |
| 77 | * Music/TroyCassar-Daley |
| 78 | * Music/TheCatEmpire |
| 79 | * [[Music/NickCave Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] |
| 80 | ** 1994 - ''Music/LetLoveIn'' |
| 81 | ** 1996 - ''Music/MurderBallads'' |
| 82 | * Music/KateCeberano |
| 83 | * Music/{{Chain}} |
| 84 | * Music/KaseyChambers |
| 85 | * Music/TheChats |
| 86 | * Music/ChetFaker |
| 87 | * Music/ChocolateStarfish (no relation to the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/ChocolateStarfishAndTheHotDogFlavoredWater album by Limp Bizkit]]) |
| 88 | * Music/TheChurchBand |
| 89 | * Music/GabriellaCilmi |
| 90 | * Music/ClosureInMoscow |
| 91 | * Music/{{Clowns}} |
| 92 | * Music/ColdChisel |
| 93 | ** Lead singer Music/JimmyBarnes went on to a hugely-successful solo career after they broke up. |
| 94 | * Creator/CourtneyAct |
| 95 | * Music/CourtneyBarnett |
| 96 | * Music/MattCorby |
| 97 | * Music/TheCrystallineEffect |
| 98 | * Music/CrowdedHouse (actually not solely Australian - Neil and Tim Finn are both New Zealanders). |
| 99 | ** 1993 - ''Music/TogetherAlone'' |
| 100 | * Music/TheCruelSea |
| 101 | * Music/{{Custard}} |
| 102 | * Music/CutCopy |
| 103 | * Music/DaddyCool |
| 104 | * Music/{{DCUP}} |
| 105 | * Music/DeadCanDance |
| 106 | * Music/DeadRingerBand |
| 107 | * Music/KyleDennis |
| 108 | * Music/{{Destroyer 666}} |
| 109 | * Music/{{Devolved}} |
| 110 | * Music/CosimaDeVito |
| 111 | * Music/{{Diafrix}} |
| 112 | * Music/{{Diesel}} |
| 113 | * Music/{{Disembowelment}} |
| 114 | * Music/{{Disentomb}} |
| 115 | * Music/{{Divinyls}} |
| 116 | * Creator/JasonDonovan |
| 117 | * Music/DougAnthonyAllStars |
| 118 | * Music/RobDougan |
| 119 | * Music/{{Dragon}} |
| 120 | * Music/{{Drapht}} |
| 121 | * Music/TheDrones |
| 122 | * Music/SlimDusty, easily one of the most successful and revered country music artists in the nation, often referred to as "The King of Country". |
| 123 | * Music/{{DVSR}} |
| 124 | * Music/TheEasybeats (acclaimed as the first Australian band to make it big internationally) |
| 125 | * Music/TommyEmmanuel |
| 126 | * Music/{{Empire of the Sun|Band}} |
| 127 | * Music/JonEnglish |
| 128 | * Music/EskimoJoe |
| 129 | * Music/{{Euphoria}} |
| 130 | * Music/JohnFarnham |
| 131 | * Music/{{Flume}}, GenrePopularizer for future bass. |
| 132 | * Music/{{Frankenbok}} |
| 133 | * Creator/ChrisFranklin, a comedian best-known for [[TheBogan "bogan-fied"]] parodies of famous chart songs à la Music/WeirdAlYankovic |
| 134 | * Music/FrenzalRhomb |
| 135 | * Music/{{George}} |
| 136 | * Music/LisaGerrard |
| 137 | * [[Music/ReneeGeyer Renée Geyer]] |
| 138 | * Music/AndyGibb (younger brother of the Bee Gees; born in the UK, raised in Australia from infancy) |
| 139 | * Music/{{Girlfriend}} |
| 140 | * Music/{{Giulietta}} |
| 141 | * Music/TheGoBetweens |
| 142 | * Music/{{Goanna}} |
| 143 | * Music/DeltaGoodrem |
| 144 | * Music/MickGordon |
| 145 | * Music/GospelOfTheHorns |
| 146 | * Music/{{Gotye}} (originally born in Belgium but raised in Australia) |
| 147 | * Music/{{Grinspoon}} |
| 148 | * Music/TheHardOns |
| 149 | * Music/DarrenHayes, former frontman of Music/SavageGarden |
| 150 | * Music/MissyHiggins |
| 151 | * Music/MarciaHines, although American-born, built her career in Australia |
| 152 | ** Her daughter Music/DeniHines as well |
| 153 | * Music/{{Hillsong}} |
| 154 | * Music/HilltopHoods, easily the closest thing to a well-known "mainstream" hip-hop act that the country has produced. |
| 155 | * Music/HoodooGurus |
| 156 | * Music/TheHotLies |
| 157 | * Music/{{Horrorshow}} |
| 158 | * Taylor Henderson |
| 159 | * Music/HumanNature |
| 160 | * [[Music/HunterAndCollectors Hunters & Collectors]] |
| 161 | * Music/IBuiltTheSky |
| 162 | * Music/IcecreamHands |
| 163 | * Music/{{Icehouse}} |
| 164 | * Music/DamiIm, Former X Factor winner. |
| 165 | * Music/NatalieImbruglia |
| 166 | * Music/IntenseHammerRage, an extreme [[{{Grindcore}} goregrind]] band whose main claim to fame was having their music banned by the Australian government. |
| 167 | * Music/{{INXS}} |
| 168 | ** 1987 - ''Music/{{Kick}}'' |
| 169 | * [[Music/{{iOTA}} iOTA]] |
| 170 | * Music/SamanthaJade |
| 171 | * Music/EmilyJanes |
| 172 | * Music/{{Jebediah}} |
| 173 | * Music/{{Jet}} |
| 174 | * Music/JohnButlerTrio |
| 175 | * Music/{{Joji}} (Japanese-Australian) |
| 176 | * Music/ColJoye |
| 177 | * Music/JusticeCrew |
| 178 | * Music/PaulKelly |
| 179 | * Music/KidCrusher |
| 180 | * Music/TheKidLAROI |
| 181 | * Music/KillingHeidi |
| 182 | * Music/KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard |
| 183 | * Music/KingParrot |
| 184 | * Music/{{Kisschasy}} |
| 185 | * Music/KnifeParty |
| 186 | * Music/SteveLee |
| 187 | * Music/ElenLevon |
| 188 | * Music/DeanLewis |
| 189 | * Music/LimeCordiale |
| 190 | * Music/TheLimeSpiders |
| 191 | * Music/JimmyLittle |
| 192 | * Music/LittleRiverBand |
| 193 | * Music/TheLivingEnd |
| 194 | * Music/PaulMac |
| 195 | * Music/MachineGunFellatio |
| 196 | * Music/MagicDirt |
| 197 | * Music/MakeThemSuffer |
| 198 | * Music/MaskedWolf |
| 199 | * Music/TheMastersApprentices |
| 200 | * Music/ReeceMastin |
| 201 | * Music/JessicaMauboy |
| 202 | * [[Music/TheMavises The Mavis's]] |
| 203 | * [[Music/StephanieMcIntosh Stephanie [=McIntosh=]]] |
| 204 | * Music/KatMcSnatch |
| 205 | * Music/MenAtWork (After all, [[LandDownUnder they come from a land down under]]) |
| 206 | * Music/MentalAsAnything |
| 207 | * Music/{{Mephistopheles}} |
| 208 | * Music/AmyMeredith |
| 209 | * Music/MiddleKids |
| 210 | * Music/MidnightJuggernauts |
| 211 | * Music/MidnightOil (the lead singer of which became a politician and eventually a government minister) |
| 212 | * Music/KateMillerHeidke |
| 213 | * Music/TimMinchin |
| 214 | * Music/KylieMinogue (along with her sister Music/DanniiMinogue) |
| 215 | ** 1997 - ''Music/ImpossiblePrincess'' |
| 216 | * Music/SophieMonk |
| 217 | * Music/RussellMorris |
| 218 | * Music/JamesMorrison |
| 219 | * Music/MortalSin |
| 220 | * Music/{{Mortification}} |
| 221 | * Music/MournfulCongregation |
| 222 | * Music/TheNecks |
| 223 | * Music/NeObliviscaris |
| 224 | * Music/{{Newsboys}} |
| 225 | * Music/{{Northlane}} |
| 226 | * Music/OliviaNewtonJohn (born in the UK, but raised from childhood in Australia and started her career there) |
| 227 | * Music/ShannonNoll |
| 228 | * [[Music/JohnnyOKeefe Johnny O'Keefe]] |
| 229 | * Music/ParkwayDrive |
| 230 | * Music/{{Paulini}} |
| 231 | * Music/PassengerOfShit |
| 232 | * Music/ToniPearen |
| 233 | * Music/PekingDuk |
| 234 | * Music/{{Pendulum|Band}} |
| 235 | * Music/{{Pnau}}, the original project of Music/{{Empire of the Sun|Band}}'s Nick Littlemore |
| 236 | * Music/{{Pogo}} |
| 237 | * Music/{{Portal|Band}} |
| 238 | * Music/{{Powderfinger}} (frontman Music/BernardFanning would later go on to solo success post-breakup) |
| 239 | * Music/PowerGlove |
| 240 | * Music/ThePresets |
| 241 | * Music/{{Psycroptic}} |
| 242 | * Music/TheRadiatorsAU |
| 243 | * Music/RadioBirdman (frontman Deniz Tek was born in America) |
| 244 | * Music/{{Ratcat}} |
| 245 | * Music/RickiLee |
| 246 | * Music/HelenReddy |
| 247 | * Music/RedHook |
| 248 | * Music/TheRedShore |
| 249 | * Music/{{Regurgitator}} |
| 250 | * Music/ResinDogs |
| 251 | * Music/ArchieRoach (widely considered one of Australia's premier indigenous singer-songwriters) |
| 252 | * Music/RogueTraders |
| 253 | * Music/RoseTattoo |
| 254 | * Music/NormieRowe |
| 255 | * Music/{{TheSaints}} |
| 256 | * Music/SavageGarden |
| 257 | * Music/ScarlettBelle |
| 258 | * Music/MelindaSchneider |
| 259 | * Music/TheScreamingJets |
| 260 | * Music/GuySebastian |
| 261 | * Music/TheSenseless |
| 262 | * Music/{{Sewerslvt}} |
| 263 | * Music/TheSeekers |
| 264 | * Music/MaxSharam |
| 265 | * Music/AmyShark |
| 266 | * Music/{{Sherbet}} |
| 267 | * Music/{{Shivr}} |
| 268 | * Music/ShockOne |
| 269 | * Music/ShortStack |
| 270 | * Music/{{Sia}} |
| 271 | * Music/SickPuppies |
| 272 | * Music/{{Silverchair}} |
| 273 | * Music/TroyeSivan |
| 274 | * Music/SkeletonStaff |
| 275 | * Music/{{Skyhooks}} |
| 276 | * Music/{{SKYND}} |
| 277 | * Music/SmashBrothers |
| 278 | * Music/SneakySoundSystem |
| 279 | * Music/SomethingForKate |
| 280 | * Music/SonicAnimation |
| 281 | * Music/SouthernSons |
| 282 | * Music/{{Spiderbait}} |
| 283 | * Music/RickSpringfield |
| 284 | * Music/{{StarGazer}} |
| 285 | * Music/SoutheastDesertMetal (Self-proclaimed "most remote rock band in the world") |
| 286 | * Music/StandAtlantic |
| 287 | * Music/StrangeTalk |
| 288 | * Music/{{Superheist}} |
| 289 | * Music/TheSuperjesus |
| 290 | * Music/TameImpala |
| 291 | * Music/TamminSursok |
| 292 | * Music/{{Taxiride}} |
| 293 | * Music/TeenagersInTokyo |
| 294 | * Music/TheTemperTrap |
| 295 | * Music/JGThirlwell |
| 296 | * Music/ThyArtIsMurder (though current drummer Jesse Beahler lives in the US) |
| 297 | * Music/{{Timomatic}} |
| 298 | * {{Music/TISM}} (stands for "This Is Serious Mum". [[AnonymousBand Never seen without their masks]], with every song being a bit of a piss-take) |
| 299 | * Music/ThirstyMerc |
| 300 | * Music/{{TlotTlot}} |
| 301 | * Music/{{Toehider}} |
| 302 | * Music/TonesAndI |
| 303 | * Music/TonightAlive |
| 304 | * Music/TripleQ |
| 305 | * Music/{{Tripod}} |
| 306 | * Music/TropicalFuckStorm |
| 307 | * Music/TwelveFootNinja |
| 308 | * Music/KeithUrban (born in New Zealand, raised and began his career in Australia, but has lived and recorded in the US since the late 1990s) |
| 309 | * Music/HollyValance |
| 310 | * Music/VanceJoy |
| 311 | * Music/TheVeronicas |
| 312 | * Music/JackVidgen |
| 313 | * Music/TheVines |
| 314 | * Music/VirginBlack |
| 315 | * Music/StanWalker |
| 316 | * Music/MeganWashington |
| 317 | * Creator/NikkiWebster |
| 318 | * Music/JohnWilliamson |
| 319 | * Music/TheWhitlams |
| 320 | * Music/TheWiggles, a goofy children's entertainment act in coloured turtlenecks who've easily become one of the most internationally successful Australian groups of all time |
| 321 | * Music/{{With Confidence}} |
| 322 | * Music/{{Wolfmother}} |
| 323 | * Music/AlisonWonderland |
| 324 | * [[Music/XBand X]] |
| 325 | * Music/{{Xenobiotic}} |
| 326 | * Music/{{Yidcore}} |
| 327 | * Music/YolandaBeCool |
| 328 | * Music/YothuYindi |
| 329 | * Music/YouAmI |
| 330 | * Music/JohnPaulYoung |
| 331 | [[/index]] |
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