Australian music is known for being wildly eclectic or 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 Jimmy Barnes and Colin Hay still sound semi-Scottish).
Famous Australian musicians and groups include:
- AC/DC
- Airbourne
- Air Supply
- Amy Meredith
- Angelspit
- Architecture in Helsinki
- Augie March
- The Avalanches
- Baby Animals
- The Baby Stompers
- Bangs, a Sudanese guy who's considered to be the worst rapper in Australia...see his magnum opus
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- The Bee Gees (born in the UK, were based in Australia when they launched their musical career)
- The Berzerker
- Birds of Tokyo
- Bliss 'n' Eso, a good example of Australian hip-hop.
- Bluejuice
- Bodyjar
- The Cat Empire
- Kasey Chambers
- Gabriella Cilmi
- Cold Chisel, and its lead singer Jimmy Barnes, who went on to a solo career after they broke up.
- Crowded House (actually not solely Australian - Neil and Tim Finn are both New Zealanders).
- Cut Copy
- Daddy Cool
- Dead Can Dance
- Delta Goodrem: Waiting on her fourth record.
- Kyle Dennis, a notorious cult noise musician.
- Diesel
- Divinyls
- Doug Anthony All Stars
- Drapht
- The Easybeats
- Eskimo Joe
- Frenzal Rhomb
- The Go Betweens
- Grinspoon
- Guy Sebastian
- The Hilltop Hoods
- Hoodoo Gurus
- The Hot Lies
- Hunters & Collectors
- INXS
- Jack Vidgen
- Jebediah
- Jet
- John Farnham
- Justice Crew
- Killing Heidi
- Kisschasy
- Kylie Minogue(along with her sister Dannii)
- Little River Band
- The Living End
- Magic Dirt
- Men At Work (After all, they come from a land downunder)
- Midnight Juggernauts
- Midnight Oil (the lead singer of which is now a politician)
- Missy Higgins
- Nick Cave
- Olivia Newton-John
- Pendulum
- Powderfinger
- The Presets
- Radio Birdman (frontman Deniz Tek was born in America).
- Ricki-Lee
- Helen Reddy
- Regurgitator
- Rogue Traders
- The Saints
- Savage Garden
- The Seekers
- Short Stack
- Sia
- Silverchair
- Skyhooks
- Slim Dusty
- Sneaky Sound System
- Spiderbait
- Rick Springfield
- The Temper Trap
- Holly Valance
- Vanessa Amorosi
- The Veronicas
- Tex Perkins and his associated acts, Beasts Of Bourbon and The Cruel Sea.
- Thirsty Merc
- T.I.S.M. (stands for "This Is Serious Mum". Never seen without their masks, with every song being a bit of a piss-take)
- The Whitlams
- Tripod
- Vanessa Amorosi
- The Wiggles
- Wolfmother, a more recent band that rapidly gained international acclaim.
- You Am I
- Yothu Yindi (Aboriginal Australian Rock Band)
