The Hard-Ons' origins can be traced to Western Sydney's Punchbowl Boys High School, where all three band members were students. The multicultural trio of drummer/vocalist Keish De Silva (of Sri Lankan descent), guitar/vocals Blackie (Yugoslavian heritage) and bassist Ray Ahn (Korean ancestry) were initially too young to play gigs in pubs, but honed their skills playing at parties and school dances. After all turning 18 years old, the band made its first 'proper' live debut in June 1984 at Ultimo's Vulcan hotel. Quickly gaining a considerable following, the band released its debut EP (Surfin On My Face) the following year.Subsequent recordings like Smell My Finger, Dickcheese, Love Is A Battlefield Of Wounded Hearts and Yummy! were well-received by fans and set the blueprint for the 'Hard-Ons sound': messy pop-punk with metal and psychedelia elements. The band also showed their independent punk spirit, with the members deliberately controlling their own careers: recording, booking and promoting themselves, creating their own artwork, choosing support bands and even managing the merchandise desk whilst on tour. These unconventional decisions, combined with songwriting talents, powerful live performances and a healthy sense of humour earned the band a large following in Europe as well as their native Australia. If you like early Descendents and any of that mid 80's pop punk sound, buy this, these guys are fast and melodic and funny. Good fast beats, clean melodies and humorous lyrics make this a buy for any punk fan.
Tracks
1. Don't Wanna See you Cry
2. Rejected
3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
4. Been Had Before
5. You're a Treasure
6. Who Do you Wanna Fool
7. Get We
8. Rich Scrag
9. Do It With You
10. Missing You, Missing Me
11. Throw It In
12. Kill Your Mum
13. Coff's Harbour Blues
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5 comments:
Thank's man ! You're a killer !
Many Thank's ! Other old Hard-ons stuff to come ?
Thanks Nags....for the great Aussie music posts
Phuckin' KILLER band!!! The world needs to hear the sheeeeeeit these cats were kickin' out in the 80's & 90's.
Top notch!!!
Have you got the latest cd most people are nicer than us,if you have can you upload it,thank you.
I've been dying to hear "dick cheese" and "smell my finger" since I heard them back in the 80's. I can't get your older links to work though - any way to fix them?
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