Ep 3, Part 1: 1988

1988 in Australia. On the musical front, it was seriously divided between the mainstream music industry and the alternative/underground scene, yet both sides had their eyes on the international stage. But there was a bigger issue; 1988 marked the Bicentennial of the British invasion of Aboriginal lands. Indigenous activists were waiting to protest any celebrations. It was this that the international media focused on.

Playlist

Minced Meat: The World’s Got Everything In It


NO: 200 Years


Kev Carmody: Black Deaths In Custody


James Freud: One Fine Day


Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: City Of Refuge


The Triffids: Jerdacuttup Man


King Snake Roost: Gutterbreath


Distant Locusts: Father’s Suit


Matrimony: Whirlpool Head


Box The Jesuit: Three Cheers For The Pancreas


Slub: Rootman


Beasts of Bourbon: Door To Your Soul


Umkulu: Boomerang


Gondwana: Swamp


No Fixed Address: Pigs


The Gravy: Spirit Of The Land


SPK: Kambuja


Kev Carmody: Thou Shalt Not Steal