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Inroduced
Australia is introduced to Rock and Roll through television and the radio. -
Introduction
In 1956, Australia was introduced to Television and Rock & Roll. -
Rock and Roll take off
Rock and roll really take off with Bill Haley's Rock and Roll tour. -
The First Australian Song
The first australian rock and roll song was "Rock and roll washboard" by the schneider sisters. -
Rock and Roll take off
Rock & Roll really took off in 1957 with Bill Haley's tour. -
First Australian rock song
The first Australian song was "Rock 'n' Roll washboard" by the Schneider Sisters in 1957. -
Surf Music Boom
The international surf music boom launched the next phase of australian music. -
Surf music boom
The international surf music boom from 1962 launched the next phase of Australian music. -
Beatles arrival in Australia
The arrival of The Beatles in Adelaide brought more than 300,000 people to meet them -
Beatles come to Australia
When The Beatles' 1964 Australian tour arrived in Adelaide, an estimated 300,000 people turned out to meet them. -
The second wave of aussie rock
1964–1969 was known as the 'Second Wave' of Australian rock. The leading acts included Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Bobby & Laurie, the Easybeats, the Twilights, and Lynne Randell. -
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The second wave of aussie rock
The second wave of Australian Rock included artists such as Billy Thorpe and the aztecs, Bobby & Laurie, The easybeats, The Twilights, Lyndell Randell. -
Bands became well known for classic hard rock
The 1970's Australian Rock bands became well known for their classic hard rock. -
Aussie rock bands bring classic hard rock to Australia
In the 1970s Australian rock bands became well known for their classic hard rock. -
Cold Chisel formed
Cold Chisel formed under the name orange -
AC/DC formed
AC/DC formed in 1973 with Angus young, Malcolm Young and Dave Evans. -
Cold chisel formed
Cold Chisel formed in Adelaide in 1973, under the name Orange. -
AC/DC formed
AC/DC formed in 1973 from brothers Angus and Malcolm Young and Dave Evans. -
Success of solo Artists
Solo aussie rock acts became very successful during this stage in aussie rock. These include John Farnham, Darryl Braithwaite and Jimmy Barnes. -
Aussie rock gains attention
Australian rock gains world-wide attention and confidence -
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Aussie rock gained worldwide attention
In the 1980's the Australian rock gained the attention of people all over the world -
Solo artists gain success
Solo acts such as John Farnham, Darryl Braithwaite and Jimmy Barnes were very successful during this period in Australia. -
Rock styles became more popular during the 90's
Alternative rock of various kinds such as grunge became more and more popular during the 90's. -
Alternative rock styles become more popular
Throughout the world and Australia, alternative rock of various kinds became more popular during the 1990s, especially grunge. -
The decline of rock
During the 1990’s Australia somewhat saw rock music end and other styles begin. Bands like Regurgitator used heavy guitar while Yothu Yindi, used traditional Aboriginal music. -
The decline of Rock
Rock styles became less and less popular as a result of bands that used different styles of music. The band such as regurgitator used heavy guitar while bands like Youth Yindi used traditional aboriginal style music. -
Popularity increase of independent music festivals.
Independant music festivals such as big day out in Sydney beczme more and more popular.