1970s – 1980sHöhepunkt: 1970s
Aussie Punk
Über Aussie Punk
The Brisbane and Sydney punk scenes that ran parallel to (and in The Saints' case, slightly preceded) the UK and US punk explosion of 1976-77. The Saints recorded I'm Stranded in Brisbane in mid-1976, months before the Sex Pistols' first single; Radio Birdman's Sydney scene built on Detroit's Stooges/MC5 lineage. Both bands shaped the next generation of US underground rock, with R.E.M. and Sonic Youth citing The Saints as a direct influence.