Aussie rock turns 50 on 5th of July 2008. To celebrate it the great people at The Age assembled a panel of experts — ranging from EG critics and music journalists to musicians, broadcasters, record shop owners and band managers — who undertook the painstaking task of narrowing down an entire history of music to a micro list. Follow the link to see the complete article. It is an interesting read. Here it is
- Living in the ’70s — Skyhooks
- Bee Gees Greatest Hits Vol. 1 — the Bee Gees
- Back in Black — AC/DC
- The Sunnyboys — the Sunnyboys
- Since I Left You — the Avalanches
- Magic Box — the Loved Ones
- Doughboy Hollow — Died Pretty
- Hourly, Daily — You Am I
- Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By — the Drones
- 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 — Midnight Oil
- 16 Lovers Lane — the Go-Betweens
- Radios Appear — Radio Birdman
- Welcome to Wherever You Are — INXS
- Post — Paul Kelly
- Hi Fi Way — You Am I
- Woodface — Crowded House
- Stoneage Romeos — Hoodoo Gurus
- Get Born — Jet
- Five Times the Sun — the Dingoes
- Smoke Dreams — Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band
- Gurrumul — Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
- Tu-Plang — Regurgitator
- Distemper — the New Christs
- The Calling — The Hilltop Hoods
- Last Ghost Train Home — Perry Keyes
- The Band’s Alright but the Singer is Gulliver Smith — Gulliver Smith
- Lovetown — Stephen Cummings
- Rose Tattoo — Rose Tattoo
- Prayers On Fire — The Birthday Party
- The Reels — the Reels
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