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The Saints created some wonderful punk racket that dragged them into the legendary status. They were previously known as...

Kid Galahad and the Eternals. Kym Bradshaw, bass player on the classic first single 'I'm Stranded.' As of 2002 he is working on the London Stock Exchange.

Across the world, the early days of Punk gave everyone an excuse to give themselves a funny name. Which of the following was adopted by Tracy Pew, bassist with The Boys Next Door and The Birthday Party?

Buddy Love. Buddy Love was the alter-ego of actor Jerry Lewis in movie 'The Nutty Professor'. Nicky Danger was the 'punk name' for Nick Cave!

Radio Birdman had a huge effect on the underground music scene in Australia, but guitarist Chris Masuak originated from which country?

Canada. Among Dennis' other many talents, he pilots fighter jets and practiced as a doctor for the US Marines.

More silly punk rock names...the lead singer and guitarist with Western Austalia's infamous Victims was called...

Dave Flick. Dave Flick went on to form The Hoodoo Gurus using his real name, Dave Faulkner.

X were a brilliant Sydney punk band dating back to 1977 and were responsible for the amazing 'X-spirations' album. Which of the following bands did not include their bass player, Ian Rilen?

Radio Birdman. Mr. Rilen has had a long and industrious career. Tully were a very reknown hippy/surf band and Rose Tattoo were the most heavily-tattoed working boogie band not actually doing long term prison stretches.

Brisbane's notorious punk uber-gods, The Leftovers only released one EP 'Cigarettes and Alcohol' in 1979. They also had a charming name for their record label. Which of the following was it called?

Punji Stick. The other three names in this question were original Leftovers songs that were never officially recorded or released. A Punji Stick, by the way, is the poisoned sharpened stick the Viet-Cong placed in booby trapped pits during the Vietnam War.

Another great punk band of the era were Melbourne's Babeez. They released only one independent 45 'Nobody Wants Me' in 1977 which had a rather fetching cover. What image was featured on the cover in question?

An Aborted Foetus. The image was hand screen printed on a brown paper bag. The band went on to become The News who released some fantastic punk-pop singles in the late 70's.

When it looked like Punk might be the next big thing, old-school Australian record labels like Mushroom decided they needed a punk band too. What was the name of the band that Mushroom signed in 1977, thinking that they would make a fortune overnight?

X-Ray-Z. Mushroom were also behind the concept of Suicide Records, a specialty label they set up for punk and new wave acts across Australia. After very limited success, Suicide records did just as their name implies.

The Go-Betweens, though not usually associated with the Punk scene, did associate with enough of the usual suspects to become involved in one way or another. The original duo of Robert and Grant used the drummer of which of the following bands?

The Survivors. Drummers were highly prized in the earlier Brisbane Punk scene. Like the Go-Betweens, The Leftovers themselves often raided other bands to find a like-minded tub thumper.

A great punk pop band from the early Brisbane scene were The Riptides. Which of the following names was not one of their previous names?

Gang Gajang. The band were happy enough with the name The Numbers, until a Sydney band of the same name (and stronger management) asked them to reconsider.

Sydney band Died Pretty were basically the amalgam of what 2 late 70's Brisbane bands?

The End & The 31st. The real split came with The 31st. One faction loving the name Died Pretty, the other prefering The Screaming Tribesmen Voila! 2 bands!

One of the songs on the debut record by Brisbane band Razar makes mention of a particular branch of the Queensland Police Force. It was?

Task Force. Task Force were a rather evil invention by the local government of the time, created to infiltrate punk dances to look for anti-social behaviour cunningly disguised as rednecks!

The Young Identities were a bunch of snotty kids from the suburbs of Brisbane. They released two singles on their own label, but they were, as their name pronounced, young. How old was their vocalist Clayton McLeod when the band first formed in 1977?

13. Since all venues in Brisbane are licensed, and the legal age 18, the band could not get a gig in a proper venue for nearly 6 years!

While Edmund Kuepper was busy with The Saints, brother Wolfgang formed his own snarling punk band. What was their name?

The Same 13. The name The Same 13 came from reading a newspaper report of Rugby League football, where a 13 man side were named as the 'same 13 players' from week before!

Sydney bands' The Thought Criminals first EP was named after what very anti-social occurance in Austalian History?

The Hilton Bomber. The Red Bikini Girl affair, about a Russian girl seeking asylum after jumping from a ship in Sydney Harbour dressed only in a red bikini, was later addressed in a song by Sydney band The XL Capris.