Hulda.MEET AL AND LYDIA, two Aussie ex-pats who've been traveling the world and bucking the system for the past three decades ... First bands you heard that made you want to make music? Lydia: The first bands I got into were records my older brother played: Suzi Quatro This article is about the celebrity Suzi Quatro. For other uses, see Quatro. Suzi Quatro (born Susan Kay Quatro on June 3, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan) is a singer, bassist, radio personality and actress. , Gary Glitter, AC/DC AC/DC adj. Slang Having a bisexual orientation. [From the likening of a bisexual person to an appliance that works on either alternating or direct current. , Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham. The original band line up of Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Terence "Geezer" Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums) is the same as the current line up (2007) although there have been many shifts of personnel . Al: Back in the day, before there was MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. , we had one nationwide show called Countdown. In those days there were no categories for music--it either sucked or it rocked. I would see ABBA, then AC/DC, then Air Supply, then Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo is an Australian blues/hard rock band, led by Angry Anderson. , and think nothing of it. But it wasn't until I got into punk rock that I really felt like music was something I could do for myself. How did punk hit Australia and how did you get involved in it? Lydia: I was the first real punk at my school and that didn't go down well with the nuns; I'd turn up with Sid Vicious hair wearing a schoolgirl's Catholic uniform. After a while I got into heavier political bands like Crass and Flux of Pink Indians. Al: Punk rock happened in Australia at the same time as England and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . In 1976, the United States had the Ramones, England had the Pistols, and Australia had the Saints. Australia has a very long, close history with England. In the 1960s, any English person with five pounds and a trade could get their entire family shipped out to Australia to help populate the country, so English society still held a big influence over Australia in the 1970s and we pretty much got the punk thing straight away. How did you end up leaving Australia and settling in New York? Lydia: We were in England for years, trying to find a place we could call home that fitted how hyper we were and somehow I knew that was New York. This is the place that sends you to heaven and hell, and that's what our music is about. Al: The first thing about living in NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City is that rent is expensive, meaning every month you are motivated to make rent first and then think about your music or art. I think there has always been a sense of urgency from bands that come from NYC. Al, you've been skating since 1975. Do you skate in New York? Al: After 30 years I still skate. When I was still living in England, I dreamed I was skateboarding in NYC. I woke thinking, "That was a dumb dream, there are no skateparks there." Of course my dream was right and I was wrong. Al's set up is a Gibson SG Custom, Marshall amp, Anti-Hero anti-hero, principal character of a modern literary or dramatic work who lacks the attributes of the traditional protagonist or hero. The anti-hero's lack of courage, honesty, or grace, his weaknesses and confusion, often reflect modern man's ambivalence toward boards, Independent trucks, and Spitfire wheels. Check out Huldarocknroll.com. |
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