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Mondo Rock were an 80s institution in popular Australian rock, a big draw on the live circuit who charted numerous hits. The band was formed in late 1976 by frontman Ross Wilson and went through various line-up changes to start with. They reform from time to time to play (including in April 2007).
The most famous line-up consisted of prolific songwriters Ross Wilson (ex Daddy Cool) and guitarist Eric McCusker (who luckily pestered Wilson to let him join, doing three auditions, after the initial outing of Mondo Rock had lost momentum) as well as Paul Christie on bass (ex-Kevin Borich Express, who later formed The Party Boys), John James “J. J.” Hackett, ex-Stars, on drums, and the versatile James Black (now leading the RocKwiz TV show house band on SBS) on keyboards and guitar. This line-up recorded the second LP Chemistry, out July 1981. The first LP was Primal Park (1979).
|The group had numerous successes on the Australian charts. Early hits included Fugitive Kind, Chemistry, State Of The Heart, and Cool World - the latter three collected on their award-winning second album Chemistry. 1980s teen-idol Rick Springfield recorded a version of McCusker’s State Of The Heart some years later, making the U.S Top 40.
|Further success followed in 1982 with the ...
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Top 10 Mondo Rock Songs
Come Said the Boy
Cool World
State of the Heart
Summer of '81
Chemistry
Summer of 81
Mondo Sexo
No Time
Primitive Love Rites
Baby Wants To Rock
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Top 10 Mondo Rock Albums
Chemistry
The Essential Mondo Rock (disc 1)
Essential Mondo Rock
Retrospective
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