'This is part 1 of a 1980 feature titled \'New Wave\' taken from the ABC-TV current affairs-documentary program \'Music Around Us\' - broadcast in Australia on the 11th of May 1980. Reporter Vyvonne Kux investigates the current musical/fashion trend known as \'New Wave\' and speaks to the following: 1:35 - David Tickle [International Record Producer; who worked on Split Enz\'s 1980 album \'True Colours\'] 2:18 - Danger Dancer\'s Richard Ward and Richard Zatorski (later of Real Life fame) [Melbourne New Wave/Post-punk band] 4:38 - Crystal Ballroom with The Reels. 5:15 - a young Greig Pickhaver, later known as HG Nelson. 5:20 - Beau Lazenby [Crystal Ballroom regular and Boys Next Door fan. Note: She\'s the mother of Nick Cave\'s son Jethro - special thanks to TeenageRadioStar for correcting me. I thought it was Alannah Hill]. 6:21 - Crystal Ballroom regular Ian Comben (most interesting person on the whole documentary) 8:12 - Dr. Alwynne Mackie 9:15 - Crystal Ballroom regular Dugald Mackenzie [later of Sick Things and Venom P. Stinger - thanks tblspn] Unemployment, Fashion, Punk, New Wave, Boredom, Sex Pistols'
Tags: new , Music , US , eighties , wave , AUSTRALIA , early , Crystal , around , ballroom , Melbourne1980
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