'Music Around Us - New Wave part 1 of 4 (1980)'

09:38 Aug 11, 2021
'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' 

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