THE SOUND OF THE SHARPIES VOL.1-5

SHARPIE WAS AN AUSTRALIAN SUBCULTURE KICKING OFF
IN THE STREETS OF MELBOURNE,THAT HAD ITS HEYDAYS
BETWEEN `72 -`76 (SUBURBAN FOLKLORE SAYS THAT
SHARPIES EVOLVED OUT OF A LATE ´60´S HARD MOD YOUTH
CULT CALLED THE SHARPS) & WERE THE EQUIVALENT TO
BRITISH SKINHEADS & BOOT BOYS.
SHARPIES WERE INFLUENCED BY CLOCKWORK ORANGE,
DIRTY HARRY & BRUCE LEE-FLICKS, DRESSED UP IN TAILOR-
MADE CARDIGANS,FLARES & BOOTS(EVEN PLATFORM BOOTS
WERE IN STYLE),CUT THEIR HAIR SHORT AT THE TOP &
LONG AT THE BACK & GOT LOTS OF TATTOOS.LIKE THEIR
ENGLISH COUNTERPARTS THE SKINHEADS OF THE LATE
´60´S SHARPIES MOVED IN GANGS & WERE ALWAYS READY
TO RUCK.UNLIKE THE SKINS SHARPIES DIDN´T CARE FOR
REGGAE & SOUL,BUT HAD A BIG CRUSH ON GLAM - & BOOGIE
HARD ROCK INSTEAD BY THE LIKES OF SLADE,DAVID BOWIE,
SUZIE QUATRO OR LOCAL BANDS LIKE HUSH, TASTE, BILLY
THORPE & THE AZTECS OR COLOURED BALLS (ONLY BAND
AT THAT TIME SPORTING THE SHARPIE LOOK).
WHEN SHARPIE BECAME A MASS MOVEMENT FOR WORKING
CLASS KIDS IN ´73,AUSTRALIA GOT INFECTED BY THE BOOGIE
DISEASE TOO-NOT ONLY HARDCORE SHARPIE BANDS PLAYED
THAT SPECIAL BRAND OF HOMEGROWN OZ ROCK (MADE
WORLD WIDE FAMOUS BY AC/DC IN THE MID-70´S),LEGIONS
OF LOCAL BANDS ADDED AT LAST A HANDFUL OF BOOGIE
TUNES TO THEIR REPERTOIRE.
1976 A NEW BAND CALLED ROSE TATTOO (MEMBERS ANGRY
ANDERSON & PETE WELLS PLAYED IN SHARPIE BANDS LIKE
BUSTER BROWN & BUFFALO BEFORE) KICKSTARTED A NEW
SHARPIE REVIVAL & A 2ND WAVE OF SHARP DRESSED DEAD
END KIDS EMERGED FROM THE SUBURBS(EVEN MARK "CHOP-
PER" READ,AUSTRALIA´S MOST NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL WAS
A SHARPIE IN HIS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS).
IN 1980 THE SHARPIE MOVEMENT WAS FADING AWAY.

"THE SOUND OF THE SHARPIES"-COMPS ARE DE-
DICATED TO BOVVER BOOGIE & TERRACE GLAM FROM DOWN-
UNDER 1970`S,CONTAINING ALL THE SHARPIE FAVES PLUS
TONS OF SHARPIE-COMPATIBLE HARD KNOCKS.FROM EARLY-
´70´S ´60´S MOD LEFTOVERS LIKE STEVIE WRIGHT(EX-EASY-
BEATS) OR THE LA DE DA´S,MID-70´S HARDROCKERS & GLAM-
STERS LIKE THE SKYHOOKS OR RABBIT(WITH THE ORIGINAL
AC/DC-SINGER DAVE EVANS) TO LATE ´70´S SHARP PUNKS
LIKE LA FEMME OR THE ANGELS.




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