Amid the Seattle grunge explosion, the music industry reaped profits unseen since its 1970s heyday. Yet, little is spoken of its main influence, the Adelaide underground.

Mutating from the drug-addled ashes of Grong Grong, Sydney’s King Snake Roost breached earholes with a perverse blend of acid-fried jazz, punk, and mind-altering barbarism.

1991, and after a decade of experimental oneupmanship, Sydney’s Black Eye Records is in danger of swallowing itself whole. Enter Kim Salmon and the Surrealists.

The vinyl bargain bin is more than a graveyard of kitsch whose fate was sealed the moment it appeared on a yacht rock compilation—it’s also where you’ll find reverb, motherfucker.

Under the thumb of glam, L.A. in the late 1980’s resembled a grand scale transvestite extravaganza. Enter Claw Hammer, loud, hairy balls stinking up the lipstick breeze.

Forming in 1981, Bloodloss squirted a placenta of afterbirth that led to the banning of their wild live shows in venues across Sydney. Read the sensational headlines here.

1969 proved a tumultuous year for pop culture; Charles Manson, murder, amphetamines, all of which inform the elements that make up the incredible ‘Trout Mask Replica’ album.