Skyhooks

about

Skyhooks were an Australian rock band of the 1970s, sometimes classified as a glam rock band, although this is mainly the result of the band's flamboyant costumes and makeup. The band shocked conservative middle Australia with their outrageous (for the time) costumes, lyrics, and on-stage activities, leading to seven of the ten tracks on their first album being banned from commercial radio. Much of the group's success derived from its distinctive repertoire, most of which was penned by bassist Macainsh. Although Skyhooks was not the first Australian rock band to write songs in Australia, about Australians, for Australians (rather than ditties about love or songs about New York or other foreign lands), they were the first band to do so and be commercially successful, and the songs were set apart from much of the pop fare of the time thanks to Macainish's mordant humour. The 'Hooks were the Australian pop success story of their era. Their first album, Living in the Seventies, rocketed to the top of the charts and stayed there for so long that it became the best selling Australian album ever up to that time, with the follow-up, Ego is not a Dirty Word, coming a close second. The band's success was also widely credited with saving the struggling Mushroom record label and enabling it to develop into the most successful independent Australian label of its time. Both these LPs were produced by Ross Wilson, former lead singer of Daddy Cool, which had been the most successful Aust

top songs

albums

Living In The 70's [remastered]

The Collection

Hits'n'Riffs

Living In The 70's (2009 Remaster)

The Latest and Greatest

Ego Is Not A Dirty Word [remastered]

Living In The 70's

Guilty Until Proven Insane [remastered]

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Living In The 70's - 2009 Remaster

Ego Is Not a Dirty Word

Guilty Until Proven Insane

Straight In A Gay Gay World [remastered]

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