When I was 14, there was a time that I would go on the weekends to visit my cousin Michael and stay over with him. As young lads we would venture out to the Hurstville Civic to see bands play.
I'm sure the cover charge was an exorbitant $1, but we paid that and joined the throngs of young wantobe surfees to attend these events. The Hurstville Civic was a community centre and from what I remember it was all innocent in the sense that there was not drugs or alcohol everywhere.
Featured in those concerts, were bands that were all semi-professional and remember this was in the pre-Countdown era. That was about to start and then the only way for a band was to play the clubs and pubs. In our case we didn't qualify to enter pubs legally and this was a easier way to see the bands.
The regulars were Dragon, Sherbert and this band from Melbourne called SkyHooks. In attendance were normally a packed crowd of say 250 kids, it seemed bigger then....
Recently there has been a remake of the classic 70-80's movie - Puberty Blues. The scenes were so reiminscent of this program, with the same clothes and culture in play.
There was always a double act with two bands playing in the same evening. Our routine would be to sneak in a beer at a pub beforehand if we could a) afford this and b) get into the establishment.
Now fast forward to today, I attended a concert a few weeks ago with that era plus others from the 80's and 90's. It was like listening to the radio from that era.
Jimmy Barnes was the headlight act along with the Angels; how old are those guys? and Darryl Braithwaite (the lead singer from Sherbet). Yes -- he is still singing those same songs.
It was a fun evening and it made me reflect on when I was 14, 15, 16 etc
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