Band Name: Hard-Ons
Music Album: The Best Of..... / Rarities
Album Release Date: December 1999
Music Genre: Punk Rock Power Pop
Record Label: Citadel (7)
Album Release Country: Australia
Music Record Type: 46 Tracks CD Album
The Hard-Ons are a melodic punk rock band from Sydney, Australia who officially formed in 1982. They are often acknowledged as Australia's most commercially successful independent band and have found international success since the release of their debut Surfin On My Face EP in 1985 (later re-released in 1987 on Australia's Waterfront Records).
The band's origins can be traced back to Western Sydney's Punchbowl Boys High School, where all three original band members were students. The multicultural trio of Keish De Silva (of Sri Lankan descent), Blackie (Yugoslavian heritage) and Ray Ahn (Korean ancestry) were initially too young to play gigs in pubs, but honed their skills playing at parties, school dances and the famous Sydney "all ages shows" of the era.
Largely influenced by punk, metal and psychedelic bands, the Hard-Ons sound is hard to categorise, though their love of the independent punk spirit (with the members deliberately controlling their own careers: recording, booking and promoting themselves, creating thei (...)
| The Best Of..... | ||
| 1.01 | Small Talk | 3:06 |
| 1.02 | Raining | 1:40 |
| 1.03 | She's A Dish | 4:31 |
| 1.04 | Something About You | 2:29 |
| 1.05 | Think About You Every Day | 2:20 |
| 1.06 | Do It With You | 2:33 |
| 1.07 | Sorry | 1:36 |
| 1.08 | Where Did She Come From? | 2:04 |
| 1.09 | Suck 'N' Swallow (Live) | 5:34 |
| 1.10 | Missing You Missing Me | 2:12 |
| 1.11 | Get Away | 2:10 |
| 1.12 | It's Up To Me | 2:19 |
| 1.13 | Girl In The Sweater | 2:45 |
| 1.14 | Busted | 2:16 |
| 1.15 | There Was A Time | 2:03 |
| 1.16 | On And On | 2:48 |
| 1.17 | Wishing Well | 3:40 |
| 1.18 | All Set To Go | 2:37 |
| 1.19 | Lost | 1:52 |
| 1.20 | Lose It | 4:08 |
| 1.21 | Wog Food | 2:53 |
| 1.22 | Don't Wanna See You Cry | 2:24 |
| 1.23 | I Do I Do I Do | 2:15 |
| 1.24 | Just Being With You | 2:15 |
| Rarities | ||
| 2.01 | Squat House | 1:41 |
| 2.02 | Girl In The Sweater (Original Demo Version) | 2:45 |
| 2.03 | I Heard Her Call My Name (Original Demo Version) | 2:56 |
| 2.04 | Got A Baby | 1:57 |
| 2.05 | Show Us What Ya Got | 2:48 |
| 2.06 | Walk All Over You | 3:39 |
| 2.07 | Graham | 1:57 |
| 2.08 | Lick It Up | 4:18 |
| 2.09 | Ache To Touch You (Live) | 2:57 |
| 2.10 | Feast On Flesh (Live) | 5:12 |
| 2.11 | Missing You Missing Me (Live) | 2:17 |
| 2.12 | Where Did She Come From? (Live) | 1:57 |
| 2.13 | Suck 'N' Swallow (Live) | 6:13 |
| 2.14 | Just Being With You (Live) | 2:58 |
| 2.15 | Little Miss Evil (Alternate Mix) | 2:19 |
| 2.16 | Love Hurts | 2:23 |
| 2.17 | Simple Love (Original Session) | 2:38 |
| 2.18 | Hate So Hard (Original Session) | 1:44 |
| 2.19 | Shit #2 | 1:22 |
| 2.20 | Something Is Wrong | 0:54 |
| 2.21 | Shoot Shoot | 2:21 |
| 2.22 | Goodbye | 0:55 |
Also released in an unlimited format containing only CD 1.
Track 1.01 was previously unavailable but appears on all formats of this album.
Disc 2 was previously released as the 'Rarities' disc of the Hard-Ons - A Decade Of Rock compilation.
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