Band Name: Hard-Ons
Music Album: The Worst Of...
Album Release Date: January 1970
Music Genre: Punk Rock
Record Label: Vinyl Solution
Album Release Country: UK & Europe
Music Record Type: 12 Tracks Vinyl LP Reissue
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 (...)
| A1 | All Set To Go |
| A2 | Love Song For Cindy |
| A3 | Coffs Harbour Blues |
| A4 | School Days |
| A5 | It's Cold Outside |
| A6 | Then I Kissed Her (Arabic) |
| B1 | By My Side |
| B2 | I'll Come Again |
| B3 | Fifteen |
| B4 | Keish's New Song |
| B5 | From My Window |
| B6 | Rock 'N' Roll All Nite |
Re-issue with Barcode and another code under the EFA box on the rear of the sleeve, neither of which appear on the first issue here: Hard-Ons - The Worst Of....
Rare & unreleased tracks recorded between 1984 and 1987.
Track A5 originally performed by Choir, The
Track A6 originally performed by Crystals, The
Track B1 originally performed by Elois, The
Track B2 originally performed by Legends, The (2)
Track B5 originally performed by Shaynes, The
Track B6 originally performed by Kiss
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