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The End of Black Sabbath’s touring

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Black Sabbath at Barclays Centre, Brooklyn, 2014. Photo by MusikAnimal CC-BY-SA 4.0

Black Sabbath is touring the world for the last time. It’s appropriately called The End.

The Auckland show was on April 28th and then they rock Dunedin on April 30th.

I’ll be grabbing my black t-shirt and jeans and flying down to Dunedin to do some headbanging to the wonderfully heavy sound. Ozzie is one of the few old rockers that can still sing like he did in his youth. I’m so excited!

Celebrating Bogan Rock music

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I’d hate for another May Music Month at Christchurch City Libraries to pass me by where I haven’t shared my love for Bogan Rock. Found on Fordforums.com.au: The Definition of a Bogan – Australian Ford Forums:

“Bogan rock” is an umbrella term for several artists and genres that commonly includes some elements of psychedelia, heavy metal, Big-Hair Rock, or, in Australia, nearly any Australian rock band from the 1970s and 1980s. In 2000 a Bogan Rock Festival was held in rural Victoria to some critical and financial success, suggesting that the term’s derogatory power is becoming eroded.In Australia, it is generally accepted that if a bogan national anthem were to exist it would be the 1980’s Jimmy Barnes/Cold Chisel classic, “Khe Sanh”, however due to the immense influence that Australian Rules Football has on bogan culture, the song “Holy Grail” by Hunters and Collectors must not avoid consideration. In Melbourne ‘Run to Paradise’ by the Choirboys is generally considered the ultimate bogan anthem. In New Zealand, “Bliss” (a.k.a. “Drink Yourself Wobbly”) by Th’ Dudes or most songs by The Exponents hold comparable favour among the bogan population.

I had the ‘lucky’ opportunity to live in Western Australia between the tender ages of 15 and 29 and was exposed to bogan culture and bogan rock by school mates at Bon Scott’s high school in Fremantle, Perth. If you don’t know who Bon Scott is then you can definitely not count yourself as a bogan. Bon Scott was the most favoured singer of ACDC until, like a lot of rock stars, he died by alcohol. Whether you proudly wear your black rock band t shirt daily, or like me are a bogan in disguise, you will surprised how much resources our library has. We have CDs, DVDs, biographies on your rock heroes, music scores to learn those riffs,

Bogan resources in our library catalogue:

A few of my  favourite rock bands and our libraries resources on them:

 

May Music Month at Christchurch City Libraries has a variety of performances.