MatthewK

So ignored, so unfairly. Rejected by the Oz Rock scene in the 90s here (Things of Stone and Wood, Frente, anyone?) and snubbed by the image-obsessed English press. And brilliant albums in a streak from Get to Notice to Ways T'Burn.

''Blondin Makes a Stuffed Crust Pepperoni'' surely.

Nice relic job on the modern Jazzmaster - gold spraypaint on the pickguard!

SBS - how about using some of the cash coming in from Rockwiz to document some Australian rock history?

SOME STATION BETTER PICK UP THIS DOCO DAMMIT.

Here's a tidbit from an actual e-mail sent to me by Mr G back in 1996: ''the main music reference in Rushall Station, and there are heaps of them, but the main one is a song by David Bowie called ''Teenage Wildlife''. I mention ''Dave'' in the first song, the dual guitar melodies in ''some stupid adage'' are a direct steal in terms of structure and the way they answer themselves in the melody, I quote directly from Bowies lyrics - ''broken nose mongrel'' in the title track is the most obvious one but there are others, ''tabloid or bust'' was written as a dead beat answer to the song, etc''

Agreed, RS is a sensational and greatly overlooked album, and probably their best. At the time it came out I did a little work for Mr Giarrusso - we put together a book of lyrics and writing which was also called ''Rushall Station''. Printed a thousand copies and shipped them off, but I never encountered it ''in the wild''. Anyone got one? I still have 2 copies and even the layout file - perhaps I should approach Rubber Records and see if they want to do it as a download.