Best Australian Music Export

[rubbers0ul]

INXS or ACDC for the best Australian bands/singer that cracked the overseas market?

your thoughts?

any others?

Although not my fav, but kylie's up there.

 

[materamagic]

In terms of success in the American market, the Little River Band really impressed back in the later 70's. ACDC and INXS you would think were the best performing acts from Australia. Kylie Minogue early and late in her career achieved quite a bit in UK and US.

 

[Leaping Lindner]

Do you mean the best or the one that has sold the most records?

 

[- PC -]

Air Supply?


Nah AC/DC for longevity

 

[Roddy]

Acca Dacca by the length of about 200 MCG's. No one has had such a sustained run of MEGA-success. No one comes even remotely close. INXS were big internationally for about 3 minutes on one album. Kylie's not even a musician, she's just a well marketed puppet.
AC/DC started really coming to international prominence with Highway to Hell in '79, Back in Black is still one of the hugest selling albums in Rock history, and they have been massive, and massively influential, for the almost 30 years later.
This is a no-contest.

 

[year of the roo]

INXS were big internationally for about 3 minutes on one album.

 

[Monkster]

INXS were big internationally for about 3 minutes on one album.

You realise Rockstar: INXS was an american show right? which would kinda suggest they are just pretty big in America (big as in known).

 

[Borry]

Acdc.

 

[Borry]

For favourite, ACDC.

 

[Faithful Hawk]

AC/DC by a mile. Nick Cave has a lot of respect from a number of International Artists, he was very big in Britain during the punks years in the 80's.

The JETS are huge in Bali or so the barman at the Hard Rock told me

 

[Roddy]

You realise Rockstar: INXS was an american show right? which would kinda suggest they are just pretty big in America (big as in known).

Did you see the ratings for that show?????

 

[Catnip]

The best Australian Music Export was the Bee Gees. The problem is, they came back.

 

[Mr Magoo]

The best Australian Music Export was the Bee Gees. The problem is, they came back.

Midnight Oil would be in the top 10 exports & while they wouldn't have had as much success as bands like AC/DC they still deserve a mention.

Also in Ac/dc news i've been informed that their new albulm will be released in mid November.

 

[Anti_Gravity]

The Wiggles, Australia's export of the year 2005

 

[tomthetiger]

Midnight Oil would be the best, ACDC are just the most famous. Dare I say a bit overrated.

 

[Arcadion]

Midnight Oil would be the best, ACDC are just the most famous. Dare I say a bit overrated.

A bit??? I don't see what's so great about them. INXS and even Midnight Oil **** all over them.

 

[tomthetiger]

Well ok, a lot. And i mean A LOT! I didn't want to get abused by every man and his dog on these boards so I made it rather subtle, but Ive never been an ACDC fan.

 

[Roddy]

Oils are similar to INXS, only their international fame last about a minute and a half.
AC/DC overrated? Up to, and including Back in Black, NO FUKCING WAY!!!!! Post BinB, and especially for the last 15 years???? Abso-fukcing-lutely......

 

[- PC -]

What are we looking for? Earnings or popularity?

 

[Roddy]

What are we looking for? Earnings or popularity?

Export suggests earnings, to my mind.
I reckon 'overall success' would be the best thing to base this on.....

 

[materamagic]

Little River Band. Really made inroads in the American charts. the song "lonesome looser" was everywhere on American FM radio in 1979, and they had many hits and albums that did really well.

Black In Black is inside the top ten US best sellers though

 

[mantis]

Easybeats.

 

[mark73]

Easybeats.

Good call Mantis.Don't agree necessarily wrt BIGGEST, but they were a fair bit more successful overseas than people care to remember.I guess it depends on what you consider overseas.I would love to add LRB because I think they had the biggest musical effect in the US along with Men at work.I've always been a bigger fan of Reminiscing than I was of Down Under, but they were nonetheless a hit there.In fact MAW were a huge hit in Brazil, of all places.England? who cares.Their tastes have been going down hill since about 1975, besides they probably shade us a little wrt exports.

 

[Brittany]

My boys INXS

And AC/DC of course.

 

[rubbers0ul]

if 'welcome to whereever you are' (inxs '92 album) was marketed oveseas properly it would have been a massive album, arguably bigger then anything ACDC ever did