ARIA Music Awards of 1998 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 12th Australian Recording Industry Association

Australian Recording Industry Association

The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards

ARIA Music Awards

The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...

or simply The ARIAS

ARIA Music Awards

The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...

) was held on 20 October 1998 at the Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

Convention & Exhibition Centre. Presenters, including Democrats

Australian Democrats

The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader...

deputy leader Natasha Stott Despoja

Natasha Stott Despoja

Natasha Jessica Stott Despoja AM is an Australian former politician and former leader of the Australian Democrats. She was a Democrats senator for South Australia from 1995 to 2008...

and former Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Australia

The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...

Gough Whitlam

Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC , known as Gough Whitlam , served as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia. Whitlam led the Australian Labor Party to power at the 1972 election and retained government at the 1974 election, before being dismissed by Governor-General Sir John Kerr at the climax of the...

, distributed 28 awards with the big winner for the year being Natalie Imbruglia

Natalie Imbruglia

Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...

with six awards.

In addition to previous categories, "Outstanding Achievement Award" was presented to Savage Garden

Savage Garden

Savage Garden were an Australian pop rock performance and songwriting duo. Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones formed the group in Brisbane, Queensland in 1994...

. The ARIA Hall of Fame

ARIA Hall of Fame

Since 1988 the Australian Recording Industry Association has inducted artists into its ARIA Hall of Fame. While most have been recognised at the annual ARIA Music Awards, in 2005 ARIA sought to create a separate standalone "ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame" event as only one or two acts could be inducted...

inducted: The Angels

The Angels (Australian band)

The Angels are a hard rock band that formed in Adelaide, Australia in 1970. The band later relocated from Adelaide to Sydney and enjoyed huge local success until well into the 1990s. For the purposes of international release, their records were released under the names Angel City and later The...

and The Masters Apprentices

The Masters Apprentices

The Masters Apprentices were an Australian rock band fronted by mainstay Jim Keays on lead vocals, which formed in 1965 in Adelaide, South Australia, relocated to Melbourne in February 1967 and attempted to break into the United Kingdom market from 1970, before disbanding in 1972...

ARIA Awards

Album of the Year
- Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
  
  – Left of the Middle
  Left of the Middle
  Left of the Middle is the first album by Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia. Released in 1997, the album was a worldwide hit. Spurred by the success of lead single "Torn", the album reached number 1 in her home country and the top 10 in both the UK and US...
- Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
  
  – Impossible Princess
  Impossible Princess
  Impossible Princess is the sixth studio album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It was released in Japan on 1 November 1997 by BMG Records, Australia on 12 January 1998 by Mushroom Records and 23 March 1998 in Europe by Deconstruction Records to mixed reviews. The album was produced by...
- Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – Unit
  Unit (album)
  This was the second, and last, Regurgitator album to be pressed on vinyl until 2011 when SuperHappyFunTimeFriends was released.- Singles :The singles from this album in Australia are:* "Everyday Formula"* "Black Bugs"* "Polyester Girl"...
- The Whitlams
  The Whitlams
  The discography of The Whitlams consists of six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, and eighteen singles.-Studio albums:-Live albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Videos:-Music videos:-Awards:...
  
  – Eternal Nightcap
  Eternal Nightcap
  Eternal Nightcap is the third studio album by Australian rock band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997.- Music :Eternal Nightcap includes typical rock songs , piano ballads , classic pop tunes , and even a Bob Dylan cover version .-...
- You Am I
  You Am I
  You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. They were the first Australian band to have three albums successively debut at #1 on the ARIA Charts, and are renowned for their live performances.-History:Tim Rogers formed the first...
  
  – #4 Record
  No. 4 Record
  #4 Record is an album by Australian rock band You Am I, released in 1998. The album reached #1 on the local albums chart upon its release. This was You Am I's third consecutive album to debut at #1 on the Australian charts, a record at the time...

Single of the Year
- Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
  
  – "Torn
  Torn (Ednaswap song)
  "Torn" is a song by the band Ednaswap from their debut album Ednaswap . It was their second single from that album, after "Glow". "Torn" was written by Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, and Phil Thornalley during a demo session in 1993 before Ednaswap was formed. The lyrics were written by Preven....
  
  "
- The Living End
  The Living End
  The Living End are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney , Scott Owen and Andy Strachan...
  
  – "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
- The Mavis's
  The Mavis's
  The Mavis's were an Australian pop band from Ballarat, Victoria. The band was composed of Matt Thomas , his sister Becky Thomas , Nick Gill , Andrea Vendy , and Josh Alexander . They are best known for their 1998 synth-driven single "Cry", which appeared on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1998...
  
  – "Cry"
- Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
  
  – "Did It Again"
- The Whitlams
  The Whitlams
  The discography of The Whitlams consists of six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, and eighteen singles.-Studio albums:-Live albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Videos:-Music videos:-Awards:...
  
  – "No Aphrodisiac
  No Aphrodisiac
  "No Aphrodisiac" is the third single on The Whitlams third album Eternal Nightcap. It was written by Tim Freedman, with Pinky Beecroft and Chit Chat Von Loopin Stab helping with the lyrics. The single is the band's most successful and well known, voted the #1 song in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1997...
  
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Song of the Year
- Monique Brumby
  Monique Brumby
  Monique Brumby is an Australian Indie pop/rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. Her debut single, "Fool for You", peaked into the top 40 in the Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA Singles Charts, and provided an ARIA Award for 'Best New Talent' in 1996...
  
  – "The Change in Me"
- The Fauves
  The Fauves
  The Fauves are an Australian rock band. Their album Future Spa was nominated for Best Alternative Album in the 1997 ARIA awards but lost to Spiderbait's Ivy and the Big Apples....
  
  – "Surf City Limits"
- The Living End
  The Living End
  The Living End are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney , Scott Owen and Andy Strachan...
  
  – "Prisoner of Society
  Prisoner of Society
  "Prisoner of Society" is a song by The Living End. The song was originally released in Australia on the 1997 EP "Second Solution/Prisoner of Society". It was later released as a single, separate from "Second Solution", in the United Kingdom in 1998....
  
  "
- The Mavis's
  The Mavis's
  The Mavis's were an Australian pop band from Ballarat, Victoria. The band was composed of Matt Thomas , his sister Becky Thomas , Nick Gill , Andrea Vendy , and Josh Alexander . They are best known for their 1998 synth-driven single "Cry", which appeared on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1998...
  
  – "Cry"
- The Whitlams
  The Whitlams
  The discography of The Whitlams consists of six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, and eighteen singles.-Studio albums:-Live albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Videos:-Music videos:-Awards:...
  
  – "No Aphrodisiac
  No Aphrodisiac
  "No Aphrodisiac" is the third single on The Whitlams third album Eternal Nightcap. It was written by Tim Freedman, with Pinky Beecroft and Chit Chat Von Loopin Stab helping with the lyrics. The single is the band's most successful and well known, voted the #1 song in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1997...
  
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Highest Selling Album
- Savage Garden
  Savage Garden
  Savage Garden were an Australian pop rock performance and songwriting duo. Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones formed the group in Brisbane, Queensland in 1994...
  
  – Savage Garden
  Savage Garden (album)
  Savage Garden is the eponymous debut album from Australian pop duo Savage Garden. It was released on March 4, 1997. The album sold more than 18 million copies worldwide...
- John Farnham
  John Farnham
  John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...
  
  – Anthology
  Anthology 1: Greatest Hits 1986–1997
  Anthology 1: Greatest Hits 1986–1997 is a greatest hits compilation album by Australian singer John Farnham. The album was released in Australia on 29 September 1997, and is the first of a three disc Anthology set....
- Midnight Oil
  Midnight Oil
  Midnight Oil , were an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie...
  
  – 20,000 Watt R.S.L.
  20,000 Watt R.S.L.
  20,000 Watt R.S.L. is a compilation album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released in October 1997 on their own label Sprint Music. The word "Collection" appears on the front of the CD along the hinge in the same type face as the title and the name of the band and may have been intended as...
- The 12th Man
  The Twelfth Man
  The Twelfth Man is the name for a series of comedy productions by Australian satirist Billy Birmingham. Birmingham, a skilled impersonator, is generally known for parodying Australian sports commentators' voices...
  
  – Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life
  Bill Lawry... This is Your Life
  Bill Lawry... This is Your Life is the sixth album released by The Twelfth Man. Released on December 7, 1997, it reached number one on the ARIA Album Charts.-Plot:...
- Tina Arena
  Tina Arena
  Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. She has won several awards, most notably 6 ARIA Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Award for the world's best selling Australian artist...
  
  – In Deep

Highest Selling Single
- The Living End
  The Living End
  The Living End are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney , Scott Owen and Andy Strachan...
  
  – "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
- John Farnham
  John Farnham
  John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...
  
  & Human Nature
  Human Nature (band)
  Human Nature are an Australian pop vocal group. The group was originally formed as a doo-wop band in 1989 while the current members were at school together in Sydney. So far, the band has had 17 Top 40 hits and five Top 10 hits in Australia since 1996 when their first album Telling Everybody was...
  
  – "Every Time You Cry"
- Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
  
  – "Big Mistake
  Big Mistake
  "Big Mistake" is a pop rock song performed by Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia. It was written by Imbruglia and Mark Goldenberg for Imbruglia's debut album Left of the Middle . The song was released as the album's second single in March 1998. The song also appears on the Stephen Emmett...
  
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- Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
  
  – "Torn"
- Tina Arena
  Tina Arena
  Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. She has won several awards, most notably 6 ARIA Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Award for the world's best selling Australian artist...
  
  – "Burn
  Burn (Tina Arena song)
  "Burn" was covered by American country singer Jo Dee Messina for her third studio album Burn. It was released as the second single in October 2000, and peaked at #2 on the US Country charts in February 2001.-Music video:...
  
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Best Group
- Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – Unit
  Unit (album)
  This was the second, and last, Regurgitator album to be pressed on vinyl until 2011 when SuperHappyFunTimeFriends was released.- Singles :The singles from this album in Australia are:* "Everyday Formula"* "Black Bugs"* "Polyester Girl"...
- Savage Garden
  Savage Garden
  Savage Garden were an Australian pop rock performance and songwriting duo. Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones formed the group in Brisbane, Queensland in 1994...
  
  – "Universe"
- The Superjesus
  The Superjesus
  The Superjesus were an ARIA award–winning rock band from Adelaide, Australia. They are best known for their singles "Shut My Eyes", "Down Again" and "Gravity".-History:...
  
  – Sumo
  Sumo (album)
  Sumo is the debut album released by Australian band The Superjesus in February 1998.-Track listing:# Down Again# Saturation# Sandfly# Now And Then# Ashes# I'm Stained# Honeyrider# Sink# Dead Ended# Milk...
- The Whitlams
  The Whitlams
  The discography of The Whitlams consists of six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, and eighteen singles.-Studio albums:-Live albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Videos:-Music videos:-Awards:...
  
  – Eternal Nightcap
  Eternal Nightcap
  Eternal Nightcap is the third studio album by Australian rock band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997.- Music :Eternal Nightcap includes typical rock songs , piano ballads , classic pop tunes , and even a Bob Dylan cover version .-...

Best Female Artist
- Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
  
  – Left of the Middle
  Left of the Middle
  Left of the Middle is the first album by Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia. Released in 1997, the album was a worldwide hit. Spurred by the success of lead single "Torn", the album reached number 1 in her home country and the top 10 in both the UK and US...
- Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
  
  – Impossible Princess
  Impossible Princess
  Impossible Princess is the sixth studio album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It was released in Japan on 1 November 1997 by BMG Records, Australia on 12 January 1998 by Mushroom Records and 23 March 1998 in Europe by Deconstruction Records to mixed reviews. The album was produced by...

Best Male Artist
- Paul Kelly
  Paul Kelly (musician)
  Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...
  
  – Words and Music
  Words and Music (Paul Kelly album)
  Words And Music is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1998. It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and Vanguard Records in the United States...

Best New Talent
- Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
  
  – Left of the Middle
  Left of the Middle
  Left of the Middle is the first album by Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia. Released in 1997, the album was a worldwide hit. Spurred by the success of lead single "Torn", the album reached number 1 in her home country and the top 10 in both the UK and US...
- Diana Anaid
  Diana Anaid
  Diana Anaid is an Australian singer-songwriter.-Early life and career:Born Diana Gosper in New South Wales, Anaid released her self-titled debut album at the age of 19...
  
  – "I Go Off"
- Marie Wilson – "Next Time"

Breakthrough Artist – Album
- Cordrazine
  Cordrazine (band)
  Cordrazine are an Australian rock band formed in 1996 in Melbourne, Victoria. They released a top ten album on the Australian Recording Industry Association Albums Chart, From Here to Wherever in 1998. The album was nominated for 'Breakthrough Artist - Album' at the ARIA Music Awards for 1998;...
  
  – From Here to Wherever
- Grinspoon
  Grinspoon
  Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, they won the Triple J-sponsored Unearthed competition for Lismore,...
  
  – Guide to Better Living
- Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
  
  – Left of the Middle
  Left of the Middle
  Left of the Middle is the first album by Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia. Released in 1997, the album was a worldwide hit. Spurred by the success of lead single "Torn", the album reached number 1 in her home country and the top 10 in both the UK and US...
- Jebediah
  Jebediah
  Jebediah is an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. The group consists of vocalist and guitarist Kevin Mitchell, guitarist Chris Daymond, bassist Vanessa Thornton, and Kevin's brother Brett Mitchell on drums...
  
  – Slightly Odway
  Slightly Odway
  Slightly Odway is the debut album by Australian alternative rock band Jebediah, released on 8 September 1997 by Murmur Records. The album reached a peak of number 7 on the ARIA Albums Chart, due to the success of tracks like "Leaving Home" and "Military Strongmen", and number 2 on the ARIA...
- The Superjesus
  The Superjesus
  The Superjesus were an ARIA award–winning rock band from Adelaide, Australia. They are best known for their singles "Shut My Eyes", "Down Again" and "Gravity".-History:...
  
  – Sumo
  Sumo (album)
  Sumo is the debut album released by Australian band The Superjesus in February 1998.-Track listing:# Down Again# Saturation# Sandfly# Now And Then# Ashes# I'm Stained# Honeyrider# Sink# Dead Ended# Milk...

Breakthrough Artist – Single
- Hot Rollers – "Wickerman Shoes"
- Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
  
  – "Torn"
- Diana Anaid
  Diana Anaid
  Diana Anaid is an Australian singer-songwriter.-Early life and career:Born Diana Gosper in New South Wales, Anaid released her self-titled debut album at the age of 19...
  
  – "I Go Off"
- Primary
  Primary (band)
  Primary is a rock band based in Sydney, Australia from 1995 until the early 2000s. The band's nucleus consisted of Jamie Fonti , Sean Fonti and Connie Mitchell...
  
  – "Vicious Precious"
- Marie Wilson – "Next Time"

Best Dance Release
- Endorphin
  Endorphin (Australian band)
  Endorphin is the stage name of Eric Chapus, an electronic act from Kuranda, near Cairns, Australia.-Albums:* Embrace * Skin * AM:PM * Seduction * Shake It... * Soon After Silence...
  
  – Embrace
  Embrace (Endorphin album)
  Embrace is the debut album by the Australian band Endorphin, released in early 1998. Shortly after its release, Endorphin was chosen to support Portishead on their April 1998 tour, and then Massive Attack in their June 1998 tour...
- Sgt Slick
  Sgt Slick
  Sgt Slick is a house music DJ and electronic music producer from Melbourne, Australia, sometimes known as Andy J.Sgt Slick's track "White Treble, Black Bass" peaked at No. 9 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. It topped club charts in Australia and Europe. Sgt Slick won the 'Best Dance...
  
  – White Treble Black Bass
- Friendly
  Friendly (musician)
  Friendly is a breaks’ producer and DJ. Originally from Australia he is now based in London.Friendly's debut album, Hello Bellybutton , was nominated for Best Dance Release at the 1998 ARIA Music Awards...
  
  – Hello Bellybutton
- Frontside – "Dammerung" / "Mind Distortion"
- Pee Wee Ferris
  Pee Wee Ferris
  Peewee Ferris is a DJ from Sydney, Australia. Ferris began mixing at an early age, being inspired by his older brothers Stephen and John who are also DJs....
  
  – Social Narcotic

Best Pop Release
- Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Imbruglia
  Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
  
  – Left of the Middle
  Left of the Middle
  Left of the Middle is the first album by Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia. Released in 1997, the album was a worldwide hit. Spurred by the success of lead single "Torn", the album reached number 1 in her home country and the top 10 in both the UK and US...

Best Country Album
- Shanley Del – My Own Sweet Time
- Troy Cassar-Daley
  Troy Cassar-Daley
  Troy Cassar-Daley is a multi-award-winning country musician from New South Wales, Australia.He released his first EP, "Dream Out Loud", in 1994 and was nominated for his first Golden Guitar for Best Male Vocalist the same year...
  
  – True Believer
- Gina Jeffreys
  Gina Jeffreys
  Gina Jeffreys is an Australian country singer. She was born on 1 April 1968 at Toowoomba, Queensland. She has often been called Australia's "Queen of Country" and has won numerous Australian country music awards....
  
  – Someboy's Daughter
- The Wheel – The Wheel

Best Independent Release
- The Blackeyed Susans
  The Blackeyed Susans
  The Blackeyed Susans are an Australian rock band, formed in Perth in 1989, based in Melbourne since 1992.-Perth 1989-1990:The original line-up consisted of David McComb on vocals and guitar, Alsy MacDonald on drums , Phil Kakulas on bass guitar , Rob Snarski on vocals and guitar, and...
  
  – Spin the Bottle
  Spin the Bottle (album)
  Spin The Bottle is the fourth studio album by The Blackeyed Susans, released in July, 1997 on Hi Gloss Records. Initial copies came with a karaoke disc containing instrumental versions of each song...
- Karma County
  Karma County
  Karma County is an Australian music group who formed in 1995. They consist of Drummer Stuart Eadie, who also creates and co-ordinates the band's visual imagery , singer/guitarist Brendan Gallagher, who also produces the music, and bassist Michael Galeazzi.-Melody deal:In early 1999 the band signed...
  
  – Olana
- The Living End
  The Living End
  The Living End are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney , Scott Owen and Andy Strachan...
  
  – "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
- TISM
  TISM
  TISM was a seven piece anonymous alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia. The group was formed in 1982 and enjoyed a large underground/independent following. Their third album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons reached the Australian national top 10 in 1995...
  
  – www.tism.wanker.com
  Www.tism.wanker.com
  www.tism.wanker.com is the name of a 1998 album by Australian alternative rock group TISM .The album title references an internet URL which, at the time of release, was a subdomain provided by a friendly person overseas who had registered wanker.com, as TISM were not able to obtain their preferred...
- The Whitlams
  The Whitlams
  The discography of The Whitlams consists of six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, and eighteen singles.-Studio albums:-Live albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Videos:-Music videos:-Awards:...
  
  – Eternal Nightcap
  Eternal Nightcap
  Eternal Nightcap is the third studio album by Australian rock band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997.- Music :Eternal Nightcap includes typical rock songs , piano ballads , classic pop tunes , and even a Bob Dylan cover version .-...

Best Alternative Release
- Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – Unit
  Unit (album)
  This was the second, and last, Regurgitator album to be pressed on vinyl until 2011 when SuperHappyFunTimeFriends was released.- Singles :The singles from this album in Australia are:* "Everyday Formula"* "Black Bugs"* "Polyester Girl"...
- You Am I
  You Am I
  You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. They were the first Australian band to have three albums successively debut at #1 on the ARIA Charts, and are renowned for their live performances.-History:Tim Rogers formed the first...
  
  – Hourly, Daily
  Hourly, Daily
  Hourly, Daily is an album by Australian rock band You Am I, released in July 1996. The album is Tim Rogers' portrait of Australian life, spread across 15 tracks. Themes include childhood, suburbia, and relationships...

Best Indigenous Release
- Archie Roach
  Archie Roach
  Archie Roach is an Australian musician. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he survived a turbulent upbringing to develop into a powerful voice for Indigenous Australians, a storyteller in the tradition of his ancestors, and a nationally popular and respected artist.- Biography :In his own words,...
  
  – Looking for a Butter Boy
- Gondwana
  Gondwana (musical group)
  Gondwana is a reggae group from La Pincoya, Santiago, Chile, founded in 1987 by I Locks Labbé. They have been produced by Dr. Dread of RAS Records...
  
  – Xenophon
- Singers for the Red Black and Gold – Yil Lull
- John Williamson
  John Williamson (singer)
  John Robert Williamson AM is an Australian country music singer-songwriter. Williamson has released over thirty-two albums, ten videos, five DVDs, and two lyric books...
  
  & Warren H Williams – Raining on the Rock
- Bart Willoughby
  Bart Willoughby
  Bart Willoughby is an Indigenous Australian musician, noted for his pioneering fusion of reggae with Indigenous Australian musical influences, and for his contribution to growth of Indigenous music in Australia....
  
  – Pathways

Best Adult Contemporary Album
- David Campbell
  David Campbell (Australian musician)
  David Joseph Campbell is an Australian singer and stage performer. He has performed and recorded many different genres of music from rock to classics. He is the son of singer Jimmy Barnes.-Theatre career:...
  
  – Taking the Wheel
- Colin Hay
  Colin Hay
  Colin James Hay is a Scottish-Australian musician, who made his mark during the 1980s as lead vocalist of the Australian band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist.- Early life and Men at Work :...
  
  – Transcendental Highway
  Transcendental Highway
  Transcendental Highway is an album by Scottish-Australian singer Colin Hay, released in 1998. . Re-Released 21 April 2009 .-Track listing:All songs written by Colin Hay except where noted:...
- The Killjoys – Sun Bright Deep
- Archie Roach
  Archie Roach
  Archie Roach is an Australian musician. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he survived a turbulent upbringing to develop into a powerful voice for Indigenous Australians, a storyteller in the tradition of his ancestors, and a nationally popular and respected artist.- Biography :In his own words,...
  
  – Looking for a Butter Boy
- Wendy Matthews
  Wendy Matthews
  Wendy Joan Matthews is an Australian adult alternative pop singer originally from Canada who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist...
  
  – Ghosts

Best Comedy Release
- The 12th Man
  The Twelfth Man
  The Twelfth Man is the name for a series of comedy productions by Australian satirist Billy Birmingham. Birmingham, a skilled impersonator, is generally known for parodying Australian sports commentators' voices...
  
  – Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life
  Bill Lawry... This is Your Life
  Bill Lawry... This is Your Life is the sixth album released by The Twelfth Man. Released on December 7, 1997, it reached number one on the ARIA Album Charts.-Plot:...
- Jimeoin
  Jimeoin
  Jimeoin McKeown, who performs under the name Jimeoin , is a stand-up comedian and actor from Northern Ireland. He came to public attention between 2005 and 2008 while performing an "over the top" comedy tour Australia's outback and major cities, which was filmed for the BBC Northern Ireland...
  
  – Forklift Truck
- Paul McDermott
  Paul McDermott (comedian)
  Paul McDermott is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, director, singer, artist and television host. He currently hosts the satirical news-based 'Good News World' a follow up to quiz show Good News Week which airs in Australia on Network Ten...
  
  – Unplugged Good News Week Tapes Volume 1

Fine Arts Awards

Best Jazz Album
- Chaplin, Tinkler, Rex, Lamble – The Future in Today
- Joe Chindamo
  Joe Chindamo
  Joe Chindamo is an Australian pianist and composer residing in Melbourne. In 2009, "Something Will Come to Light" , written by Chindamo, won the 'Jazz Work of the Year' at the Australasian Performing Right Association Awards, his "Moments and Eternities" was also nominated.His music has been used...
  
  – Anyone Who Had a Heart
- Kevin Hunt – Plays JS Bach
- Shelley Scown with the Paul Grabowsky Trio
  Paul Grabowsky
  -Biography:Grabowsky was born on 27 September 1958 in Lae, Papua New Guinea; his father Alistair had lived in Papua New Guinea with his wife Charlotte since the 1930s working on oil rigs, building roads, flying planes and playing the drums...
  
  – Angel
- Rolf Stube – The Jazz Police

Best Classical Album
- Yvonne Kenny
  Yvonne Kenny
  Yvonne Kenny AM is an Australian soprano, particularly associated with Handel and Mozart roles.Born in Sydney, she first studied at the University of Sydney in science, hoping to become a biochemist, but decided to pursue a career in music instead...
  
  , Paul Dyer, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
  Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
  The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is an Australian period instrument orchestra specialising in the performance of baroque and classical music.The musicians play from original edition scores on restored or reproduced instruments of the 18th century...
  
  – Handel: Arias
- Tamara Anna Cislowska
  Tamara Anna Cislowska
  Tamara Anna Cislowska is an Australian concert pianist and chamber musician. She has performed across most of the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Germany, Colombia, Greece, The Netherlands and Poland, and has associated with the Philharmonia, the London...
  
  – The Persian Hours
- Slava Grigoryan
  Slava Grigoryan
  Slava Grigoryan is an Australian classical guitarist and recording artist of Armenian heritage.He was born in Kazakhstan to Eduard and Irina Grigoryan, both professional violinists. His family emigrated to Australia in 1981 and he was raised in Melbourne. Grigoryan began to study guitar with his...
  
  – Dance of the Angels
- Karin Schaup – Leyenda
- Sydney Alpha Ensemble – Elena Kats - Chernin Clocks

Best Children's Album
- The Flowerpot Gang – Happy Little Flower Pots
- Hooley Dooleys
  Hooley Dooleys
  The Hooley Dooleys are an Australian children's performing act. They originally appeared on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, but have since appeared on commercial television and as a live touring act...
  
  – Ready Set... Go!
- George Spartels
  George Spartels
  George Spartels is an Australian actor of Greek descent, who is best known for his role on the television soap opera Neighbours, playing Benito Alessi. He was married to actress Elizabeth Alexander....
  
  – Let's Go Out
- Don Spencer
  Don Spencer
  Donald Richard Spencer OAM is an Australian children's television presenter and musician, best known for his long-running role as a presenter on Play School in both Australia and the United Kingdom. He had his first song the theme tune to Fireball XL5 in 1962, reaching #32 on the UK Singles...
  
  – Australian Classics
- The Wiggles
  The Wiggles
  The Wiggles are a children's group formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991. Their original members were Anthony Field, Phillip Wilcher, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt. Wilcher left the group after their first album...
  
  – Toot Toot!

Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
- The Necks
  The Necks
  The Necks are an experimental jazz trio from Sydney, Australia, comprising Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass...
  
  – The Boys
  The Boys (soundtrack album)
  The Boys is the sixth album and first soundtrack album by Australian improvised music trio The Necks originally released on the Wild Sound/MDS label in 1998 and later rereleased on Fish of Milk. The album features music recorded for the Australian motion picture The Boys...
- Original Cast Recording – The Boy from Oz

Best World Music Album
- Kavisha Mazzella – Fisherman's Daughter
- Tigramuna – Jazz Latino - Americano
- Tulipan
  Tulipan
  Tulipan is a Brisbane-based Hungarian fusion band who were active from 1993 to 2000.Virag Antal, founder of the group, learned to play the traditional folk instruments hurdy gurdy, zither and cimbalom or hammered dulcimer while at school in Hungary. It is a still rarity to see these instruments...
  
  – Manic Celeste
- Xylouris Ensemble – Antipodes

Artisan Awards

Producer of the Year
- Paul Begaud – Human Nature
  Human Nature (band)
  Human Nature are an Australian pop vocal group. The group was originally formed as a doo-wop band in 1989 while the current members were at school together in Sydney. So far, the band has had 17 Top 40 hits and five Top 10 hits in Australia since 1996 when their first album Telling Everybody was...
  
  – Whisper Your Name
- Daniel Denholm, Phil McKellar
  Phil McKellar
  Phil McKellar is an Australian record producer known for his work with many top Australian rock bands including The Butterfly Effect, You Am I, The Cruel Sea, Grinspoon, Dirty Three, The Mark Of Cain, Frenzal Rhomb, Spiderbait, Silverchair, Kisschasy, Ash, The Sunpilots, Tumbleweed, Nitocris, One...
  
  – The Cruel Sea
  The Cruel Sea (band)
  The Cruel Sea are an Australian indie rock band from Sydney formed in late 1987. Originally an instrumental-only band, they became more popular when fronted by vocalist Tex Perkins in addition to Jim Elliott on drums, Ken Gormly on bass guitar, Dan Rumour on guitar and James Cruickshank on guitar...
  
  – "Hard Times"
- Charles Fisher
  Charles Fisher (producer)
  Charles Fisher is an Australian record producer. Often referred to as the song doctor. He is widely known as the producer of Savage Garden's eponymous album which yielded 10 ARIAs in 1997. "I Want You", a single from the aforementioned album also won a Channel V award in India...
  
  – Savage Garden
  Savage Garden
  Savage Garden were an Australian pop rock performance and songwriting duo. Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones formed the group in Brisbane, Queensland in 1994...
  
  – "Universe"; – The Seekers
  The Seekers
  The Seekers are an Australian folk-influenced pop music group which were originally formed in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States...
  
  – The Bush Girl
- Magoo
  Magoo (Australian producer)
  Magoo is the professional name of Lachlan Goold, a multi award-winning Australian music producer based in Brisbane, Australia. With his business partner Jeff Lovejoy, Magoo operates Black Box Recording, a Brisbane-based recording facility....
  
  , Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – Regurgitator – Unit
  Unit (album)
  This was the second, and last, Regurgitator album to be pressed on vinyl until 2011 when SuperHappyFunTimeFriends was released.- Singles :The singles from this album in Australia are:* "Everyday Formula"* "Black Bugs"* "Polyester Girl"...
- Rob Taylor, Tim Freedman
  Tim Freedman
  Timothy "Tim" James Freedman is the mainstay lead singer and keyboardist of the Australian band The Whitlams formed in 1993...
  
  – The Whitlams
  The Whitlams
  The discography of The Whitlams consists of six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, and eighteen singles.-Studio albums:-Live albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Videos:-Music videos:-Awards:...
  
  – Eternal Nightcap
  Eternal Nightcap
  Eternal Nightcap is the third studio album by Australian rock band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997.- Music :Eternal Nightcap includes typical rock songs , piano ballads , classic pop tunes , and even a Bob Dylan cover version .-...

Engineer of the Year
- Nigel Derricks – Cordrazine
  Cordrazine (band)
  Cordrazine are an Australian rock band formed in 1996 in Melbourne, Victoria. They released a top ten album on the Australian Recording Industry Association Albums Chart, From Here to Wherever in 1998. The album was nominated for 'Breakthrough Artist - Album' at the ARIA Music Awards for 1998;...
  
  – From Here to Wherever
- Nick Launay
  Nick Launay
  Nick Launay is an English record producer and recording engineer. He is currently one of the most sought after producers in the world due to his current success with recent albums by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds...
  
  – Silverchair
  Silverchair
  Silverchair were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Merewether, Newcastle with the line-up of Ben Gillies on drums, Chris Joannou on bass guitar and Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo...
  
  – "The Door
  The Door (song)
  "The Door" is the fourth and last single off the band Silverchair's second album, Freak Show. It is also one of only a few songs from Frogstomp and Freak Show that the band still plays live.-Track listing:...
  
  "
- Magoo
  Magoo (Australian producer)
  Magoo is the professional name of Lachlan Goold, a multi award-winning Australian music producer based in Brisbane, Australia. With his business partner Jeff Lovejoy, Magoo operates Black Box Recording, a Brisbane-based recording facility....
  
  – Midnight Oil
  Midnight Oil
  Midnight Oil , were an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie...
  
  – "White Skin / Black Heart"; – Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – Unit
  Unit (album)
  This was the second, and last, Regurgitator album to be pressed on vinyl until 2011 when SuperHappyFunTimeFriends was released.- Singles :The singles from this album in Australia are:* "Everyday Formula"* "Black Bugs"* "Polyester Girl"...
  
  ; – Skunkhour
  Skunkhour
  Skunkhour were a Sydney-based Australian band that was active in the 1990s, before disbanding in 2001.Formed in 1991, the band is named after a poem by Robert Lowell entitled "Skunk Hour"...
  
  – "Another Childish Man", "Breathing Through My Eyes", "Opportunist", "Pulse"
- Tony Espie – Wendy Matthews
  Wendy Matthews
  Wendy Joan Matthews is an Australian adult alternative pop singer originally from Canada who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist...
  
  – Ghosts excluding "Halcyon Days"
- Rob Taylor – The Whitlams
  The Whitlams
  The discography of The Whitlams consists of six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, and eighteen singles.-Studio albums:-Live albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Videos:-Music videos:-Awards:...
  
  – Eternal Nightcap
  Eternal Nightcap
  Eternal Nightcap is the third studio album by Australian rock band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997.- Music :Eternal Nightcap includes typical rock songs , piano ballads , classic pop tunes , and even a Bob Dylan cover version .-...

Best Video
- Chris Bently – Groove Terminator
  Groove Terminator
  Simon Lewicki, also known as Groove Terminator, is an Australian electronic music artist.Originally a hip-hop DJ, he eventually began spinning house music...
  
  – "Losing Ground"
- Mark Hartley – The Cruel Sea
  The Cruel Sea (band)
  The Cruel Sea are an Australian indie rock band from Sydney formed in late 1987. Originally an instrumental-only band, they became more popular when fronted by vocalist Tex Perkins in addition to Jim Elliott on drums, Ken Gormly on bass guitar, Dan Rumour on guitar and James Cruickshank on guitar...
  
  – "Takin' All Day"
- Jeremy Hydnes, George Pinn – Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – "Polyester Girl"
- Baz Luhrmann
  Baz Luhrmann
  Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy, which includes his films Strictly Ballroom, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...
  
  – Christine Anu
  Christine Anu
  -Early life:Anu was born in Cairns, Queensland to a Torres Strait Islander mother from Saibai and Mabuiag Islands.-Career:Anu began performing as a dancer and later went on to sing back-up vocals for The Rainmakers, which included Neil Murray of the Warumpi Band. Her first recording was in 1993...
  
  , David Hobson, Royce Doherty – "Now Until the Break of Day"
- Quan Yeomans
  Quan Yeomans
  Quan Yeomans is an Australian musician best known as the frontman of the multi-ARIA Music Award winning band Regurgitator, which formed in Brisbane in December 1993.-Early years:...
  
  – Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – "Black Bugs"

Best Cover Art
- Carl Breitkreuz, Ian Downie – Various – To Hal and Bacharach
  To Hal and Bacharach
  This 1998 tribute album features songs written by Hal David & Burt Bacharach. The idea, developed by Kurt Lathy, Christa Mitchell and Melissa Whebell, was to have a number of Australian performers cover various David/Bacharach tunes, among them: Regurgitator, Rebecca's Empire, The Whitlams, Tex...
- Dominic O'Brien, Matt Thomas, Rachel Boyce, Alison Smith – The Mavis's
  The Mavis's
  The Mavis's were an Australian pop band from Ballarat, Victoria. The band was composed of Matt Thomas , his sister Becky Thomas , Nick Gill , Andrea Vendy , and Josh Alexander . They are best known for their 1998 synth-driven single "Cry", which appeared on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1998...
  
  – Pink Pills
- William Tennent, Chris Tennent – The Superjesus
  The Superjesus
  The Superjesus were an ARIA award–winning rock band from Adelaide, Australia. They are best known for their singles "Shut My Eyes", "Down Again" and "Gravity".-History:...
  
  – Sumo
  Sumo (album)
  Sumo is the debut album released by Australian band The Superjesus in February 1998.-Track listing:# Down Again# Saturation# Sandfly# Now And Then# Ashes# I'm Stained# Honeyrider# Sink# Dead Ended# Milk...
- Kevin Wilkins – Midnight Oil
  Midnight Oil
  Midnight Oil , were an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie...
  
  – 20,000 Watt R.S.L.
  20,000 Watt R.S.L.
  20,000 Watt R.S.L. is a compilation album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released in October 1997 on their own label Sprint Music. The word "Collection" appears on the front of the CD along the hinge in the same type face as the title and the name of the band and may have been intended as...
- The Shits – Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – Unit
  Unit (album)
  This was the second, and last, Regurgitator album to be pressed on vinyl until 2011 when SuperHappyFunTimeFriends was released.- Singles :The singles from this album in Australia are:* "Everyday Formula"* "Black Bugs"* "Polyester Girl"...

ARIA Hall of Fame inductees

The Hall Of Fame

ARIA Hall of Fame

inductees were:

- The Angels
  The Angels (Australian band)
  The Angels are a hard rock band that formed in Adelaide, Australia in 1970. The band later relocated from Adelaide to Sydney and enjoyed huge local success until well into the 1990s. For the purposes of international release, their records were released under the names Angel City and later The...
- The Masters Apprentices
  The Masters Apprentices
  The Masters Apprentices were an Australian rock band fronted by mainstay Jim Keays on lead vocals, which formed in 1965 in Adelaide, South Australia, relocated to Melbourne in February 1967 and attempted to break into the United Kingdom market from 1970, before disbanding in 1972...

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