Boom Crash Opera
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Boom Crash Opera are a pop-rock band formed in Melbourne
, Australia
in 1985. Initially based around the songwriting partnership of Richard Pleasance
(guitar/bass/vocals 1985 - 1992) and Peter Farnan (guitar/bass/keys/vocals) Boom Crash Opera also includes Dale Ryder (lead vocals), Peter 'Maz' Maslen (drums/vocals), Greg O'Connor
(keyboards/guitar) and Ian Tilley (bass/vocals 1992–present).
They released seven albums and an EP in the thirteen years of their recording career, and continue to play occasional shows.
Boom Crash Opera were quickly signed to WEA
records Australia and in 1986 released their debut single "Great Wall" (produced by Steve Brown). The single reached number 5 on the ARIA National charts. Their self titled debut album, released in 1987, (produced by Alex Sadkin
) went Gold and also featured the follow-up singles "Hands Up In The Air" (produced by Steve Brown), "City Flat" and "Her Charity".
Following on from the success of their debut in 1989 they released the top 10 single "Onion Skin
" from what would become their most successful album These Here Are Crazy Times (produced by Pete Smith and Richard Pleasance, mixed by Nick Launay
). These Here Are Crazy Times spent more than 12 months in the Australian National Top 40 and achieved double platinum sales. "Onion Skin" was followed by the top 20 singles "Get Out Of The House", "Best Thing", "Dancing In The Storm" and "Talk About It".
In 1990 they released Look! Listen!!. The album featured remixed versions of songs from their first two albums plus two new songs.
It was soon after the release of Look! Listen!! that Richard Pleasance was diagnosed with Tinnitus
. While Richard took time off he was replaced on bass by Mick Vallance. It was during this break in 1991 that Richard released an ARIA Award-nominated solo album titled Galleon.
In 1991 they released the EP 'Dreams On Fire' with both Pleasance and Vallance. The EP featured the single "Holy Water". Though the EP didn't perform as well as their previous efforts it brought the band and Keith Forsey
together. This relationship would continue when Keith would end up co-producing their next album with producer Jamie McCarney.
In 1992 they travelled to Los Angeles
and began work on the follow-up to These Here Are Crazy Times. Soon after they began writing and recording Pleasance made the decision to leave the band. He was temporarily replaced by Dorian West.
The band returned from L.A. and Ian Tilley joined as the permanent replacement for Pleasance. In 1993 they released the single "Bettadaze". It was followed by their third album, the L.A. recorded Fabulous Beast (Produced by Don Gehman and Keith Forsey). "Bettadaze" was followed by the singles "In The Morning" and "This Isn't Love". Though the album went Top 40 it didn't perform as well as These Here Are Crazy Times and soon dropped down the charts.
After the long and fairly successful tour of Fabulous Beast they took a break. It was during this time off that Peter Farnan produced the debut album for The Sharp
, a three piece band from Collingwood in Melbourne
that went on to have some success. It was also during this break that Greg O'Connor decided to return to full-time study at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
.
The remaining members returned to the airwaves and record stores in 1995 with a new contract with BMG
and the double album Born (produced by Peter Farnan and Neil Wiles). The album was released as a double CD package. The idea being that after a few months they would release the second CD , Born Again. Born marked a real turn in the sound and look of the band, featuring the glam rock sounding single "Gimme" and the follow-up single "Tongue Tied". The album was a lot more electronic than previous releases and though "Gimme" received generous radio airplay the album failed to ignite renewed interest in the band. Due to this lack of interest BMG scrapped the release of the second part of the album Born Again. Also in 1995 Pleasance released his solo album Colourblind.
1997 saw the release of Boom Crash Opera's last new release Gizmo Mantra (Produced by Daniel Denholm, Kalju Tonuma
and Boom Crash Opera). Pulling back from the electronic sounding Born, Gizmo was somewhat of a return to the melodic rock sounds that fans where use to. Featuring the singles "All" and a song penned by Farnan and Pleasance around the time of "Dreams On Fire" called "Dreaming Up A Fire" the album again failed to return the band to the top of the charts.
A year later BMG released The Best Things a greatest hits album featuring singles from all their albums plus the song "Soundtrack" from their unreleased album Born Again.
In 2002 Robert Doyle
the Opposition Leader of Victoria
used the song "Dancing in the Storm" as his theme song at the Liberal Party of Australia
State election campaign launch in November. The band wasn't asked their permission, and would have refused if asked according to Richard Pleasance. The campaign failed, and Steve Bracks
of the Australian Labor Party
won the election.
in Melbourne. The acoustic disc also featured Richard Pleasance, guesting with the band for the first time in over a decade.
In 2008 Hook N Sling released a dance re-make of the 1989 hit "The Best Thing" featuring on Ministry of Sound
Sessions 5.
Boom Crash Opera appeared on Sunday 5 April 2009 in Alistair Knox Park in Eltham for "A Day Of Healing" benefit concert to support the CFA
following the February 2009 Victorian bushfires
The band's song "Dancing in the Storm" is currently (2010) being used in the Mt Franklin Water advertisement.
The band's song 'Get out of the House' has been partially used as the theme tune to the UK's ITV
show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.
Peter Farnan has produced and written with bands such as Rachael Kane and Cade and has a solo profile on My Space.
Greg O'Connor is a freelance graphic designer.
Peter "Maz" Maslen has performed live and/or as a recording drummer for many top Australian artists including: Natalie Imbruglia
, Delta Goodrem
, Mark Seymour
, Men at Work
, The Seekers
, Belinda Emmett
, Archie Roach
, Bodyrockers
, Icehouse
, Jimmy Barnes
, Diesel, Jimmy Little
and Braindead Lovers.
Richard Pleasance has had great success outside of the band. His 1991 album Galleon featured the singles "Sarah (I Miss You)" and "Don't Cry". The album featured some of his closest friends in the music industry including Paul Hester
and Deborah Conway
. Galleon was critically acclaimed and went on to earn five nominations at the ARIA Awards. Pleasance then toured the album, as a support act for Elvis Costello
.
Also at this time Richard co-produced and performed on the highly successful debut album for Deborah Conway
String Of Pearls. Conway and Pleasance co-wrote a song on the album called "King Of Jordan". As well as producing and co-writing with Conway, Pleasance has also produced, arranged, played and written with acts such as Archie Roach
, Paul Kelly
, Suzanne Vega
, James Reyne
, Jon Stevens, Nick Barker, Seven Stories
and Augie March. In 1996 Pleasance teamed up with singer/songwriter Wendy Morrison. They called themselves 'Felt' and released a self titled album on Gotham/BMG records.
One of Richard Pleasance's biggest successes came when he wrote and produced the theme for the popular Australian television series SeaChange
.
He also started a band, Pleasantville, which included his wife, Michelle, releasing their debut album Hill of Beans in 2004.
1987 - Boom Crash Opera
1989 - "These Here Are Crazy Times!
"
1990 - Look! Listen!!
1992 - Dreams On Fire EP
1993 - Fabulous Beast
1995 - Born
1997 - Gizmo Mantra
1998 - The Best Things Greatest Hits
2007 - Essential Greatest Hits
2009 - Dancing In The Storm Acoustic
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
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in 1985. Initially based around the songwriting partnership of Richard Pleasance
Richard Pleasance
Richard Arnold Pleasance is an Australian rock musician and producer. He was a founding member of Boom Crash Opera on guitar, bass guitar, vocals and as a songwriter in 1985; they released three albums before Pleasance left in 1992...
(guitar/bass/vocals 1985 - 1992) and Peter Farnan (guitar/bass/keys/vocals) Boom Crash Opera also includes Dale Ryder (lead vocals), Peter 'Maz' Maslen (drums/vocals), Greg O'Connor
Greg O'Connor
Greg O'Connor is a Los Angeles based film and television composer, songwriter and record producer. He composed the scores for prime time shows such as Mad TV, The Ben Stiller Show, Blue Collar TV and The Jamie Kennedy Experiment. Greg is a Prime Time Emmy winner and a four-time Emmy nominee...
(keyboards/guitar) and Ian Tilley (bass/vocals 1992–present).
They released seven albums and an EP in the thirteen years of their recording career, and continue to play occasional shows.
Recording career
Prior to forming Boom Crash Opera, Peter Farnan was in the Serious Young Insects. Richard Pleasance was a fan of the band.Boom Crash Opera were quickly signed to WEA
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
records Australia and in 1986 released their debut single "Great Wall" (produced by Steve Brown). The single reached number 5 on the ARIA National charts. Their self titled debut album, released in 1987, (produced by Alex Sadkin
Alex Sadkin
Alex Sadkin is best remembered as a record producer in the early 1980s, but actually got his start in the music industry as a saxophonist for the Las Olas Brass in Fort Lauderdale, Florida....
) went Gold and also featured the follow-up singles "Hands Up In The Air" (produced by Steve Brown), "City Flat" and "Her Charity".
Following on from the success of their debut in 1989 they released the top 10 single "Onion Skin
Onion Skin (song)
"Onion Skin" is a top-ten song by Australian band, Boom Crash Opera. The song is from the band's most successful album, These Here Are Crazy Times!, released in 1989. The song reached the top 10 nationally in Australia and #8 on Billboards Modern Rock chart.In the song, the singer tells how he has...
" from what would become their most successful album These Here Are Crazy Times (produced by Pete Smith and Richard Pleasance, mixed by 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...
). These Here Are Crazy Times spent more than 12 months in the Australian National Top 40 and achieved double platinum sales. "Onion Skin" was followed by the top 20 singles "Get Out Of The House", "Best Thing", "Dancing In The Storm" and "Talk About It".
In 1990 they released Look! Listen!!. The album featured remixed versions of songs from their first two albums plus two new songs.
It was soon after the release of Look! Listen!! that Richard Pleasance was diagnosed with Tinnitus
Tinnitus
Tinnitus |ringing]]") is the perception of sound within the human ear in the absence of corresponding external sound.Tinnitus is not a disease, but a symptom that can result from a wide range of underlying causes: abnormally loud sounds in the ear canal for even the briefest period , ear...
. While Richard took time off he was replaced on bass by Mick Vallance. It was during this break in 1991 that Richard released an ARIA Award-nominated solo album titled Galleon.
In 1991 they released the EP 'Dreams On Fire' with both Pleasance and Vallance. The EP featured the single "Holy Water". Though the EP didn't perform as well as their previous efforts it brought the band and Keith Forsey
Keith Forsey
Keith Forsey is an English soundtrack composer, drummer, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:Forsey's first recordings were as the younger member of the group The Spectrum, better known for the end title theme for Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet, but hit makers across Europe in their own...
together. This relationship would continue when Keith would end up co-producing their next album with producer Jamie McCarney.
In 1992 they travelled to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and began work on the follow-up to These Here Are Crazy Times. Soon after they began writing and recording Pleasance made the decision to leave the band. He was temporarily replaced by Dorian West.
The band returned from L.A. and Ian Tilley joined as the permanent replacement for Pleasance. In 1993 they released the single "Bettadaze". It was followed by their third album, the L.A. recorded Fabulous Beast (Produced by Don Gehman and Keith Forsey). "Bettadaze" was followed by the singles "In The Morning" and "This Isn't Love". Though the album went Top 40 it didn't perform as well as These Here Are Crazy Times and soon dropped down the charts.
After the long and fairly successful tour of Fabulous Beast they took a break. It was during this time off that Peter Farnan produced the debut album for The Sharp
The Sharp
The Sharp was a 3-piece pop/rock band from Melbourne, Australia.The band formed in 1988 with Allan Catlin on double bass and lead vocals, Charlie Rooke on guitar and lead vocals, and Danny Simcic / Piet Collins on drums....
, a three piece band from Collingwood in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
that went on to have some success. It was also during this break that Greg O'Connor decided to return to full-time study at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
.
The remaining members returned to the airwaves and record stores in 1995 with a new contract with BMG
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
and the double album Born (produced by Peter Farnan and Neil Wiles). The album was released as a double CD package. The idea being that after a few months they would release the second CD , Born Again. Born marked a real turn in the sound and look of the band, featuring the glam rock sounding single "Gimme" and the follow-up single "Tongue Tied". The album was a lot more electronic than previous releases and though "Gimme" received generous radio airplay the album failed to ignite renewed interest in the band. Due to this lack of interest BMG scrapped the release of the second part of the album Born Again. Also in 1995 Pleasance released his solo album Colourblind.
1997 saw the release of Boom Crash Opera's last new release Gizmo Mantra (Produced by Daniel Denholm, Kalju Tonuma
Kalju Tonuma
Kalju Tonuma is a music producer, engineer, mixer, and occasional performer based in Melbourne, Australia. He played guitar as a member of Deadstar in 1998...
and Boom Crash Opera). Pulling back from the electronic sounding Born, Gizmo was somewhat of a return to the melodic rock sounds that fans where use to. Featuring the singles "All" and a song penned by Farnan and Pleasance around the time of "Dreams On Fire" called "Dreaming Up A Fire" the album again failed to return the band to the top of the charts.
A year later BMG released The Best Things a greatest hits album featuring singles from all their albums plus the song "Soundtrack" from their unreleased album Born Again.
In 2002 Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle
Robert Keith Bennett Doyle is an Australian politician and the 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, elected on 30 November 2008...
the Opposition Leader of Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
used the song "Dancing in the Storm" as his theme song at the Liberal Party of Australia
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
State election campaign launch in November. The band wasn't asked their permission, and would have refused if asked according to Richard Pleasance. The campaign failed, and Steve Bracks
Steve Bracks
Stephen Philip Bracks AC is a former Australian politician and the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Australian Labor Party, and was party leader and Premier from 1999 to 2007....
of the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
won the election.
Current status
Boom Crash Opera are still together. In 2009, Boom Crash Opera released an acoustic album entitled "Dancing in the Storm" as part of the Liberation Blue series. This new album contains acoustic re-workings of their best known songs. The CD release also features a DVD of footage from the Fabulous Beast tour performed in 1993 for MTV AustraliaMTV Australia
MTV Australia is 24 hour general entertainment channel specialising in music and youth culture programming which serves Australia and New Zealand. It is operated by Viacom International Media Networks Australia owned by Viacom and primarily features imported shows as well as locally produced...
in Melbourne. The acoustic disc also featured Richard Pleasance, guesting with the band for the first time in over a decade.
In 2008 Hook N Sling released a dance re-make of the 1989 hit "The Best Thing" featuring on Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...
Sessions 5.
Boom Crash Opera appeared on Sunday 5 April 2009 in Alistair Knox Park in Eltham for "A Day Of Healing" benefit concert to support the CFA
CFA
-Science and technology:* Cfa is one of two symbols for the Humid subtropical climate under the Köppen climate classification system* cfa is the file extension for an Adobe Premiere Pro audio file...
following the February 2009 Victorian bushfires
February 2009 Victorian bushfires
The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009...
The band's song "Dancing in the Storm" is currently (2010) being used in the Mt Franklin Water advertisement.
The band's song 'Get out of the House' has been partially used as the theme tune to the UK's ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.
Careers outside the band
Various members have had success outside of the band.Peter Farnan has produced and written with bands such as Rachael Kane and Cade and has a solo profile on My Space.
Greg O'Connor is a freelance graphic designer.
Peter "Maz" Maslen has performed live and/or as a recording drummer for many top Australian artists including: 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,...
, Delta Goodrem
Delta Goodrem
Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...
, Mark Seymour
Mark Seymour
Mark Seymour is an Australian musician and vocalist best known for his work as the frontman and songwriter of rock band Hunters & Collectors...
, Men at Work
Men at Work
Men at Work are an Australian rock band who achieved international success in the 1980s. They are the only Australian artists to have a simultaneous #1 album and #1 single in the United States . They achieved the same distinction of a simultaneous #1 album and #1 single in the United Kingdom...
, 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...
, Belinda Emmett
Belinda Emmett
Belinda 'Belle' Jane Emmett was an Australian actress and singer. She was married to television personality Rove McManus and was known for her roles in the TV drama series Home and Away and All Saints.-Early life:...
, 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,...
, Bodyrockers
BodyRockers
BodyRockers were an electronic music act, consisting of Dylan Burns and Kaz James. They are best known for their 2005 single, "I Like the Way".-Background:...
, Icehouse
Icehouse (band)
Icehouse is an Australian rock band, formed as Flowers in 1977 in Sydney. Initially known in Australia for their pub rock style, they later achieved mainstream success playing new wave and synthpop style music and attained Top Ten singles chart success in both Europe and the U.S...
, Jimmy Barnes
Jimmy Barnes
James Dixon Swan , better known as Jimmy Barnes, is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter. His father Jim Swan was a prizefighter and his older brother John Swan is also a rock singer. It was actually John who had encouraged and taught Jim how to sing as he wasn't really interested at...
, Diesel, Jimmy Little
Jimmy Little
Jimmy Little AO , is an Australian Aboriginal musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist, whose career has spanned six decades. For many years he was the only Aboriginal star on the Australian music scene...
and Braindead Lovers.
Richard Pleasance has had great success outside of the band. His 1991 album Galleon featured the singles "Sarah (I Miss You)" and "Don't Cry". The album featured some of his closest friends in the music industry including Paul Hester
Paul Hester
Paul Newell Hester was an Australian musician and television personality; he was the drummer for the related bands Split Enz and Crowded House.-The early years:...
and Deborah Conway
Deborah Conway
Deborah Ann Conway, is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actor. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their surprise top 5 hit "Man Overboard"....
. Galleon was critically acclaimed and went on to earn five nominations at the ARIA Awards. Pleasance then toured the album, as a support act for Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
.
Also at this time Richard co-produced and performed on the highly successful debut album for Deborah Conway
Deborah Conway
Deborah Ann Conway, is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actor. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their surprise top 5 hit "Man Overboard"....
String Of Pearls. Conway and Pleasance co-wrote a song on the album called "King Of Jordan". As well as producing and co-writing with Conway, Pleasance has also produced, arranged, played and written with acts such as 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,...
, 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...
, Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American songwriter and singer known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.Two of Vega's songs reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: "Luka" and "Tom's Diner"...
, James Reyne
James Reyne
James Reyne is an Australian rock musician and singer/songwriter both as a member of the iconic 1980s band Australian Crawl and solo work.. He is a successful singer/ songwriter and prolific artist...
, Jon Stevens, Nick Barker, Seven Stories
Seven Stories (band)
Seven Stories was an Australian rock group formed in Adelaide, initially as Tall Stories, in 1986. The band was nominated as 'Best New Talent' at the 1991 Australian Record Industry Association Awards and signed to Sony , but disbanded in 1994 after its second full-length album release, Everything...
and Augie March. In 1996 Pleasance teamed up with singer/songwriter Wendy Morrison. They called themselves 'Felt' and released a self titled album on Gotham/BMG records.
One of Richard Pleasance's biggest successes came when he wrote and produced the theme for the popular Australian television series SeaChange
SeaChange
SeaChange was a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong...
.
He also started a band, Pleasantville, which included his wife, Michelle, releasing their debut album Hill of Beans in 2004.
Discography
Singles are in italic1987 - Boom Crash Opera
- Gap That Opened
- Hands Up In The Air
- Love Me To Death
- City Flat
- Her Charity
- Sleeping Time
- Great Wall
- Bombshell
- Caught Between Two Towns
- Too Hot Too Think
1989 - "These Here Are Crazy Times!
These Here Are Crazy Times
These Here Are Crazy Times is the second album released by Australian rock group Boom Crash Opera, released in 1989.-Track listing :#"Onion Skin" – 3:28#"Where There's A Will" – 3:59#"The Best Thing" – 4:13#"Piece Of The Pie" – 4:54#"Forever" – 3:56...
"
- Onion Skin
- Where There's A Will
- The Best Thing
- Piece Of The Pie
- Forever
- Get Out Of The House
- Talk About It
- End Up Where I Started
- Dancing In The Storm
- Mountain Of Strength
- Axe To Grind
- Superheroes
1990 - Look! Listen!!
- Onion Skin (Extended Mix)
- Great Wall (Extended Mix)
- Off To Sea
- The Best Thing (LISTEN!! Mix)
- Hands Up In The Air (Extended Mix)
- Get Out Of The House (Extended Mix)
- Bombshell (Extended Mix)
- Rocks Are In My Head
- Talk About It
- These Here Are Crazy Times
1992 - Dreams On Fire EP
- Holy Water
- Hell To Pay
- Skys Are Blue
- Antarctica
1993 - Fabulous Beast
- My Revelation
- This Isn't Love
- In The Morning
- Bettadaze
- The Colour Of Love
- Strike A Match
- Look Up What's Coming Down
- What A Good Night
- You Wouldn't Want To Know
- I Am Nature
- Don't Let On
- The Last Place On Earth
1995 - Born
- Essence
- When She Get's There
- Move Over
- Wired
- Dissemble
- Get Me Happy
- Oh So Cool
- Gimme
- Tongue Tied
- Crush
1997 - Gizmo Mantra
- Wake Up Fine
- Dirt
- Don't Forget To Breathe
- Welcome To Tomorrow
- All
- Walking Disaster
- Funny
- Bad Television
- Ain't I Amazed
- I'm Not Like You
- Dreaming Up A Fire
- On
1998 - The Best Things Greatest Hits
- Great Wall (Single Mix)
- Hands up in the air (Single Mix)
- City Flat
- Her Charity
- Onion SkinOnion Skin (song)"Onion Skin" is a top-ten song by Australian band, Boom Crash Opera. The song is from the band's most successful album, These Here Are Crazy Times!, released in 1989. The song reached the top 10 nationally in Australia and #8 on Billboards Modern Rock chart.In the song, the singer tells how he has...
- Get Out Of The House
- The Best Thing
- Dancing In The Storm
- Bettdaze
- In The Morning
- This Isn't Love
- Gimme
- Soundtrack
- Radio
- All
- Welcome To Tomorrow
- The Last Place On Earth
2007 - Essential Greatest Hits
- Great Wall
- Hands up in the air
- City Flat
- Her Charity
- Love Me to Death
- Onion SkinOnion Skin (song)"Onion Skin" is a top-ten song by Australian band, Boom Crash Opera. The song is from the band's most successful album, These Here Are Crazy Times!, released in 1989. The song reached the top 10 nationally in Australia and #8 on Billboards Modern Rock chart.In the song, the singer tells how he has...
- Get Out Of The House
- The Best Thing
- Dancing In The Storm
- Mountain Of Strength
- Talk About It
- End Up Where I Started
- Holy Water
- Bettadaze
- In The Morning
- This Isn't Love
- Gimme
- Dreaming Up A Fire
- All
2009 - Dancing In The Storm Acoustic
- The Best Thing
- Onion Skin
- Great Wall
- Dancing In The Storm
- Hands up in the air
- Love Me to Death
- Get Out Of The House
- In The Morning
- You Wouldn't Want to Know
- Bettadaze
- Ordinary Heaven
- Talk About It
- Caught Between Two Towns