Australian Crawl live Background information Also known as Clutch Cargo Origin, Genres, Years active 1978–1986 Labels, Associated acts, Past members John Watson Mark Greig Harry Brus Australian Crawl (often called Aussie Crawl or The Crawl by fans) were an band founded by (/), , and in 1978. David Reyne soon left and was replaced by (drums, ).

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They were later joined by his brother (vocals, rhythm guitar). The band was named after the swimming style also known as the Australian crawl. Australian Crawl were associated with and sponsored a surfing competition in 1984. However, they also handled broader social issues such as shallow, and cautionary tales of. After their 1980 debut album, reached No. 4, Australian Crawl had two No.

1 albums; 1981's and 1982's. Their early singles reached the top 25 but none broke into the Top Ten; their best performing single was No. 1 hit ' which showed a more mature approach than earlier hits, and came from their 1983. Upheaval within the band occurred from 1983 onwards. First Bill McDonough left, then his brother Guy McDonough died in 1984, then various other members left. Their 1985 release was expensive but sales were disappointing; and they disbanded early in 1986. The band's status as an icon on the Australian music scene was acknowledged by induction into the 1996 (ARIA).

Founding guitarist Brad Robinson was unable to attend the Hall of Fame induction in person, as he was hospitalised with and died two weeks later. Main article: The band Spiff Rouch formed in 1976 in the suburb of on the outskirts of. The group lineup featured, brothers Bill and Guy McDonough, Paul Williams, Robert Walker and Simon Binks. Reyne had previously played drums for Archie Slammit and the Doors.

By early 1978 Spiff Rouch had separated into two groups: The Flatheads (including the McDonough brothers and Walker, along with Sean Higgins and Nigel Spencer) and Australian Crawl. The original lineup for the latter was Reyne as vocalist, Binks on lead guitar, Williams on bass guitar, along with Reyne's younger brother on drums and schoolmate Brad Robinson on rhythm guitar. Australian Crawl performed their first live gig in October 1978 and toured the pub circuit. David Reyne left the group in 1979 to finish his acting course, later becoming an actor and TV presenter as well as drumming for Cats Under Pressure and the (1986–1990).

He was replaced in Australian Crawl by Bill McDonough. The group's popularity in the Mornington Peninsula area increased with further pub gigs, then they gained audiences with university students and inner city residents. Once the band’s escalating popularity brought them into Melbourne they caught the attention of ’s guitarist, who helped them gain a recording contract with and he produced their first single. ' (1979) reached No.

22 on the National charts. Reyne had co-written the song with guitarist Mark Hudson in 1975. The track included references to the shallow materialism of residents of and to the night club in. Just days before recording 'Beautiful People' Reyne had been hit by a car in, breaking bones in both wrists, an episode later chronicled in the track 'Indisposed'. Australian Crawl made one of the most memorable debuts on (ABC) TV series performing 'Beautiful People' as Reyne still had both arms encased in plaster. 'Beautiful People' remains one of their most popular songs according to listeners of in 2007. 1980' The Boys Light Up.

Main article: Australian Crawl's debut album (1980), also produced by Briggs for EMI, had a number of with songwriting shared around the group and beyond. Tracks from this album included the previously released single ', the title track (written by Reyne and Mark Hudson); 'Indisposed' (Brad Robinson, James Robinson, Reyne, Bill McDonough) and ' (Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough, Bill McDonough) (from The Flatheads). Brad Robinson's father James Robinson was a Federal Arbitration Court Justice. ', their second single, was almost banned from radio play due to its explicit lyrics.

Many listeners believed the chorus lyrics were about smoking marijuana but Reyne has stated that it was about smoking tobacco cigarettes at school. It also reached No. 22 on the National charts and became their signature song and their most popular track especially live. Their third single 'Downhearted' charted higher at #12 and was a cautionary tale of romance gone wrong. The Boys Light Up reached No. 4 on the Australian album charts and remained in the charts for an unbroken 101 weeks.

It sold five times platinum: over 280,000 copies, and became one of the biggest Australian albums of the 1980s. Singer/guitarist/songwriter (ex-The Flatheads and Bill's younger brother) joined the group in October 1980. Rock journalist and commentator, compared Australian Crawl with various fellow Australian bands: Australian Crawl seemed to step out of a tourism poster. Spruce, lean, tanned and young. They swam, they surfed, they radiated a healthy, wholly Australian aura. If has personified the bodgie larrikin and the hard drinking working class man, Australian Crawl turned the bronzed lifesaver into a pop idol. Crawl songs seemed to eulogise hedonism, adventure and the great outdoors for an audience that couldn't be bothered with politics.

Main articles: and In 1981, Australian Crawl recorded their second album, with producer in Sydney. Named for 's yacht, the album peaked at No. 1 on the Australian album chart on 3 August and remained there for six weeks. At about this time Robinson was married to actress, later an winner, who co-wrote a track 'Easy On Your Own' for the album. Sirocco spawned the hit singles ' (May, No.

11 National charts) and ' (August, #18). It also included ' (November). Of these, 'Errol' about womanising Tasmanian-born actor Flynn is the band's third most popular song of all.

Another track from the album, 'Lakeside', became a popular radio inclusion. 1981 Australian End of Year Album Charts has Sirocco at No. 2 behind by and ahead of making it the best charting album by an Australian act. Another track on this album, Unpublished Critics has been compared several times to the later song ' by US band as acknowledged, by its writer, James Reyne. He was responding to media comments in May 2015 about the possibility of plagiarism by the American band. On the wave of this popularity the band toured extensively playing to huge crowds at Melbourne's (10,000), Sydney's (90,000), the (70,000), smashing attendance records at indoor venues in Brisbane and Perth. They were voted Countdown 1981 Most Popular Group, and James Reyne was voted 1980 and 1981 Most Popular Male Performer.

(1982) was recorded in with expatriate Australian producing. The album had a rougher, rock 'n' roll edge than its glossy pop rock predecessors and featured the No. 17 hit ' (June). It also included a re-recorded version of 'Downhearted' and became their second album to reach No. 1 on the Australian albums chart and remained there for five weeks. EMI issued the album in the USA.

Two further singles, 'Daughters of the Northern Coast' (August) and 'Runaway Girls' (November) failed to reach the Australian Top 40. Over 1982–1983 Reyne was filmed with Australian actresses and in the television miniseries, which was screened in September 1983. For Reyne's role of playboy professional Greg Marsden, he was given the 1984 'Most Popular New Talent Award' at the.

Reyne later declared he was not very good in the part, declining many acting offers since. During breaks in filming, the singer accepted an offer from Paul Christie and to join their part-time band with Harvey James from and from. The group played a short run of shows around Sydney venues and played covers exclusively. The resultant album, Live at Several 21sts, peaked at No. 9 on the national chart.

1983–1984: 'Reckless', Semantics and Phalanx. Main articles:, and Soon after Reyne finished acting for Return to Eden, Bill McDonough left due to tensions within the band. The remaining members then recorded the (1983) with Bidstrup (from The Party Boys, later a founder of ) on drums. The four track EP contained their best-known song, ' (aka 'Don't Be So Reckless', 'She Don't Like That') which was written by Reyne, and went to No. 1 on the Australian singles chart on 28 November.

John Watson then came in as a permanent replacement for McDonough. The live album was something of a stop-gap measure between studio albums, nevertheless it reached No.

4 during December. The band's biggest overseas break came when took the band as support on certain legs of their 'Sing Blue Silver' tour of the UK. US label signed Australian Crawl and issued (1984) as an album (with the four songs from the EP and re-recordings of tracks from past Australian records) for the American market. In April 1984 Australian Crawl became the first Australian band to sponsor an surfing competition. The /Australian Crawl was won by Australian surfer, Cheyne Horan. In June 1984 the band was forced off the road when was admitted to hospital in; he died soon after of viral.

Australian Crawl regrouped with Mark Greig on guitar (ex-Runners) for a series of live performances in late 1984. Prior to Guy's death, he had recorded demos with his brother Bill McDonough (drums, percussion), Sean Higgins and Nigel Spencer (bass, synthesisers), (all former The Flatheads); and Mick Hauser and Michael Bright (guitar).

Bill McDonough assembled the tapes and produced Guy McDonough's posthumous album My Place on Wheatley Records in April 1985. Singles 'My Place' / 'Things Don't Seem' and 'What's in it For Me' / 'Hook, Line and Sinker' were also released. ' written by Guy McDonough and Sean Higgins, had been released as an Australian Crawl single in 1981 off Sirocco. Tracks from these sessions were re-mastered and released on in 1996.

1985–1986: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, The Final Wave and split. Main articles: and By 1985 the group recorded their last studio album, with English producer. It was released in Australia on Australian Crawl's own label Freestyle Records. The album, which allegedly cost $400,000 to record, was a mishmash of styles and a commercial disaster (it peaked at No. 12 in August 1985 but slipped out of the Top 40 two weeks later). None of the singles had any Top 40 chart success.

Harry Brus (Kevin Borich Express) replaced long-standing bass player Paul Williams in May 1985. The band performed three songs for the July 1985 concert—part of the global program—'Reckless (Don't Be So)', 'Two Can Play' and 'The Boys Light Up'. It was broadcast in Australia (on both and ) and on in the US. When the album virtually failed to chart, the band was ready to split but had to go out on tour to pay off its debts. On 27 January 1986, their final Melbourne concert was recorded and released as the live album in October. The band performed its final concert on 1 February at the.

We really enjoy Perth, and have a lot of friends there, so it was a conscious decision to play our final show there. Besides, everybody expected us to play the last show back in Melbourne, so stuff 'em. Main articles:, and In 1985, Lin Buckfield (Electric Pandas) and Reyne released a duet single 'R.O.C.K.' / 'Under My Thumb'. After Australian Crawl disbanded, Reyne went on to a solo career.

His first few singles failed to chart but 1987's 'Fall of Rome' and the self-titled album that followed were the beginning of a string of hits that lasted until the early 1990s. In 1992 he and had a hit with a cover of ' 'Way Out West' (#2, May 1992). Reyne also formed Company of Strangers that year with former lead singer, and Jef Scott. Company of Strangers only released one self-titled album, in 1992, which produced the hits 'Motor City (I Get Lost)' (#26, September 1992), 'Sweet Love' (#21, January 1993) and 'Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star' (#35, March 1993).

In 1993 Reyne appeared as 's manager in. He featured in twelve episodes of during 1998 and in 2003's. Reyne lives on the Mornington Peninsula with his partner, Tina, and a daughter. He has released his eighth solo studio album, Every Man a King (2007) and still performs occasionally. Almost immediately after the split Robinson became manager of (with early Crawl drummer David Reyne).

Their first single, ' (1986), a cover of 's song, reached No. 4 on the National charts. Robinson then moved into a career in television (with 's ) and as a co-producer of documentaries. In the 1990s he became the manager for the Reyne brothers and worked as an agent for the Advantage Sports Management Group. This included managing Australian tennis player. Three years after being diagnosed with, Robinson died on 13 October 1996.

Binks played in the in 1988. He was injured in a 1995 car crash at a council roadworks that left him slightly brain-damaged. A court in 2006 awarded him $330,253 in damages, down from an estimated $750,000 because he was said to be over the legal limit.

Binks later disputed the alcohol reading as belonging to another driver and stated the remuneration mostly went to his lawyers. A 2007 appeal by the council, saw amount awarded further reduced to $304,750. Williams who had left the band in 1985, was working in music-related retail. 1996-present: ARIA Hall of Fame and compilations. Main article: In 1996, a compilation titled was released. It contained seven of the tracks from Guy McDonough's solo album My Place which were remastered. Compilers and producers of Lost & Found were Bill McDonough and Peter Blyton.

Lost & Found tracks from My Place include 'Too Many People' a duet sung by Guy McDonough with of. Some My Place tracks used on Lost & Found have Reyne singing backing vocals. As of 2001, Bill McDonough left the music industry and began working in the construction industry and continues to own and operate his building and demolition companies in 2017. The band was inducted into the in September 1996. Three weeks later, Robinson's died. Additional compilation albums were released; in 1998, in 2000 and in 2002. The Definitive Collection contained songs from the band and from James Reyne's solo career.

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In 2001, as part of its 75th Anniversary celebrations, the Australian Performing Right Association (APRA) compiled a list of the Top 30 Australian songs, with ' coming in at number nineteen. In October 2007, eleven Australian Crawl tracks were featured in the Essential 2007 Countdown of songs (positions are voted by listeners out of the best 2007 songs of all time). They were 'Hoochie Gucci Fioruci Mama' #1673; 'Lakeside' #1354; 'Indisposed' #956; 'Downhearted' #728; 'Oh No Not You Again' #587; 'Shut Down' #415; ' #371; 'Boys Light Up' #305; 'Errol' #227; 'Beautiful People' #153; and 'Reckless' #39. In January 2014, celebrated the 35th anniversary of the release of 'Beautiful People' by releasing It peaked at number 4 and was the 40th best selling album in Australian in 2014. In October 2016, Australian Crawl released a seven album vinyl collection, titled The Album Collection. The collection included the band's four studio albums, two live albums and the US-expanded version of the album which had previously been unavailable to Australian audiences.

Members Chronological list:. — guitars (1978–1984, 1985–1986).

— drums (1978). — vocals, guitars, keyboards, harmonica (1978–1986). ( 1996) — guitars, keyboards (1978–1986). — bass guitar (1978–1985).

— drums (replaced David Reyne) (1978–1983). ( 1984) — vocals, guitar (1980–1984). — drums (replaced Bill McDonough) (1983). John Watson – drums (replaced Bidstrup) (1983–1986). Mark Greig – guitars (replaced Guy McDonough) (1984–1986). – guitars, keyboards (replaced Binks on ) (1984).

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Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1983: Australian Crawl's promo-video for the hit single 'Reckless' (October, 1983), taken from the 1983 EP 'Semantics'.