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Austrailian rock and roll

The recent "Obscure bands" discussion inspired me to bring up another sub-genre because many of the responses mentioned a few of these groups. Who are your favorite Australian rock and roll bands? Let's be specific and mention favorite individual albums.
A few bands from down under:
AC/DC
Crowded House
the Church
Hoodoo Gurus
Hunters and Collectors (Mark Seymour solo works)
Powderfinger
Wolfmother

My favorites from this group are the Hoodoo's first 2 albums "Stoneage Romeos" and "Mars Needs Guitars"
I also really enjoy Hunters and Collectors "Human Frailty and "Under One Roof". Gotta love a band with a full time French horn player that still shakes the rafters. Every now and then it is fun to crank it up a little. The Aussies know how to rock.
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maxnewid OP
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I would throw New Zealand in there as well. Love Tommy Emmanuel and want to check out some of these other people.
maxnewid OP
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Thanks for the ideas. There are some really interesting groups here. I forgot to mention one artist who is an acquired taste for some people, but is a true original- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He has very dark lyrics, but I like his baritone voice. "Die Lazarus Die"  and "Murder Ballads" are both worth checking out. An off the run offering from Nick Cave is the soundtrack to the movie "Lawless" which is about Depression era bootleggers in KY. The album features Mark Lanegan from the Screaming Trees on a few songs as well as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley and Emmylou Harris. They all get together and perform a great version of Lou Reed's "White Light/White Heat" which serves as background music for the bootleggers driving their Model T's trying to escape from the revenuers. 
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