| For the better part of 1984 thru 1999 Sydney band the Hard-Ons ruled the Australian alternative music sphere racking up an impressive run of 21 consecutive Independent Chart no.1’s. This included the bulk of their 7″ single output; classics like Girl in the Sweater, All Set to Go, Just Being With You and Where Does She Come From, while other chart toppers included their iconic cover of the AC/DC classic Let There Be Rock featuring indie-godfather Henry Rollins on vocals and Where the Wild Things Are, a double 7″ with The Celibate Rifles which celebrated a 1992 tour of the same name. Now, for the very first time all sixteen 7″ vinyl singles, CD single and CD eps have been gathered in one place under one banner Hard-Ons – There Was A Time: Singles and EPs 1984-1999 and released to all digital platforms. The impressive 41 song collection includes all the above titles but also rarities like the Hard-Ons’ 2nd ever release, a flexi-disc of sixties garage classics The Elois‘ By My Side and The Legends ‘I’ll Come Again, given away in 1986 with Melbourne fanzine The Livin’ End, their 1989 gig giveaway cover of the Damned‘s Sick Of Being Sick and the complete Ed Kuepper sessions from 1999 featuring European only singles You Disappointed Me and Sharks Head and Australian only CD EP Yesterday & Today. There Was A Time is released to all digital platforms here –https://hardons.lnk.to/therewasatime – and NOW…. Full tracklisting below. 1 There Was A Time 2 Excuses 3 Surfin’ On My Face 4 Bye Bye Girl 5 By My Side 6 I’ll Come Again 7 Girl in the Sweater 8 I Heard Her Call My Name 9 All Set to Go 10 Ferdies Song 11 Busted 12 Suck ‘n Swallow 13 Just Being With You 14 Growing Old 15 Don’t Wanna See You Cry 16 Suck ‘n Swallow (Live) 17 Sick of Being Sick 18 Graham 19 F**k Off C**t Features 20 Where Did She Come From? 21 Get Out Of My House 22 Let There Be Rock 23 Carry Me Down 24 Dull 25 Sri Lanka 26 Sorry 27 Lose it 28 Simple Love 29 She’s A Dish 30 Crazy Crazy Eyes 31 I’m Down 32 Destroyer 33 Test 34 Stan The Ice Cream Man 35 Wishing Well 36 Burn in Hell 37 See Her Tonight 38 Small Talk 39 You Disappointed Me 40 Say Goodbye 41 Birthday 42 Shark’s Head |
| *** The release of There Was A Time: Singles/EPs 1984-1999 comes at a busy time for the Hard-Ons. The new documentary about the band, Harder & Harder, is in cinemas now, and The Most Australian Band Ever!, which Harder & Harder is a sequel to, is soon to be released on Blu-ray and in a range of Blu-ray box sets (one of which includes a vinyl pressing of the film soundtrack which has actual Hard-Ons blood mixed into the vinyl!) Details about both films and the Blu-ray and boxset releases are available from Living End Films here – Living Eyes | FilmsThe soundtrack album for The Most Australian Band Ever! is also set for a December 5 standalone release on a range of limited coloured vinyl, cassette & CD editions and digitally via Cheersquad and is on pre-sale now here – The Most Australian Band Ever! – The Secret Origin of the Hard-Ons | Hard-Ons | Cheersquad Records & TapesAnd of course, the Hard-Ons are on tour right now! Dates are below. (Let us know if you have any questions or need any more details about any of this!!) |
| CATCH THE HARD-ONS TOUR NOW (Go to https://mailchi.mp/1f633289ac74/hard-ons-honored-at-punchbowl-high-school-ahead-of-national-tour for more info)13/11 – Mo’s Desert Clubhouse, Gold Coast 14/11 – The Brightside, Brisbane 21/11 – Barwon Club, Geelong 22/11 – Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne 12/12 – Altar, Hobart Tickets from https://linktr.ee/thehardons |
