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The Story
Punk Downunder was born in April 2000 to fill
the void of Aussie punk sites on the net. This site aims to
promote Australian punk bands and inform the punk community
of Australia on all the happenings. In the beginning the site
looked worse than the arse of a lavered up hairless gorilla.
Matt from Brisbane and Matt from Sydney ran it. Shocking and
talentless web design saw Jake enter the fray. He used to run
a site called Austpunk but in the spirit of unity joined Punk
Downunder and turned us into a superpower. When Jake entered
Matt from Sydney suddenly went missing and we haven't had contact
with him since...so Matt if you're out there give us a email
or something. Cal from Adelaide also joined the team later,
I think he's gone missing as well...either that or I am sending
him emails to the wrong address.. He and Jake were responsible
for that S&M reviews dungeon which stirred up a bucket load
of hatemail. From there, Punk Downunder just grew and grew.
Staff came and went. We managed to even get a radio interview
on 3RRR Melbourne. Next thing, Ben from Sydney came and Clarko
who designed the previous kick arse grey and white PDU layout.
Heaps of people got hooked including Tracey Newman (who now
is a staff member) who now sends us heaps of good stuff in the
email. What else? Dave just joined, he's from Perth so we'll
have a fair bit of WA stuff on the site so you westerners can
get hooked. Staff profiles are below as well as a thanks list
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Staff
Matt
Some favourite bands: NOFX, The June Spirit, Jokes on Me,
Theory of Flight, Rufusbaton, Wiseacre, Blueline Medic, Us Versus Them,
Millencolin, NUFAN, Mainstay, Nob, Refused
Email: [email protected]
Jake
Some favourite bands: Sex Pistols, Bickley, Mad Caddies, NoFX,
Dayglo Abortions, Black Flag, Rancid, Choking Victim/Leftover
Crack, Minor Threat, The Ramones, River City Rebels, Dead
Kennedys, Blueline Medic, Topnovil, Commissioner Gordon, Wiseacre,
Vial 8, Wiseacre, Midget Handjob
Email: [email protected]
Clarko
Some favourite bands: gob, Propagandhi, NOFX, Mad Caddies,
Lagwagon, SNFU, Garbage, Me First.., No Use.., Bracket, Pulley,
88 Fingers Louie, the Beatsteaks, Ballpoint, Billings Method,
One Dollar Short, Game Over
Email: [email protected]
Ben
Age: 19
Lives: Sydney
Some favourite bands: NOFX, NUFAN, Frenzal Rhomb, Bodyjar,
Millencollin, The Ataris, One Dollar Short, NPR, Slick Shoes,
The Vandals, LessThanJake, Ghoti Hook, One Inch Punch, The
Ataris, Seraphs Coal, Supertones, Insiderz
Email: [email protected]
Tracey
Some favourite bands: ska and punk - Especially River City
Rebels, The Porkers and Too Hot
Email: [email protected]
What else: I LOVE beer, taking pics of bands and one day hope
to open an Australian Ska museum.
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Contact
Info
Send
general emails to [email protected]
Email to get the mailing address.
FAQ
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you want to ask a question, send an email to the address above
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Thanx List
Ian
Bennet from Shock Records - Tracey Newman - The Americans:
AZNR, Luke Knox and Josh Stern - LethalInjectionZine.com -
Eric Cherry from Epitaph - 3RRRfm's Mondo Bizarro in Melbourne
- Harro & Wiseacre - Ben & Girls Germs - Stu Harvey at Trademark
Records - Andrea Davidson - Cal for all his work - Mike Putrino,
the defunct leader of the GobST - Gearmuff - Matt Donaldson
- Deano & Marzeepan - Mike Hastings in Perth - Ash in Canberra
- Emily and Kamikaze Harry - Bombshell Brad and his kick arse
zine - Emily at Brizzie Punks E-Group (now Punk-e-Mart) -
AustralianPunkBands.Pair.com (RIP) - Dave Thornton for his
poor camera work - Jeroen Doeswijk and Beyond93 (Holland's
best punk rockers) - Ashk & the Vicious Ugly Punx! - Gabba
Hotel - Us Versus Them - Everyone on the Gob Street Team -
punknews.org for the plugs - the Fastmusic.com network: especially
punkshows.com - Hendo and his MCSkaCore Page - Unpaid Debt
and their awesome website at listen.to/unpaid-debt - Rip It
Up (Adelaide Street Press) - Beat (Melbourne Street Press)
- Xpress (Perth Street Press) - BickleyWorld.com - Jordan
Baker & Pastepunk.com - Erik Davis & Guttermouth - Ingo &
No Fun At All - Erik & Millencolin - Ariel & The Hippos -
Mick & One Dollar Short - Jai & Below Par Records - Theo and
Gob - all the local bands we love hearing - Anyone who sends
us free stuff - anyone who hasn't gotten credit and should
be on this list - Bevan and Beanz Baxter (the best street
mag since the dawn of time) - Green Heinz Tomato Sauce - Of
course each and every person who visits the site (keep doing
it or we'll take you off this list).
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