A few assorted things from the dim dark past…

On 02/01/2026 at 20:37, red and blue forever said:

A couple of amazing Classics

Croatian Prog Rock

Hmmph! Triple M play Croatian prog rock all day! 😂

I like clever pop music, harmonically rich and interesting arrangements ...as well as lots of other stuff.

A trivia question '@hardtack '...do you know which member of the Flood played with Skyhooks?

9 minutes ago, rjay said:

A trivia question '@hardtack '...do you know which member of the Flood played with Skyhooks?

I didn’t know that any of them did, and none of their names strike a chord (pun unintended) when I think of the Skyhooks. I’m pretty sure that they’re a Sydney based band as as I see them listed in gig guides every now and then, often a pub somewhere around the Lidcombe(?) area.

The only former Skyhook I know that’s living in Sydney, is Bob Spencer, and he’s got no connection with them at all.

14 minutes ago, hardtack said:

I didn’t know that any of them did, and none of their names strike a chord (pun unintended) when I think of the Skyhooks. I’m pretty sure that they’re a Sydney based band as as I see them listed in gig guides every now and then, often a pub somewhere around the Lidcombe(?) area.

The only former Skyhook I know that’s living in Sydney, is Bob Spencer, and he’s got no connection with them at all.

Actually I think Bob does have a connection.

Pretty sure he was in a band with KB called the Honeymoon.

The Skyhooks connection is James Gillard, the bass player...originally from WA in a band called Western Flyer then in Mondo Rock.

Apparently James filled in for Greg Macainsh when he had suffered some injury (I think wrist or hand).

Edited 14 hours ago14 hr by rjay

1 hour ago, rjay said:

Actually I think Bob does have a connection.

Pretty sure he was in a band with KB called the Honeymoon.

The Skyhooks connection is James Gillard, the bass player...originally from WA in a band called Western Flyer then in Mondo Rock.

Apparently James filled in for Greg Macainsh when he had suffered some injury (I think wrist or hand).

Ah, I hadn’t realised that Bob was linked (he’s also played with a great little band called Los Romeos Oxidados 😉), and I’d never considered that Greg Macainsh would have sat out injured. Thanks for those snippets!