Ross Wilson
10-13-08 Ross Wilson
We recently were supposed to see Ross Wilson from Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock perform live in Eagle Rock,
DADDY COOL
LP DADDY WHO? REPRISE
1971 12 TRKS
MONRO ROCK
CD5 ALIENS POLYDOR AUS 887230.2
1987 4 TRK CD Single CD5
CD BOOM BABY BOOM POLYDOR AUS 829829.2
1986 10 TRKS
LP BOOM BABY BOOM
1987 10 TRKS insert
LP CHEMISTRY WEA NZ Z 20014
1981 10 TRKS
CDx2 ESSENTIAL EPIC AUS 513986.2
2003 29 TRK Collection
LP NUOVO MONDO WEA NZ 600124
1982 10 TRKS
LP UP TO THE MOMENT POLYDOR AUS 825597.1
1985 12 TRK Collection
CD WHY FIGHT IT RCA AUS VPCD 0831
1990 10 TRKS
CD5 WHY FIGHT IT RCA AUS CCD 019
1990 2 TRK CD Single CD5
ROSS WILSON
CD DARK SIDE OF THE MAN WEA AUS 256405.2
1989 11 TRKS
I was certainly aware of Daddy Cool when they were a new band, but – apart from having heard them on assorted Warner / reprise sampler LP’s – I never got their debut LP (of two) until somewhat recently. And I remember hearing about Mondo Rock, but I never actually heard them until approx. 1986 – with their superlative release “Boom Baby Boom”. I definitely “Johnny Appleseeded” “Boom Baby Boom” – everybody I knew got to hear it via me – some of ‘em, you just had to say it was current Australian music, some folks you had to tell ‘em that it was Ross Wilson from Daddy Cool.
But nearly everybody loved it. It was “pop music”, but it also had an interesting edge – some great subject matter, for instance (“Roman Holiday”). And the videos for “Rule of Threes” and “Primitive Love Rites” are rather good. And as I first (really) visited
Being a ‘recent convert’, I was excited when their “Aliens” EP came out – but it was super difficult to get. And – dang – no full-length LP / CD was forthcoming. 1989 saw the release of the first (?) Ross Wilson solo album (was it also his last?) A few years later, we got the “Why Fight It” LP / CD – a proper Mondo Rock album, which is quite good – and the (as far as I know) swan-song of Mondo Rock.
So, Mr. Wilson – come on back and play
Labels: Daddy Cool. Ross Wilson, Mondo Rock
posted by Ron Kane @ 6:30 AM
2 Comments:
Like The Divinyls, Gangajang, The Mentals and many others, Mondo Rock had that distinctive Australian Rock sound that is hard to describe, but you know it when you hear it. While not all readers of this fine blog appreciate it's charms, "Boom Baby Boom" is one of my favorite LPs ever. "Aliens" sure didn't disappoint other than leaving us wanting more, and "Why Fight It" was a decent swan song.
About five years ago my son was flipping through the children's channels and the last minute of The Wiggles had them thanking their special guest Ross Wilson. I can only imagine what he sang...
I can't drink this Kool-Aid. When I was working at the University newspaper I got access to a promo LP of "Boom Baby Boom" and found it to be the acme of boring "rock" music. Ross Wilson's high point for me was "Bop Girl."
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