The Scientists - Blood Red River (1983)

Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1983:

The Scientists' promo-video for the track 'Blood Red River', taken from the mini-album 'Blood Red River'.

Band Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Track: Blood Red River
Album: Blood Red River (mini album)
Composed By:
Produced By:
Label: Au-Go-Go
Chart Position:
Release Date: December, 1983
Footage Information:
Links:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scientists
- http://www.perthpunk.com/
- http://www.fromthearchives.org/

Line-up:

Kim Salmon - Vocals, Guitar
[ The Manikins (1976-1977) - The Scientists (1978-1987) - Beasts Of Bourbon (1983-1994) - Kim Salmon And The Surrealists (1988-1997) - Kim Salmon with STM (1994) - Antenna (1998) - Kim Salmon And The Business (1999) - Darling Downs (2005-2007) - Salmon (2007) ]

Boris Sujdovic
[ Rockets - The Scientists (1982-1986) ]

Brett Rixon - Drums
[ The Scientists (1982-1985) ]

Tony Thewlis - Guitar
[ Helicopters - The Scientists (1982-1987) ]

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NZOZ NZOZ1983 1983 Australia Early Eighties 1980's 1980s 80's 80s

Extended Tags: Kim Salmon

Musical Terms: Post, Punk, Post-Punk, Alternative, Indie, College, Underground, Rock, Aussie, Old Australian Badn

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• Scientists
• 1983
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• Eighties

[shorn70]

She proably did see the Eurogliders, I don't know. Perth was called "Cover band City" in those days, cos thats mostly what there was to see. I do remember she was breifly excited by a band called The Riffs at one time. I don't know what happenned to them. I also remember Lou and her friend heading off the Osbourne Park Hotel to see The Cure in 1980. But she was ultimately hanging out with 'the other' UWA crowd more into Aussie Crawl and Chisel, than the more alternate stuff.

[nzoz1983]

That probably explains the lack of Scientists knowledge... I'm sure bands like them and the Triffids would have been under the radar in Perth.

[shorn70]

I remember reading in The Daily News (long defunct WA afternoon daily)back around 83, about these guys and how they were originally from Perth and that. I asked my older sister who used to see alot of local bands, and the answer i got was "Who?". Eventually I saw the clip on Rock Area and loved it. Thanks for posting this again Ry

Cheers

Sean

[nzoz1983]

No worries... but how could your sister not have heard of The Scientists if she was going about seeing a lot of bands? Was she apart of the Underground crowd or the Eurogliders crowd?

[jaz69eyes]

Yeah, my ex and I went to see Mudhoney in the very early 90's in Adelaide and Mark Arm came up to us and started raving to us about cool Aussie muxic because my boyfriend was wearing his Scientists T-Shirt. He reckoned they were one of Mudhoney greatest influences. We got pissed on Coopers Ales with them later!

[Brendanvio]

I get the shits when people tell me that grunge came from Seattle, these guys were playing that sort of music 10 years before Nirvana broke into the mainstream.

[babybooo2]

It is absolutely mindblowing how a band like this was once rock n roll punk and then reformed and took the idea of punk and formed something else, especially in the 70's. That's punk.

[naganokumas]

@Brendanvio I saw an American documentary about rock history. And when it got to the subject of grunge it ofcourse highlighted Nirvana, but whilst doing so it mentioned that one of Nirvana's biggest influences, aside from obviously Leadbelly and such, was an Australian band called The Scientists. It also mentioned The Pixies.

I'm sorry I can't find the documentary for you right now, but it was also most informative of other music styles I also happen to like.

I'd love to watch it again.

[Brendanvio]

@bluejeckett They were very well known in the New York music scene. Their music may have travelled through channels. And they both came from similiar circumstances. Nirvana came from Seattle, very isolated from the rest of the US. The Scientists were from Perth, very isolated from the rest of Australia.

[bluejeckett]

@Brendanvio Well I actually heard that Kurt was into The Scientists, can anyone confirm this?

[irynski]

@Devito46 Yes, you've reminded me that Melbourne became the big underground international scene in those days. We'd go out and end up with people from Berlin, Switzerland, Scotland (well everywhere) coming home to crash with us for days and weeks at a time. Half the time I'd be crashing elsewhere and would come home to find a few new people living with us and a couple sleeping in my bed. Not that anyone minded in those days. You'd just jump in (if they appealed to you) and join in!!!

[Devito46]

@irynski Same here. As a dutchy I let myself surprise by the whirlyworld of Melbourne at that time. Afterwards I heard from a Melbournian, that lived in my hometown Arnhem, The Netherlands, that this was the best time in Melbourne. Call it the right timing. I left no Scientists appearance unwatched. Unforgetable someone from the audience: 'Hey Kim, you bastard, you owe me 50 Dollars !' Kim would be in full concentration as in not hearing it. And left the silent bits shorter during that gig.

[irynski]

Haven't seen them since about '82/'83 when they used to crash at our place in Melbourne for gigs. "Blood Red River" was seminal stuff... but it was all pure genius. Thanks for reminding me that it isn't middle-aged memory. Definitely as brilliant as I knew it to be at the time. Me? I can't listen to JJJ without wanting to hurl nowadays.

[Marnixfromhell]

i was sixteen when i first heard this 

[drido]

Wow. Amazing footage. One of my favorite bands.