The Laughing Clowns - Holy Joe (1980)

my minds just been blown.

saw them once.. eureka hotel, geelong with the birthday party.. blew my little mind.
it was my first pub gig!

This is the best dance band i've ever known. It's only now, many years later I can appreciate the full complexity of what they were doing. At the time, I just dropped down and adored them. New York Hotel Brisbane. And then i got up again and didn't stop dancing. This is one of the quintessential all time fabulous yet underated bands of Australia.

how the fuck could anybody think this song "unstimulating"? i agree with the subsequent poster - if there are bands making music this complex and adventurous today then i'd love to hear about them!

for a man with buddy guy vids on his sight i am surprised you dont recognise the great drumming of jeffrey wegener and the genre, time and context with which this song was released - rock on mate

Don't even expect a reply from Kevin. People are often full of three factors:

- themselves
- opinions
- shit

I saw them at the Trade Union Club

me too! i had a very good time that night.

G'day, I remember Macca very well and the whole incident. When I saw that film about Roger Rogerson it brought me to tears as Rogerson was a D at Darlo at the time of Macca's death. Rogerson was very much a part of the scene when we were the kids on the receiving end of the drugs he was dealing. We sure were targets back then. I also knew Abbo but never met Neddy Smith, thank God. Side FX was brilliant and was all very much a part of how punk felt back then.

excellent.
i first saw the laughing clowns at side fx, the glorious big squat on liverpool (or is that burton) st. anyone else there?

i wish darlinghurst was still full of squats and junkies. although i don't miss the beatings from the darlinghurst police.
anyone remember macca whom died in the cells at darlinghurst police station?