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The Hard Ons - Very Exciting 
Sealed. Brand new. 
Red vinyl. Imported from Italy's HEY SUBURBIA RECORDS
Label: Hey Suburbia ‎– SUB036 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Red Country: Italy Released: Oct 2023 Genre: Rock Style: Punk Very Exciting! (Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue) for sale More Images
Tracklist PositionTitle/CreditsDuration A1Sunny A2Punk Police A3Scared Of It All A4Killing Me A5Baka A6Olympic Diver A7Radio A8Cat's Got Your Tongue B1Pimple Boy B2Taxi B3Race Track B4Caravan Man B5(Everytime I Hear) Techno (I Pray For Death) B6Breakfast Caramel B7Preservation Of A Wild Cat
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One of the most enduring bands in the Australian rock scene, the Hard-Ons’ thirty five years legacy in the punk rock world is unvaluable. This is the first vinyl reissue for their 2003 album, the second after their 1998 comeback, originally released on the Chatterbox label in Australia and Bomp! Records in the USA. Includes double-sided insert. Art by Ray Ahn.



The Hard-Ons are a melodic punk rock band from Sydney, Australia who officially formed in 1982. They are often acknowledged as Australia's most commercially successful independent band and have found international success since the release of their debut Surfin On My Face EP in 1985 (later re-released in 1987 on Australia's Waterfront Records). The band's origins can be traced back to Western Sydney's Punchbowl Boys High School, where all three original band members were students. The multicultural trio of Keish De Silva (of Sri Lankan descent), Blackie (Yugoslavian heritage) and Ray Ahn (Korean ancestry) were initially too young to play gigs in pubs, but honed their skills playing at parties, school dances and the famous Sydney "all ages shows" of the era. Largely influenced by punk, metal and psychedelic bands, the Hard-Ons sound is hard to categorise, though their love of the independent punk spirit (with the members deliberately controlling their own careers: recording, booking and promoting themselves, creating their own artwork (Ray), choosing support bands and even managing the merchandise desk whilst on tour) has found the trio never short of fans (Henry Rollins being one 'celebrity' who is never short of a good word to say about them). These unconventional decisions, combined with first class songwriting talents, powerful live performances and a healthy sense of humour earned the band a large following in Europe as well as their native Australia. In March 2016 former drummer & vocalist Keish De Silva re-joined the Hard-Ons as a singer (after having joined them on stage occasionally before). In March 2021 read on Hard-Ons official facebook: "Keish is no longer a member of the Hard-Ons. The band will move on without him." In August 2021 they announced Tim Rogers from You Am I as their new singer.