CITY SHARPS - AUSSIE PUB ROCK BAND
70s Melbourne gave birth to the Sharpies, or Sharps subculture. The name comes from their focus on looking and dressing "sharp".
Sharpies: The mulleted rocker kids of 70s Australia
Just when I think I’ve carefully cataloged all the rock ‘n’ roll subcultures in my nerdy little brain, I hear about a group of kids that did something totally recognizable, yet completely regional, and realize I’m just a provincial American. The “sharpies” of Australia (not to be confused with anti-racist skinheads called “sharps”) were a bit like English skinheads. They were regional groups of generally working class kids, dressing up to signify their solidarity with the movement or even…
Melbourne Sharpies
Rare 1974 insight to Sharpies in Melbourne.By Greg Macainsh. Lobby Lloyd and Billy Thorpe concert at the Melbourne Showgrounds
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