Mondo Rock

The brainchild of ex-Daddy Cool frontman Ross Wilson, Mondo Rock contained some of the finest musicians in the Country.

31 Members
31 Recordings
79 Gigs
2 Links

Name	Instruments	Period
Ross Wilson	Vocals, Harmonica	1977 - 1991
Ian "Willy" Winter	Guitar	1977 - 1978
Peter Laffy	Guitar	1977 - 1978
Chris Jones	Bass	1977 - 1978
Tony Slavich	Keyboards	1977 - 1978
Trevor Courtney	Drums	1977 - 1978
Barry "Big Goose" Sullivan	Bass	1977 - 1978
Greg Cook	Guitar, Keyboards	1977 - 1977
Simon Gyllies	Bass	1978 - 1979
Randy Bulpin	Guitar	1978 - 1979
Iain McLennan	Drums	1978 - 1979
Gil Matthews	Drums Details: 1979 - 1981 2014 -	1979 -
Eddie Van Rosendaal	Drums	1979 - 1979
Simon Phillips	Bass	1979 - 1979
Eric McCusker	Guitar, Keyboards Details: 1980-1988,1990-1991	1980 - 1991
James Black	Keyboards	1980 - 1984
Paul Christie	Bass	1980 - 1982
Andrew Bell	Guitar	1980 - 1980
Kerry Jacobsen	Drums	1980 - 1980
John James "JJ" Hackett	Drums Details: 1981-1988,1990	1981 - 1990
Andy Buchanan	Drums	1981 - 1981
James Gillard	Bass	1982 - 1988
Duncan Veall	Keyboards, Backing Vocals Details:	1984 - 1988
Andrew Ross	Sax, Keyboards Details: 1986-1988,1990	1986 - 1990
Colin Newham "Polly"	Keyboards	1988 - 1988
Ian Belton	Bass	1990 - 1991
Mitch Farmer	Drums	1990 - 1990
Seam Timms	Keyboards	1990 - 1990
Mary Azzopardi	Backing Vocals	1991 - 1991
Mark Williams	Backing Vocals	1991 - 1991
Bernie Worrell	Keyboards	1991 - 1991

Title	Type	Release Year	First Charted	High Pos.
Fugitive Kind	Single	1978	23/10/78	49
Primal Park	Album	1979	29/10/79	40
Love Shock	Single	1979
State Of The Heart	Single	1980	17/11/80	6
Cool World	Single	1981	13/04/81	8
Chemistry	Album	1981	20/07/81	3
Chemistry	Single	1981	10/08/81	20
Summer Of '81	Single	1981	16/11/81	31
No Time	Single	1982	28/06/82	11
Nuovo Mondo	Album	1982	19/07/82	7
The Queen And Me	Single	1982	27/09/82	40
In Another Love	Single	1983	18/04/83	86
Come Said The Boy	Single	1983	12/12/83	2
The Modern Bop	Album	1984	26/03/84	5
Baby Wants To Rock	Single	1984	02/04/84	18
The Modern Bop	Single	1984	30/07/84	85
Good Advice	Single	1984	28/01/85	56
Up To The Moment	Album	1985	17/06/85	8
The Moment	Single	1985
Mondo Rock	Album	1985
Rule Of Threes	Single	1986	01/09/86	58
Boom Baby Boom	Album	1986	20/09/86	27
Primitive Love Rites	Single	1986	24/11/86	34
Boom Baby Boom	Single	1987	06/07/87	86
Aliens	Album	1987	18/01/88	66
The Best Of Dragon and Mondo Rock	Album	1990	16/07/90	50
Why Fight It	Single	1990	10/09/90	92
I Had You In Mind	Single	1991	18/03/91	70
Why Fight It?	Album	1991
The Essential Mondo Rock	Album	2003
The Greatest	Album	2004

Date	Venue	City
Thursday 1st July 1982	Armadale Hotel	Armadale, VIC
Friday 9th July 1982	Croxton Park Hotel	Thornbury, VIC
Friday 10th December 1982	Maroubra Seals Club	Maroubra, NSW
Saturday 11th December 1982	Family Inn	Rydalmere, NSW
Friday 21st January 1983	Balina RSL Club	Balina, NSW
Saturday 5th March 1983	Manly Vale Hotel	Manly Vale, NSW
Friday 18th November 1983	Bankstown Sports Club	Bankstown, NSW
Friday 19th April 1985	Balmain Leagues Club	Balmain, NSW
Saturday 20th April 1985	Bankstown RSL Club	Bankstown, NSW
Wednesday 24th April 1985	St George Sailing Club	Sans Souci, NSW
Thursday 25th April 1985	Stardust Hotel aka Sweethearts	Cabramatta, NSW
Friday 26th April 1985	Blacktown RSL	Blacktown, NSW
Saturday 27th April 1985	Revesby Workers Club	Revesby, NSW
Monday 6th October 1986	Stardust Hotel aka Sweethearts	Cabramatta, NSW
Thursday 29th October 1987	Billboard	Melbourne, VIC
Friday 29th January 1988	Shellharbour Workers Club	Shellharbour, NSW
Saturday 30th January 1988	Bankstown RSL Club	Bankstown, NSW
Wednesday 1st February 1989	Blasers Dance Club	Werribee, VIC
Thursday 2nd February 1989	Dingley Hotel	Melbourne, VIC

Link	Details
Mondo Rock website
Mondo Rock on Australian Music History

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