Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs

Sydney based Pop band from 1963 - 1967.

Billy Thorpe then went solo from 1967 - 1968.

He then reformed The Aztecs as a Hard Rock/Blues band from 1969 - 1975.

Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs has 25 known members

	Name	Instruments	Period
	Billy Thorpe	Lead Vocals/Guitar	1963 - 1975
	Vince Melouney	Guitar	1963 - 1965
	Colin Baigent	Drums	1963 - 1965
	John Watson	Bass	1963 - 1965
	Tony Barber	Guitar/Vocals	1963 - 1965
	Teddy Toi	Bass	1965 - 1973
	Jimmy Taylor	Piano	1965 - 1966
	Johnny Dick	Drums	1965 - 1966
	Mike Downes	Guitar/Vocals	1965 - 1966
	Colin Risby	Guitar	1965 - 1966
	Jimmy Thompson	Drums	1968 - 1970
	Dave McTaggart	Bass	1968 - 1968
	Paul Wheeler	Bass	1969 - 1973
	Warren Morgan	Keyboards	1969 - 1972
	Lobby Loyde	Guitar	1969 - 1971
	Gil Matthews	Drums	1970 - 1975
	Steve Ninnis	Drums	1970 - 1970
	Kevin Murphy	Drums	1970 - 1970
	Bruce Howard	Piano	1972 - 1973
	Steve Edmonds	Guitar	1996 -
	Randall Waller	Guitar	1996 -
	Paul Christie	Bass Details: A stand in gig at Castle Hill Tavern 29/11/ 04	2004 -
	Clayton Doley	keyboards	2004 -
	Jackie Orszaczky	Bass Details: Worked live and also collaborated on Tangier	2004 -
	Dai Pritchard	Guitar

Credits and people associated with Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs

	Name	Role	Details
	Greg Clarke	Tour Manager/FOH Engineer	1995 to 2007 Live engineer, tour manager, studio engineer and co-producer.

Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs discography - 50 recordings

Cover	Title	Type	Release Year	First Charted	High Pos.
	Poison Ivy Introducing... Johnny Noble	Album	1964
	Mashed Potato b/w Don't Cha Know	Single	1964
	Poison Ivy	EP	1964
	Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs	Album	1964
	Smoke And Stack b/w Board Boogie	Single	1964
	Poison Ivy b/w Broken Things	Single	1964
	Over The Rainbow b/w That I Love	Single	1964
	Blue Day b/w You Don't Love Me	Single	1964
	Sick And Tired b/w About Love	Single	1964
	Blue Day b/w You Don't Love Me	Single	1964
	I Told The Brook	Single	1965	12/06/65	1
	Hallelujah I Love Her So b/w Baby Hold Me Close	Single	1965
	Sick & Tired	EP	1965
	On Stage	EP	1965
	Love Letters b/w Dancing In The Street	Single	1965
	Twilight Time	EP	1965
	Twilight Time b/w My Girl Josephine	Single	1965
	Stand By Me	EP	1965
	Poison Ivy b/w Blue Day	Single	1965
	I Told The Brook	EP	1965
	Love Letters	EP	1966
	I've Been Wrong Before b/w Wee Bit More Of Your Lovin'	Single	1966
	The Word For Today b/w The New Breed	Single	1966
	Don't You Dig This Kind Of Beat?	Album	1966
	Poison Ivy Introducing... Johnny Noble	Album	1967
	Dream Baby b/w You Don't Live Twice	Single	1967
	I Got A Woman	Album	1968
	Good Mornin' Little School Girl b/w Rock Me Baby	Single	1970
	Aztecs Live	Album	1971
	The Hoax is Over	Album	1971
	The Dawn Song b/w Time To Live	Single	1971
	Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy	Single	1972	06/03/72	2
	Aztecs Live! at Sunbury	Double Album	1972	28/08/72	4
	Great Hits	Album	1972
	Believe It Just Like Me b/w Get To Hell Out Of Here	Single	1972
	Movie Queen b/w Mame	Single	1973
	Don't You Know You're Changing b/w Yes I'm Tired	Single	1973
	More Arse Than Class	Album	1974	27/05/74	14
	Steaming At The Opera House	Double Album	1974
	Cigarettes And Whiskey b/w Back Home in Australia	Single	1974
	Over The Rainbow b/w Let's Have A Party	Single	1974
	More Arse Than Class	Album	1974
	Pick Me Up And Play Me Loud	Album	1976
	It's All Happening!	Album	1981
	Lock Up Your Mothers	Triple CD	1994
	23 Original Hits	CD	2002
	Aztecs Live! at Sunbury	CD	2005
	Aztecs Live	CD	2007
	Long Live Rock And Roll (Long May It Move Me So)	CD	2009
	Steaming At The Opera House	CD	2011

25 Known Gigs for Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs

	Date	Venue	City
	Wednesday 7th July 1965	Sydney Stadium	Rushcutters Bay, NSW
	Saturday 17th May 1969	Merrylands Masonic Hall	Merrylands, NSW
	Thursday 31st December 1970	Launching Place Festival	Launching Place, VIC
	Monday 1st February 1971	Myponga Music Festival	Myponga, SA
	Friday 14th May 1971	Sunshine Town Hall	Sunshine, VIC
	Saturday 29th January 1972	Sunbury Pop Festival	Sunbury, VIC
	Thursday 13th April 1972	Festival Hall	West Melbourne, VIC
	Sunday 16th April 1972	Adelaide Town Hall	Adelaide, SA
	Saturday 22nd April 1972	Festival Hall	Brisbane, QLD
	Sunday 23rd April 1972	Hordern Pavillion	Moore Park, NSW
	Friday 28th April 1972	Canberra Theatre	Canberra, ACT
	Sunday 11th March 1973	Canberra Showground	Canberra, ACT
	Sunday 17th June 1973	Capitol Theatre	Sydney, NSW
	Sunday 23rd September 1973	Capitol Theatre	Sydney, NSW
	Saturday 13th October 1973	Q Club	Kew, VIC
	Tuesday 4th December 1973	Chequers	Sydney, NSW
	Friday 7th December 1973	Taren Point Youth Centre	Taren Point, NSW
	Saturday 8th December 1973	Curl Curl Youth Club	Curl Curl, NSW
	Sunday 9th December 1973	Liverpool Speedway	Green Valley, NSW
	Sunday 24th March 1974	Hordern Pavillion	Moore Park, NSW
	Saturday 14th June 1975	Hard Rock Cafe	Melbourne, VIC
	Wednesday 14th July 1976	Coogee Oceanic Hotel	Coogee, NSW
	Thursday 15th July 1976	Coogee Oceanic Hotel	Coogee, NSW
	Friday 16th July 1976	Coogee Oceanic Hotel	Coogee, NSW
	Saturday 17th July 1976	Coogee Oceanic Hotel	Coogee, NSW

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