Editing Pub rock (Australia) (section)

=== First bands emerge ===
In the early 1970s, [[Sydney]]-based groups such as [[Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs|Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs]], [[Blackfeather]] and [[Buffalo (band)|Buffalo]] pioneered the Australian pub rock sound.<ref name="McFarlaneBilly"/><ref name="McFarlaneBlack"/><ref name="McFarlaneBuffalo"/> Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs consisted of Thorpe on lead vocals and guitar, Jimmy Thompson on drums, Paul Wheeler on bass guitar and [[Lobby Loyde]] (ex-[[Purple Hearts (Australian band)|Purple Hearts]], [[Wild Cherries]]) on lead guitar. They released a cover version of [[Willie Dixon]]'s "[[Good Morning, School Girl]]". They developed a heavy sound and in July 1970, Warren 'Pig' Morgan (piano, backing vocals) had joined and the band recorded ''The Hoax Is Over'', which was released in January 1971.<ref name="McFarlaneBilly"/> Thorpe described their sound: "[It was] like we were standing on a pair of [[Boeing 747]] engines. It cracked the foundations and broke windows in neighbouring buildings".<ref name="1001Aus"/>

By early 1971, Blackfeather consisted of Neale Johns on lead vocals, John Robinson on lead guitar (ex-Lonely Ones, Monday's Children, [[Dave Miller (New Zealand musician)|Dave Miller Set]]), Robert Fortesque on bass guitar, and Alexander Kash on drums. Their debut album, ''At the Mountains of Madness'', appeared in April 1971.<ref name="McFarlaneBlack"/> In May they had a hit with "Seasons of Change", which peaked at No.&nbsp;15 on the ''[[Go-Set]]'' National Top&nbsp;40 Singles Chart.<ref name="McFarlaneBlack"/><ref name="GoSet1071"/> Buffalo formed in August 1971 by Dave Tice on co-lead vocals (ex-Head) with Paul Balbi on drums, John Baxter on guitar and [[Peter Wells (guitarist)|Peter Wells]] on bass guitar. Their debut album, ''[[Dead Forever...]]'', appeared in June the following year.<ref name="McFarlaneBuffalo"/> According to Australian rock music journalist, [[Ed Nimmervoll]], "The seeds for Australian heavy rock can be traced back to two important sources, Billy Thorpe's Seventies Aztecs and Sydney band Buffalo".<ref name="Nimmervoll"/> In 1972, Aztecs member Lobby Lloyd formed [[Lobby Loyde#Coloured Balls|Coloured Balls]], which became the favoured band of the [[Sharpies (Australian subculture)|sharpies]] youth subculture.

[[File:Largs Pier Hotel Adelaide.jpg|thumb|[[Largs Pier Hotel]], Adelaide, a prominent pub rock venue]]
Notable pub-rock venues include the [[Largs Pier Hotel]] and the [[Governor Hindmarsh Hotel]] in [[Adelaide]]; the Royal Antler Hotel in [[Narrabeen]], Sydney; the Civic Hotel in Sydney's city centre; the Star Hotel in [[Newcastle, New South Wales]]; and the Station Hotel in [[Prahran]], Melbourne, which was one of the premier pub-rock venues in Australia for more than two decades. Additionally, Poyntons Carlton Club Hotel in [[Carlton, Victoria|Carlton]] was Melbourne's first Sunday night live pub-rock venue; Charles Hotel in Perth is the only remaining pub-rock venue in Perth.