The band recorded their last studio album in 1985 and Australian Crawl disbanded in 1986. In 1983, Bill left the group and a year later his brother and fellow band member Guy died from viral pneumonia. The band’s original line-up formed in Morning Peninsula, in Melbourne, and consisted of James Reyne as vocalist, Simon Binks on lead guitar, Paul Williams on bass guitar, along with Reyne's younger brother David on drums and schoolmate Brad Robinson on rhythm guitar.Īfter they started performing live in 1978, David Reyne left the group in 1979 and was replaced by Bill McDonough.īy the time they released their 1981 song 'Unpublished Critics', Guy McDonough (Bill's younger brother) had joined the group in October 1980. While Guns N’ Roses went on to become one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time after selling more than 100 million records worldwide since forming in Los Angeles in 1985, Australian Crawl broke up in 1986. Reyne says he hasn't spoken to his other band mates in over 25 years but is enjoying making and playing music more than ever
Singer Axl Rose wasn’t sure what to do for the breakdown at the song’s end and simply started saying ‘Where do we go? Where do we go now?’ out loud.ĭuring an interview with Q magazine in 2005, Slash said they first came up with the song during a jamming session at home in 1986. ‘I’m not about to take on the might of the Guns N’ Roses lawyers.’Īlthough they may sound similar, Australian Crawl's song doesn't have lead guitarist Slash‘s defining riff or the ‘Where do we go?’ section which reportedly originated during a demo recording. God forbid I had an active publishing company and they investigated the possibility. ‘It’s also not inconceivable that they wouldn’t have been aware of certain Australian songs. ‘It’s also not inconceivable that when they came out they were quite open in interviews that they liked a lot of Australian bands. It’s also not inconceivable that there may be vaguely legs in something,' he explained. ‘It is not inconceivable that there are similarities between the two songs.
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