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Bongo Returns To The Rising Sun With a Whole Lot More Skyhooks

by Paul Cashmere

Skyhooks co-founder Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie played a special St Patricks Day gig at his old haunt, the Rising Sun Hotel on Sunday afternoon and this time it was full in Skyhooks.

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Alex Lahey

Alex Lahey Covers Skyhooks ‘Ego Is Not A Dirty Word’ For Mushroom 50th

by Paul Cashmere

Alex Lahey has recorded the 11th Mushroom 50th Anniversary tribute song with her cover of Skyhooks ‘Ego Is Not A Dirty Word’.

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Greg Macainsh and Bob Bongo Starkie, Skyhooks. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Peter Green Uploads More Rare Skyhooks To The Archives

by Paul Cashmere

Skyhooks archivist Peter Green has shared another rare live Skyhooks performance, this time from 1975.

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Skyhooks in America 1976 photo from Peter Green

More Rare Skyhooks Goes Online

by Paul Cashmere

Never before audio from Skyhooks 1976 American tour has been revealed by Skyhooks archivist Peter Green.

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Tony Williams of Reuben Tice and Skyhooks photo from the Tony Williams collection supplied by Peter Green

Pre-Skyhooks Band Reuben Tice Played A Sneaky Show In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Reuben Tice, the precursor to Skyhooks, played for the first time in years in Melbourne over the weekend.

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Skyhooks very first show poster (image from Peter Green)

Skyhooks First Ever Show Was 50 Years Ago Today (16 April 1973)

by Paul Cashmere

It’s a big day in Skyhooks history. Skyhooks performed for the very first time ever at St Judes Hall in Lygon St, Carlton on 16 April 1973. The ticket price was $1.20.

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Tony Williams and Greg Macainsh of Skyhooks

Rare Skyhooks Footage With Tony Williams Surfaces

by Paul Cashmere

A previously unpublished video of Skyhooks performing in 2004 with onetime singer Tony Williams has been put online by Skyhooks archivist Peter Green.

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Ian McCausland

Australian Artist Ian McCausland Has Passed Away

by Paul Cashmere

Australian graphic artist Ian McCausland, who created artwork for Little River Band, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Skyhooks, Daddy Cool and Spectrum, has died in Melbourne.

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Peter Starkie

Original Skyhooks Guitarist Peter Starkie Has Died Aged 72

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Starkie, the original guitarist for Skyhooks, has died at age 72.

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Red Symons, Skyhooks. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Red Symons Pays Tribute To Son Samuel On 3AW

by Paul Cashmere

Red Symons has paid tribute to his son Samuel on Neil Mitchell’s program on 3AW.

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Red Symons, Skyhooks. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Red Symons Son Samuel Has Died From Cancer Aged 27

by Paul Cashmere

Samuel Symons, the 27 year old son of Skyhooks guitarist, television star and radio broadcaster, Red Symons, has lost his battle with brain cancer at age 27.

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Palace of the King

Palace Of The King Join Upcoming Rose Tattoo Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Palace of the King will open for Rose Tattoo for their limited run of Australian shows for the remainder of 2018.

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Red Symons, Skyhooks. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Red Symons’ Fitzroy House Sets Sales Record For The Suburb

by Paul Cashmere

89 Alfred Cresent, Fitzroy North was the home of Red Symons 1998, has sold for the record price of $5,000,000 for the Melbourne suburb.

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Rose Tattoo Angry Anderson and Mark Evans. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Rose Tattoo To Reissue Blood Brothers

by Paul Cashmere

Rose Tattoo will re-reissue an expanded edition of the 2007 album Blood Brothers ahead of their Australian tour.

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Bob Spencer guitarist with Rose Tattoo at Palms Melbourne on Friday 27 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Bob Spencer Reveals He Underwent Therapy To Create His Solo Album In An All-New Noise11 iHeartRadio Show

by Noise11.com

At age 60 former Finch, Skyhooks and The Angels guitarist Bob Spencer has released his first ever solo album ‘Saints and Murderers’. He tells Noise11.com that to make the record he first had to undergo therapy for overcome his fear of singing.

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Bob Starkie Best of Skyhooks Gold record

Bob Starkie Is Selling His Skyhooks Gold Record

by Paul Cashmere

Skyhooks guitarist Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie has put his gold record for Best of Skyhooks up for auction on eBay.

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Red Symons, Skyhooks. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Red Symons Is Suffering Significant Brain Injury After Fall

by Paul Cashmere

Former Skyhooks guitarist, now presenter for ABC Radio Melbourne Red Symons, has suffered “a significant injury to his brain” according to the ABC.

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Red Symons

Red Symons Taken To Hospital Following Fall

by Paul Cashmere

Former Skyhooks guitarist, now ABC Melbourne breakfast announcer Red Symons, has been rushed to hospital after being injured in a fall.

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Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie Hooks Up At Julie Cavanagh’s New Union Club

by Paul Cashmere

Former Skyhooks’ guitarist Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie took his Rock and Roll Band to The Union Club in Richmond on Saturday night (29 April) for a three-hour trip through the rock and roll songbook.

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Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie Brings His Rock N Roll Band To The Union Club

by Paul Cashmere

Former Skyhooks guitarist will unwrap his Rock N Roll Band at The Union Club in Richmond on Saturday night.

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Greg Macainsh and Bob Bongo Starkie, Skyhooks. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Hey Skyhooks Fans Freddie Strauks To Join Bob Starkie Saturday At Satellite Lounge

by Paul Cashmere

Skyhooks fans are in for a bit of a reunion for Skyhooks drummer Freddie Strauks joins Skyhooks guitarist Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie for the Million Dollar Riff show at the Satellite Lounge in Melbourne this Saturday night.

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Envenomed and Red Symons

Red Symons Appears in Envenomed Cover Of Horror Movie

by Paul Cashmere

Red Symons makes a cameo appearance in Melbourne metal band Envenomed’s cover of ‘Horror Movie’.

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Death Valley Girls

LA Punk Rockers Death Valley Girls Cover Skyhooks Classic ‘Horror Movie’

by Paul Cashmere

Punk band Death Valley Girls from the streets of Echo Park, Los Angeles, have sourced the far reaches of Australia to cover the Oz Rock Classic ‘Horror Movie’ by Skyhooks.

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Bob Spencer Is Recording His Very First Solo Album

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Spencer, one of Australia’s most inventive and enduring guitarists, is working on his very first solo album.

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Bob Starkie Puts Together His New Skyhooks ‘Supergroup’

by Paul Cashmere

Skyhooks guitarist Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie has put together a Skyhooks supergroup for his upcoming Million Dollar Riff show with members of Noiseworks, John Farnham’s Band and Taxiride to perform the music of his old band Skyhooks.

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Bongo Starkie on Sunrise

Bongo Rules Out Skyhooks Mini-Series

by Paul Cashmere

Skyhooks co-founder Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie has ruled out a Skyhooks mini-series admitting that the guys win the band were “pretty boring”.

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Skyhooks Hits and Riffs, music news, noise11.com

Skyhooks To Release New Compilation ‘Hits’N’Riffs’

by Paul Cashmere

With the Skyhooks catalogue currently undergoing a facelift, Warner Music will release a new compilation of tracks from the new series of remasters.

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Greg Macainsh Talks All Things Skyhooks On iHeartRadio

by Paul Cashmere

Skyhooks’ founder and principal songwriter Greg Macainsh gave an in-depth interview about the band to Noise11 this week and you can hear the interview on iHeartRadio’s Noise11 channel.

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Skyhooks with Ross Wilson. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Skyhooks Reunite For Rockwiz Live

by Paul Cashmere

Rockwiz pulled off the impossible last night getting Skyhooks to reform for a one-off performance.

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Ross Wilson To Sing For Skyhooks In Melbourne Tonight

by Paul Cashmere

Ross Wilson will take up lead singer duties when Skyhooks reforms for Rockwiz Live in Melbourne tonight.

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