2018 will be the year of Mondo Rock. The iconic Australian band have a big year planned with the re-release of their six studio albums, a deluxe 2-disc ‘Complete Anthology’ on the way and an Australian tour.
The reissues will come out of Mushroom’s new heritage brand Bloodlines. “We’re incredibly proud and excited to represent another significant part of the Australian music landscape with the signing of Mondo Rock. They have a very rich catalogue and we also hope they will add to it as time goes on,” says director Warren Costello.
“Bloodlines is about embracing Australia’s incredible music pedigree and honouring the best in Australian music. We feel these attributes are synonymous with Mondo Rock and we’re thrilled to be involved in the next step in their remarkable career.”
For Mondo Rock, it is a completely new experience. After releasing through Festival, Warner and RCA, Mushroom was the label their weren’t with … until now. “Mushroom was the one label we weren’t signed to during the Mondo Rock years,” Ross Wilson laughs. “But it’s the perfect home for Mondo Rock. They are passionate music people, and our connection to the Mushroom Group goes back to the start of the band as Frank Stivala at Premier Artists booked the very first Mondo Rock gig way back in 1976.”
Mondo Rock dates
Saturday 8 June
Palms at Crown | Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 9 June
Palms at Crown | Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15 June
Enmore Theatre | Sydney, NSW
Saturday 16 June
The Tivoli | Brisbane, QLD
The Complete Anthology tracklist
Disc One
1. The Fugitive Kind
2 Searching For My Baby
3. Love Shock
4. Primal Park
5. State Of The Heart
6. Summer of 81
7. Chemistry
8. Cool World
9. Step Up, Step Out
10. Mondo Sexo
11. Tied Up In Knots
12. No Time
13. The Queen and Me
14. In Another Love
15. A Touch Of Paradise
Disc Two
1. Come Said The Boy
2. Baby Wants To Rock
3. The Modern Bop
4. Marina
5. Cost Of Living
6. Good Advice
7. The Moment
8. Dark Secrets
9. Rule Of Threes
10. Primitive Love Rites
11. Boom Baby Boom
12. Aliens Walk Among Us
13. Why Fight It
14. I Had You In Mind
15. Soul Reason
