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Skyhooks performing during the Straight In A Gay Gay World era in 1976

Skyhooks Celebrate 50 Years Of Straight In A Gay Gay World

by Paul Cashmere

Skyhooks’ Straight In A Gay Gay World turns 50, marking the 1976 album’s place in the band’s classic era and its collaboration with producer Ross Wilson.

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Skyhooks on Hey Hey Its Saturday 1990

Skyhooks Jukebox In Siberia Performance On Hey Hey It’s Saturday Resurfaces In Newly Uploaded Video

by Paul Cashmere

A newly uploaded performance of Skyhooks playing Jukebox In Siberia on Hey Hey It’s Saturday revisits the band’s final chart peak and enduring television legacy.

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Greg Macainsh, Skyhooks. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Did Mushroom Make Skyhooks or Skyhooks Make Mushroom? Noise11 Asks Greg Macainsh

by Paul Cashmere

Skyhooks’ debut album ‘Living In the 70s’ was a massive success, so much so that it Mushroom Records as the number one Australian record label, a title it arguably holds to this day. But do Mushroom make Skyhooks or Skyhooks make Mushroom.

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Skyhooks Living In The 70s

Greg Macainsh Created Skyhooks As A Band He’d Like To See

by Paul Cashmere

When Skyhooks started bubbling around 1974 co-founder and principal songwriter Greg Macainsh says he was creating the sort of band he would like to go and see live.

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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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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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The band you cannot call Skyhooks, Noise11, photo

The Band You Cannot Call Skyhooks Perform Skyhooks

by Paul Cashmere

Skyhooks’ Greg Macainsh, Bob Starkie and Bob Spencer performed a complete set of Skyhooks songs on Saturday night (March 16, 2013) at Phillip Island in a band you cannot call Skyhooks.

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Skyhooks 2012 photo by Serge Thomann

Skyhooks Reform For Bob Starkie’s 60th

by Paul Cashmere

Friends of Bob Starkie had a special treat on Saturday in St Kilda. Skyhooks reformed for Bob’s 60th birthday party.

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