LocationMain GalleryCostFREETimeSat 8 Dec – Sun 17 Feb 2019 Let
there be rock!One night in a club called “The Shaking Hand”There
was a ninety-two decibel rocking bandAnd the music was good and the
music was loudAnd the singer turned and he said to the crowd –Let
there be rockAC/DC, 1977 Let there be rock!, a forthcoming gallery
exhibition at HOTA Home of the Arts takes inspiration from AC/DC’s
boisterous album of the same name.For three decades from the 1970s to
1999, the Gold Coast was a hot-spot on the bucket-list of
Australia’s live music touring circuit. With iconic venues like The
Playroom, Bombay Rock, The Patch, Jet Club and Fisherman’s Wharf,
the Coast played host to some of the hottest and most notorious
international and Australian music acts; as well as some of our best
local talent. From The Ramones and Cold Chisel at The Playroom, to
INXS and The Go-Betweens at Bombay Rock; and Nirvana and The Violent
Femmes at “Fisho’s”; this exhibition celebrates the heyday of
hard-core rock and entertainment through stories, memorabilia, photos
and footage.“It was violent and wild. This is back in the days when
groupies were rabid, punters were violent and the bouncers had just
been released from prison!” – Steve Kilbey; The Church on playing
The Jet Club, Coolangatta Alongside this exhibition there will be an
action packed program of film, concerts and talking heads featuring
iconic artists celebrating rock – past, present and future. Full
program released in October. Image:Rennie Ellis | Kym Hosking, Sheba,
The Playroom, Gold Coast 1983 (detail) | digital print | State Library
of Victoria collection
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