Pig City: From the Saints to Savage Garden

by Andrew Stafford

Book Overview

From cult heroes the Saints and the Go-Betweens to national icons Powderfinger and international stars Savage Garden, Brisbane has produced more than its share of great bands. But behind the music lay a ghost city of malice and corruption.Pressed under the thumb of the Bjelke-Petersen government and its toughest enforcers - the police - Brisbane's musicians, radio announcers and political activists braved ignorance, harassment and often violence to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0702233609
• ISBN13: 9780702233609
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.1"