From footy finals to wedding waltzes, few bands are as deeply enshrined in everyday Australian ritual as Hunters & Collectors. Formed as a blue-singlet Melbourne art school collective in 1981, their avant-garde streak was nurtured by German producer Konrad Plank. With Human Frailty and Ghost Nation later in the decade, they developed a powerful, inherently political pub rock gravity distinguished by singer Mark Seymour's scowling intensity and a bruised, blokey brass section. The Hunnas went out on a dignified high after Juggernaut in '98. A monster reunion included gigs with Springsteen and the Stones in 2014. They are forever remembered, though, wherever two teary mates bellow “Throw Your Arms Around Me”.