Latest Release

- JUN 3, 2022
- Punk Rock Gurus Volume 2
- 7 Songs
- Stoneage Romeos · 1984
- Mars Needs Guitars! · 1985
- Blow Your Cool · 1987
- Magnum Cum Louder · 1989
- Mars Needs Guitars! · 1985
- Mars Needs Guitars! · 1985
- Blow Your Cool · 1987
- Kinky · 1991
- Stoneage Romeos · 1982
- Stoneage Romeos · 1983
Essential Albums
- 1985
- 1984
Albums
- 2022
- 1996
- 1991
- 1989
Top Videos
2010
Artist Playlists
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- Hear the wild Aussie rockers walking in the band's bootsteps.
Live Albums
About Hoodoo Gurus
Before forming in Sydney in 1981, the members of Hoodoo Gurus had cut their teeth in the Aussie punk trenches, a pedigree that can be felt in the caveman stomp and streetwise swagger of their 1982 debut single, “Leilani.” But just a year later, frontman Dave Faulkner discovered the sweet spot between brooding post-punk and winsome ‘60s-inspired pop on the breakthrough single “My Girl.” That song would form the the centerpiece of the Gurus’ 1984 debut, Stoneage Romeos, which kicked off a stellar four-album run (including Mars Needs Guitars!, Blow Your Cool!, and Magnum Cum Louder) that made them the Kinks of the ’80s college-radio scene, deftly balancing smart, sardonic songwriting with primal jangle-punk thrills. They continued to log Top 20 albums in Australia up to their 1998 dissolution, though that proved to be more a breather than a breakup. Since 2003, Faulkner and guitarist Brad Shepherd have overseen sporadic reunions and releases, and in 2020, the group dropped their first new music in a decade with the deliciously nasty garage-psych groover “Hung Out to Dry.”
- HOMETOWN
- Sydney, Australia
- FORMED
- 1982