the-breakdown.net with Costa Zouliou

Thanks for joining us here on the-breakdown.net my name is Costa Zouliou and lucky enough today to be having a chat with William Crighton. William’s third album Water and Dust won an ARIA for Best Blues and Roots Album in 2022 and March 20 2026 sees the release of the follow up to Water and Dust and it’s titled Colonial Drift and then William will take Colonial Drift out on the road for a national tour of Australia and a couple of dates in NZ as well.  William Crighton thanks for joining us on the the-breakdown.net.

Late Last year Dom Mariani released his second solo record called Apple of Life.

Dom was the driving force behind 80’s garage rock band The Stems with songs like Sad Girl and At First Sight and later in the 90’s he formed DM3, you might remember power pop tracks like, Foolish and 1 Time, 2 Times Devastated and Melt Away from The Someloves before that.

If you can remember any of those tracks and I’m sure you can, Dom Mariani’s  latest album Apple of Life will be a rewarding listen.

And keep an ear out for a tour and new album from The Stems later in 2026.

Check out the link in the comments for our chat about Dom Mariani’s latest solo album, Apple of Life, The Stems and even a bit of Creedence Clearwater Revival, hint: which version of I heard it Through the Grapevine did you hear first, Marvin Gaye’s or CCR’s?

Buzz Bidstrup first came to national attention as the drummer for one of Australia’s most prominent and most important bands, The Angels. The classic lineup of Buzz on drums the late Chris Bailey on bass, Rick Brewster on lead guitar, John Brewster on rhythm guitar and the one and only Bernard Doc Neeson on vocals were seldom bettered in the beer barns of the 70’s and 80’s all over Australia.

He’s played drums for The Angels, Jimmy Barnes, Jimmy Little, The Party Boys  and still plays, along with his wife Kay in GANGgajang, and he’s either produced or engineered Mondo Rock, Australian Crawl, Richard Clapton, and even Tiny Tim to name but a few.

He’s an ARIA Hall of Fame member and continues to work in other ventures such as the "Thumbs up!" nutrition education program, the Good Tucker App.

Buzz was kind enough to talk to me about his book ‘No Secrets, An Oz-Rock Memoir of Music and Mayhem on the-breakdown.net while he was in Uluru celebrating the 40th anniversary of the hand back of the Rock.

The Tea Party - Jeff Martin

The Tea Party have a five-date run called the “Elements” Tour, including two unique shows playing with an orchestra in both Melbourne and Sydney under the baton of Sarah-Grace Williams. That’s the “Wind Element” of the tour and the three other dates are the “Fire Elements” with The Tea Party in full band mode.

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Jim Moginie and the Family Dog have released a brand new record called Thunk. With a line-up boasting Kent Steedman on Guitar and Paul Larsen Loughhead on drums both ex Celibate Rifles and Tim Kevin from Youth Group and Midnight Oil’s mad professor Jim Moginie, you’d be right to expect an album full of surf, punk and angular guitar sounds, and that's exactly what you get. The band hit the road early February and to tell us about the wonderfully new analogue record, what to expect on tour, some Midnight Oil insights and he talks about his relationship with his recently deceased friend, bandmate and collabortor, Rob Hirst.

There's two versions, the longer version covers all that and a longer chat about Midnight Oil and Rob Hirst. @TheBreakdownwithCostaZouliou

Jim Moginie and the Family Dog have released a brand new record called Thunk. With a line-up boasting Kent Steedman on Guitar and Paul Larsen Loughhead on drums both ex Celibate Rifles and Tim Kevin from Youth Group and Midnight Oil’s mad professor Jim Moginie, you’d be right to expect an album full of surf, punk and angular guitar sounds, and that's exactly what you get. The band hit the road early February and to tell us about the wonderfully new analogue record, what to expect on tour, some Midnight Oil insights and he talks about his relationship with his recently deceased friend, bandmate and collabortor, Rob Hirst.

There's two versions, the longer version covers all that and a longer chat about Midnight Oil and Rob Hirst. @TheBreakdownwithCostaZouliou