Are we the best ‘60s band in the world? Who’s better? Who’s best?
Dennis Millar - vocal, guitar, blues harp, magic;
Pete Robinson - vocals, bass, deconstruction;
Peter Reed, drums, quality control;
Peter Summers, vocals, guitar, keyboard, project management
Influences
The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Animals, The Who, Small Faces, Pretty Things, The Zombies, Spencer Davis Group, Nashville Teens, Them, Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Fleetwood Mac, Thunderclap Newman, The Loved Ones, The Easybeats, MPD Ltd, The Twilights, The Throb, Masters Apprentices, PJ Proby, The Byrds, Lovin' Spoonful, Vanilla Fudge, The Monkees, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, The Youngbloods, The Doors, Count Five, Canned Heat, Santana, The Knickerbockers, Buffalo Springfield (this list is for real!)
Sounds Like
She’s So Fine – The Easybeats,
I’ll Make You Happy – The Easybeats,
Friday on My Mind – The Easybeats,
Women – The Easybeats,
Sorry – The Easybeats,
Wedding Ring – The Easybeats,
Needle in a Haystack – The Twilights,
The Loved One – The Loved Ones,
Everlovin’ Man – The Loved Ones,
Fortune Teller – The Throb,
Little Boy Sad – MPD Ltd,
Undecided – Masters Apprentices,
Back in the USSR – The Beatles,
We Can Work It Out - The Beatles,
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles,
Roll Over Beethoven - The Beatles,
Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles,
Nowhere Man - The Beatles,
Hold Me Tight – The Beatles,
Day Tripper – The Beatles,
I’ll Be Back Again - The Beatles,
Things We Said Today – The Beatles,
Norwegian Wood – The Beatles,
Eight Days a Week - The Beatles,
Girl – The Beatles,
You Can’t Do That – The Beatles,
Money – The Beatles,
You Really Got a Hold on Me – The Beatles,
She’s a Woman – The Beatles,
Rosalyn – Pretty Things,
Don’t Bring Me Down – Pretty Things,
Baby Please Don’t Go – Them,
Gloria – Them,
Paint It Black - Rolling Stones,
Little Red Rooster – Rolling Stones,
Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones,
Can I Get a Witness – Rolling Stones,
Under My Thumb – Rolling Stones,
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones,
Walkin’ the Dog – Rolling Stones,
Carol – Rolling Stones,
Route 66 – Rolling Stones,
It’s All Over Now – Rolling Stones,
Heart of Stone – Rolling Stones,
Bus Stop - The Hollies,
Look Through Any Window – The Hollies,
Glad All Over - Dave Clark Five,
Bits and Pieces – Dave Clark Five,
San Franciscan Nights – The Animals,
Bring it on Home to Me – The Animals,
It's My Life - The Animals,
When I Was Young – The Animals,
We Gotta Get Out of this Place – The Animals,
House of the Rising Sun- The Animals,
Monterrey – The Animals,
Help Me Girl – The Animals,
Itchycoo Park - Small Faces,
Tin Soldier – Small Faces,
Sha La La Lee – Small Faces,
Keep on Running - Spencer Davis Group,
I’m a Man – Spencer Davis Group,
Substitute - The Who,
I’m a Boy – The Who,
Pictures of Lily – The Who,
Happy Jack – The Who,
Something in the Air – Thunderclap Newman,
Fire – Crazy World of Arthur Brown,
If You Gotta Go, Go Now - Manfred Mann,
She's Not There - The Zombies,
Tell Her No – The Zombies,
I'm A Man - The Yardbirds,
Shapes of Things – The Yardbirds,
Oh Well (Part 1) – Fleetwood Mac,
Tobacco Road – Nashville Teens,
Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks,
Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks,
Dead End Street – The Kinks,
You Really Got Me – The Kinks,
All Day and All of the Night – The Kinks,
Till the End of the Day – The Kinks,
Tired of Waiting – The Kinks,
Picture Book – The Kinks,
Victoria – The Kinks,
Lies – The Knickerbockers,
Light My Fire – The Doors,
Woodstock – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young,
Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young,
Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds,
All I Really Want to Do – The Byrds,
Turn! Turn! Turn! – The Byrds,
My Back Pages – The Byrds,
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield,
Let’s Get Together – The Youngbloods,
Going Up the Country – Canned Heat,
Psychotic Reaction – Count Five,
Summer in the City - Lovin' Spoonful,
Last Train to Clarkesville - The Monkees,
Black Magic Woman – Santana,
You Keep Me Hangin’ On – Vanilla Fudge,
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Are we the best ‘60s band in the world? Who’s better? Who’s best?
The Substitutes are Melbourne’s most authentic and most exciting '60s band being made up of veteran 60's & 70's musicians who play the best (and the lost gems) of the Kinks, Animals, Small Faces, The Who, Zombies, Easybeats, Yardbirds, Pretty Things, Twilights, MPD Ltd, Loved Ones, Beatles, Stones, et al.
All members of The Substitutes have extensive and credible rock careers as documented in the Who's Who of Australian Rock.
With the four octave range vocals and fluid guitar work of Dennis Millar (ex seminal 70's band Buster Brown and then Nick Charles), Pete Robinson on bass (ex The Strangers and Blacksmith Hopkins) supported by Peter Reed on drums (ex New Dream, Gary Young & Phil Manning bands) and the punk energy of Peter Summers on guitar and keyboard (ex Riverina Playboys and Strange Idols), The Substitutes deliver the goods exactly like the record but with real spirit.
We are Melbourne's best '60s band, bar none!
"Pictures of Lily", "Happy Jack" and "Substitute" all originally by The Who. For heaps more videos click the 'View My Videos' link on the upper left hand side of the screen.
Also check out youtube using 'substitutes melbourne' as the search criteria and see the 60+ other video clips of us live. Are we the best in the world?
Don't miss The Rebelles headlining this special quadruple bill of female-fronted garage, swoons and film.
Screening in the front bar is the 90 minute documentary ROCKnTOKYO, a unique look at Tokyo's indie rock scene by French filmmaker, Pamela Valentes, which profiles Guitar Wolf, the 5678s, and many more.
Kicking off the musical proceedings, all girl sweet doo pop punk band DollSquad, who are on the eve of releasing their second album.
Next up, catch Japan’s Ikochi delivering their tight, high energy, classic three piece rockabilly punk sound.
The first DVD screening is from 7pm, bands from 9pm. $10 entry.
This Thursday, a special event at the Melbourne Festival Fringe Club -
Your favourite all-girlgroup sensation The Rebelles pit their unassailable wall of heartbreak against the leather-clad mythologically inaccurate hair metal of Barbariön: "Early in 2007 Myles-Harald Tauchert noticed that all rock bands were gay. He decided to combine his love of 80s metal and hazardous camp theatrics to create a band of heady excess... who together are BARBARIÖN."
The Rebelles come out fighting at 9.30 - come down and cheer us on.
North Melbourne Town Hall, 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne. Entry is free.
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