David Bowers / Lead Vocals Lead Guitar.
Des Mullen / Lead Vocals Guitar.
John R. Weldon / Bass B. Vocals.
Johnny Bowers / Drums B. Vocals.
Influences
Hoodoo Gurus, Kiss, Rolling Stones, The Stranglers, Beatles, Herman's Hermits, Cheap Trick, ETC
Sounds Like
.........Bananappeal Cass. EP / Terrace 1985
..........Hot Slave - Hawaii 7" / Terrace 1986
.......Goin' to the Country 12" LP / Rampant 1988
..........Goin' to the Country 7" / Rampant 1988
.......Knock on Wood 7"/Rampant 1988
.....Also Used and Recommedned By / 12" LP-CD:Comp. Mushroom 1988
Firewater 7" / Rampant 1989
Sex Riot ~ The Nubiles Retrospective /
Bilderberg Group 2008
...It is hard to sum up a rock ‘n’ roll phenomenon like The Nublies in just a few words, but for history’s sake one must try; but where to start? What was the essence of their appeal? Was it the wild stage antics, the Cliff-Richard-style dance moves, their hook laden catchy tunes, their obsession with bananas, or was it the ‘cheese’ singles they gave away so freely to appreciative fans? Was it their uncanny knack for self promotion i.e.: their first E.P. release 'Bananappeal' came in a pack with stickers, badges and banana lollies? Was it the way they rocked: hard fast and often in tune? Or was it the way, “The Nubiles exploded onto stage, drenching the audience in fake blood and hot licks in scenes reminiscent of the sex riots of the early 60s,” to quote one rock reviewer. Perhaps we’ll never know. Let’s just say they had ‘IT’ whatever IT was, and no it wasn’t that thing they picked up from that girl in Torquay – the pills cleared that up PDQ.
Formed in the back blocks of outer western Melbourne this band rose to take that town by, if not storm, then at least by drizzle, with the potential of perhaps sleet or hail. They teamed up with Melbourne’s answer to KISS’s Bill Aucoin, B.A. Taylor who headed the Bandwagon Management team and together they plotted to take over the world one suburb at a time. After easily winning the hearts, minds and cash ( cheques still in the mail ) of Melbourne Fans, they were flown to South Australia for a quick tour. Scenes reminiscent of a certain band that visited in 1964 followed, Adelaide and it’s ‘nubile ladies’ were theirs for the taking. The 'City of Churches' daily newspapers were screaming out headlines like, “Lock up Your Daughters The Nubiles are in Town”,” Girls hurt climbing The Nubiles hotel suite”, .....“ Please keep calm The Nubiles will have to go home eventually ”, etc., ( Walk into any bar in that fair city still today and the locals will proudly tell you their stories about the time The Nubiles came to town ) SA was never the same. This pattern was repeated many times as they commondeered a major slice of Australia’s Eastern Seaboard , in a manner which, once again, can only be described in meteorological terms: this time by fog.
Tour after tour and the ‘keys’ to many small towns followed single after album after single. Goin’ To The Country, Knock on Wood, Hot Slave and Fire Water became the anthems by which a generation defined itself, and found itself, after having become separated from itself at a Nubiles Mega Show at the P.O.W.
For a while in the late 80s and early 90s the Nubiles could do no wrong, constantly touring with acts like: Hoodoo Gurus, The Choir Boys, Painters & Dockers, The Village People etc, they were perhaps not the toast, but surely the Ryvita crackers of the Australian East Coast Indie rock scene. Their stage shows were legendary – who could forget the Cardboard Spider Tour: their costumings were sublime – who else would dare sellotape Big Mac cartons to their heads? and their onstage banter often had punters rolling in the aisles, or was that stampeding for the doors? Once again we’ll never know for sure.
For a while it seemed as if nothing could stop these four lads from achieving their true destiny, but fate, that cruel mistress, stepped in and changed everything. With all the capriciousness of the true rock bitch that she is, and on the eve of signing with a major label to record their second album, Fate’s fickle and foul hand fell and suddenly the deal which was all theirs suddenly became all somebody else’s.
Disheartened but not beaten the band decided to go out on a high, so they got drunk and told their management team that they were going to split. This, they were told was a brave move, but one which they couldn’t afford to do, as they owed many thousands of dollars to a shady investment organization called the Bilderberg Group, so a further six months of farewell tours was planned culminating in three sell out nights at the Corner Hotel in Richmond, where the band shook the stage like the God of Thunder himself, or at least like the God of a Good Stiff Breeze.
.......................And where are they now, those four wild boys that fate brought together and then cruelly ripped from our lifes ? Johnny, the drummer, currently resides incognito but occionally does the Talk Show circuit in Japan where the memory of the band still looms large, guitarist Des now rules the T.V. Quiz show world, singer Dave’s alter ego Eugene Hamilton stalks Melbourne’s cabaret stages at night and by day designs for Mambo & others, bassist John R. Weldon went on to be a respected writer and spends his spare time practicing his autograph…just in case. .........................................................................................................
Portions of this Bio / History are Extracts from The Nubiles Official Biography by Hunter K Davies ‘ Serious Fun is Hard Work – The Complete Nubiles Story . ....in 3 Volumes. V.1 ‘ Please Touch Them So That They May Walk – The Nubilemania Years ‘ is due out in the Fall of 2008. V.2 ‘ Walking On Water Is A Wet Business – The Non Stop Touring years of The Nubiles ’86 - ’89 is due Summer 2010 and V.3 ‘ Watch for Signs in the Sky – The Rise & Fall & Rise? Of The Nubiles ’ has no release date yet due to the rumours that the last chapter in this epic saga is yet to be played out?
The Nubiles : Firewater Film Clip No.1 in Australia & Canada, No. 5 American College charts 1989. Interestingly this song was banned on most indigenous American Indian radio stations.
The Nubiles : Drive On (2008) Film Clip made to promote their Retrospective CD 'Sex Riot' released in May 08, The live footage is from the reunion shows also in May 08
The Nubiles : Goin' To The Country Film Clip No.1 in Australia, Brazil & Scotland, No.3 in the American College charts 1988. For a short while in the year of it's release this song was used on 'Tourism Gippsland's' radio and local TV ads.
The Nubiles : Knock on Wood Film Clip No.2 Australia , No.1 Monte Carlo, No.4 American College Charts 1988. Legend has it that when Ami Stewart who had a No.1 hit in America with this song in 1978 heard this version she stopped performing it live as she felt that The Nubiles had done the definitive version.
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The Nubiles : Make Me Feel Good Film Clip Very early (1985?) Demo
A much misunderstood song as a lot of feminists feel even to this day that this song alone took the movement back decades
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IS BANANAPPEAL BEING MASTERED FOR A CD RELEASE? MY AUTHENTIC 1985 CASSETTE HAS BEEN PLAYED TO DEATH. I WANT THE CD. WILL THERE BE BANANAS IN THE PACK LIKE THE ORIGINAL CASSETTE RELEASE?
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SUCCESS!! KEEP ROCKIN' & KEEP SMILIN' - TAKE CARE, YOUR FRIEND
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