Moving targets band live biography
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My Husband, Bob Rock was in a band called “The Moving Targets” formed about 1965, in Heidelberg Heights in Melbourne. Their average age of band then was 14 years old. They won best new & upcoming band in Hoadleys battle of the bands at Festival Hall in Melbourne.
Colin Wells played Lead guitar, Bob Rock on rhythm guitar and Laurie Strickland on drums. They played covers, but did do an original recording, that is lost now. I remember going with him when they played at Penny Lane in Frankston. I was backstage, starstruck by Olivia Newton-John and Pat Carroll and Max Merritt and the Meteors, with stewy Spears on drums. Max borrowed a plectrum from Bob, that night. They carried their guitars on their shoulders and had a guitar case full of beer!
The Moving Targets got quite a bit of work, between 1965-1968, playing at “Catcher” in Flinders Lane, Melb., “Penthouse”, Swinger, etc., I worked at Melbourne’s greatest music shop,” Brashs”, for well over 30 years, selling originally records and then cd’s. LONG LIVE MUSIC!
We were blessed to be a part of Melbourne’s great music scene, back then. One of our best friends, now are Sue & Kris Fillipov (Phillips), who also entertained for a living, Kris was in the ban
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Penetration: Moving Targets/Coming Up be directed at Air
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Moving Targets formed in 1981 as a trio of Kenny Chambers, Pat Leonard and Pat Brady. Their first break came in 1984 with a compilation called “The Bands That Could Be God”, a compilation of music by Boston bands produced by Gerard Cosloy, creator of Conflict zine and head of Homestead and Matador labels. Moving Targets contributed three tracks to the compilation – “Selfish”, “Waiting For The End” and “Changing Your Mind” and other bands on the compilation included Salem 66, Deep Wound (early incarnation of Dinosaur Jr.), Busted Statues, Flies, Outpatients Beanbag and Sorry.
All three tracks which appeared on “The Bands That Could Be God” were recorded with Lou Giordano, the founder of Boston’s Fort Apache studio, who had worked with Husker Du. Moving Targets recorded a 15-song demo with him and signed up with Taang! R