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In 1997, the British journalist Tony Barrell wrote a major feature for The Sunday Times about the UK tribute-band scene, which mentioned bands including Pink Fraud, the Pretend Pretenders and Clouded House.

In the piece, Barrell asserted that " the main cradle of the tribute band ... is Australia.

Starved of big names, owing to their reluctance to put Oz on their tour itineraries, Australians were quite unembarrassed about creating home-grown versions.

Then, like an airborne seed, one of these bands just happened to drift to Britain.

" The band in question was the ABBA tribute Björn Again, who staged a successful publicity stunt in the early 1990s, arriving at Heathrow airport in white one-piece outfits similar to the ones worn by ABBA on the cover of their 1976 album, Arrival.

Other Tribute acts such as The Beatnix ( Beatles ), Zeppelin Live, and The Australian Pink Floyd Show have experienced continued popularity for over a decade.