In 1992, Skyhooks were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association ( ARIA ) Hall of Fame.

From 1975 to 1977, Skyhooks were — alongside Sherbet — the most commercially successful group in Australia, but over the next few years, Skyhooks rapidly faded from the public eye with the departure of key members, and in 1980 the band announced its break-up in controversial circumstances.

The tracks were taken from Skyhooks ' first four studio albums along with two recent singles, " Jukebox In Siberia " and the uncharted " Tall Timber ".

In 1992, Skyhooks were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association ( ARIA ) Hall of Fame, while their manager, Gudunski, and record label, Mushroom Records, received a ' Special Achievement Award '.

On 7 April 2010, 3AW reported that Skyhooks were to appear on the first episode of the new series of Hey Hey It's Saturday with Leo Sayer on vocals.

Skyhooks were far from the first people to write songs in Australia by Australians about Australia, but they were the first ones to make good money doing it.

* 1952 – Graeme Strachan, Australian rock singer ( Skyhooks ) ( d. 2001 )

Described as a glam rock band, because of flamboyant costumes and make-up, Skyhooks addressed teenage issues including buying drugs (" Carlton ( Lygon Street Limbo )"), suburban sex (" Balwyn Calling "), the gay scene (" Toorak Cowboy ") and loss of girlfriends (" Somewhere in Sydney ") by namechecking Australian locales.

Skyhooks had # 1 albums on the Australian Kent Music Report with their 1974 debut, Living in the 70's ( for 16 weeks ), and its 1975 follow-up, Ego Is Not a Dirty Word ( 11 weeks ).

Mushroom struggled to survive for its first two years and reportedly came close to folding on several occasions, but the label was dramatically pushed to the forefront of the Australian music scene in early 1975 following the massive success of Skyhooks, whose debut album, Living in the 70's, became the biggest-selling Australian LP ever released up to that time.

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, " longside Skyhooks, Sherbet was the most successful Australian pop band of the 1970s.

As well as undertaking the extensive Last Great Rock ’ n ’ Roll Show of the Century Australian tour which was launched in November 1999, the group had started recording their next studio album, Scam, with former Skyhooks producer Ross Wilson.

Above all, Countdown was crucial to the success of many leading Australian acts, including AC / DC, Olivia Newton-John, INXS, Hush ( band ) Kylie Minogue, I'm Talking, John Paul Young, Sherbet, Skyhooks, Marcia Hines, Mark Holden, The Angels, Mondo Rock, Men at Work, Icehouse, Australian Crawl, Mental As Anything, Little River Band, William Shakespeare, Renée Geyer, Wa Wa Nee and Jon English.

Redmond Symons ( born 13 June 1949 ) is an Australian musician, writer, actor and radio host, probably best known as lead guitarist with Skyhooks and as the snide judge of " Red Faces ", a segment of the long-running Hey Hey It's Saturday variety television show.

After graduating, Symons joined the Australian rock band Skyhooks as a guitarist in the 1970s.

In 1975 Wilson appeared on Australian band Skyhooks ' second album Ego is not a Dirty Word on the title track, " Ego is not a Dirty Word ".

Bob Spencer ( born 5 September 1957 ) was a guitarist in two significant Australian rock bands in the 1970s and 1980s, Skyhooks and The Angels.

Australian rock group Skyhooks perform " Horror Movie ".

Mostly known for forming the highly successful Australian record company Mushroom Records in 1972 through whom Gudinski signed several generations of Australian musicians and performers ranging from MacKenzie Theory, the Skyhooks, New Zealand's Split Enz, The Choirboys, Kylie Minogue to newer artists such as Eskimo Joe, Evermore and others forging a string of successful releases by local talent.

But the label was dramatically pushed to the forefront of the Australian music scene in early 1975 with the massive success of Skyhooks, whose debut album Living in the 70's became the biggest-selling Australian LP ever released up to that time.

1978 saw Douglas work with the Australian group Skyhooks as executive producer on their Guilty Until Proven Insane album ( which included the track " Women in Uniform " which was later covered by Iron Maiden ).

Australia had several bands with an overt and theatrical glam rock style, including Skyhooks, Hush, The Ted Mulry Gang, Supernaut.

In 1984, in a world first, reformed Aussie rock legends Skyhooks appeared on the same night live from their concert at Olympic Park in front of 26, 000 people with Daryl and Ossie appearing with them on a giant screen above the stage.

Strachan told band members he intended to leave — but it was not officially announced for six months — he continued regular shows until his final gig with Skyhooks on 29 July.

Ian " Molly " Meldrum, usually a supporter of Skyhooks, savaged Hot for the Orient on his " Humdrum " segment of Countdown — viewers demanded that the band appear on a following show to defend it.

Macainsh played with John Farnham on his Whispering Jack Tour and with Dave Warner's from the Suburbs, in 1988 he put together and managed a very successful AC / DC tribute band called Back in Black who went on to support Skyhooks on their comeback tour.

Braithwaite performed " All My Friends Are Getting Married " with the band whilst Wilson sang the rare Skyhooks track " Warm Wind in the City ".

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Skyhooks formed in March 1973 in Melbourne with Steve Hill on vocals ( ex-Lillee ), Peter Ingliss

The suburb has been immortalised by the Skyhooks single named after the suburb, ' Balwyn Calling ', while The Age newspaper described the suburb as " arguably Melbourne's most loved " whilst conceding " Balwyn has never, and will never, be called " a vibrant, exciting and influential suburb ".

In August 1982 they released a six-track EP, Strange Land, which was produced by Ross Wilson ( Skyhooks, Mondo Rock, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons ) for Missing Link.

Strachan's replacement in Skyhooks, on lead vocals, was Tony Williams ( ex-Reuben Tice with Macainsh ).

Macainsh, Starkie and Strauks appeared as Skyhooks at the 2009 Helpmann Awards in Sydney.

With altered line-ups, Skyhooks continued until they disbanded on 8 June 1980 ; they briefly reformed in 1983, 1984, 1990 and 1994.

In December 1982, Mushroom released a medley of Skyhooks songs as " Hooked on Hooks " which peaked at # 21.

In November 2009, the " Skyhooks Tour Archive ", displayed on the band's website, listed 925 live shows.

The list of recording musicians / songwriters includes Tommy Emmanuel, Chris Bailey ( The Angels, GANGgajang ), Eric McCusker ( Mondo Rock ), Red Symons ( Skyhooks ), " Freddie " Strauks ( Skyhooks ), Todd Hunter ( Dragon, XL Capris ), Rick Grossman ( Divinyls, Hoodoo Gurus ), Mark Edwards ( The Runners ), Tony Buchanan ( Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs mk2 ) and Reg Mombassa ( Mental As Anything ).

Symons left Skyhooks in 1977 and became a radio and television personality.

In 2011, the Skyhooks album Living in the 70s was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry.

Williams first single for Skyhooks, " Over the Border ", reached the top 40 in April, and their fifth studio album, Hot for the Orient, appeared in May 1980, but failed to peak into the top 50.

The final release of new Skyhooks material came in June 1999 when a twin-CD, Skyhooks: The Collection, was issued.

The original line up of Skyhooks including Hill reformed in 2005 at the Annandale Hotel in Sydney for a one-off gig, a benefit for Hill, who had been diagnosed with liver cancer.

* Skyhooks are talon shaped hooks placed over very small ledges and flakes and secured to a carabiner.