Unsung pioneers litter the Australian musical landscape like rotting roadkill on the side of the Highway. Some, like Adelaide's Grong Grong, should not be wasting away there. Not only were this trashy four-piece innovators in a form of chaotic, primordial proto-grunge - they're also one of the saddest examples of wasted potential in the chronicles of Oz punk. Grong Grong bludgeoned audiences throughout 1983-84, with their dark and aggressive take on punk rock. The band filtered its influences of Birthday Party, Cramps, Flipper and Pere Ubu through a suburban Australian mindset... sounding like no-one before or since. In 1983 they supported the Dead Kennedys and impressed frontman Jello Biafra so much they became the first and only Australian band to release an album on Biafra's label Alternative Tentacles. Tragedy struck however on Christmas Eve 1984 when singer Michael Farkas overdosed and spent 9 months in a coma virtually brain dead, and although he in time, made a remarkable recovery and continued to perform in other bands - Grong Grong never played again.... until now. You can't just sweep roadkill under the rug and hope that someday it isn't going to stench you the hell out.... and 25 years later, the band have reformed for a series of special shows. To coincide with the tour, archival record label Memorandum Recordings will be releasing a CD/DVD anthology of the band entitled, To Hell 'n' Back.

Track Listing

CD

1. Grong Grong
2. Angels & Demons
3. Club Grotesque
4. Louie The Fly
5. Poor Herb
6. Vlad The Impaler
7. Looking At You
8. Who's Got It
9. Hills Have Eyes
10. Swine
11. Black Hell
12. Japanese Train Driver
13. Human Fly
14. Loose
15. Hungry Jack McDonald
16. Meat Axe
17. Poor Herb (Live to Air)
18. Loose (Live to Air)
19. Grong Grong (Live to Air)
20. Hills Have Eyes (Live to Air)

DVD

1. Concert and rehearsal footage