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Pig City

From The Saints to Savage Garden
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The twentieth-anniversary celebration of an Australian music cult classic, now with a foreword by Eamon Sandwith from The Chats. From cult heroes the Saints and the Go-Betweens to national icons Powderfinger and international stars Savage Garden, Brisbane has produced more than its share of great bands.... Read More
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The twentieth-anniversary celebration of an Australian music cult classic, now with a foreword by Eamon Sandwith from The Chats.

From cult heroes the Saints and the Go-Betweens to national icons Powderfinger and international stars Savage Garden, Brisbane has produced more than its share of great bands. But behind the music lay a ghost city of malice and corruption.

Persecuted by the Bjelke-Petersen government and its toughest enforcers – the police – Brisbane's musicians, radio announcers and political activists braved ignorance, harassment and often violence to be heard.

Since its first publication in 2004, Pig City has become a much-loved cult classic, providing an enduring soundtrack and history lesson for a new generation of fans and musicians alike.

This edition includes a special Pig City playlist – listen here.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780702268793

Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 July 2024

Country: Australia

Imprint: University of Queensland Press

Edition: 3rd ed.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 226.0mm

Weight: 484g

Pages: 384

About the Author

Andrew Stafford is a freelance journalist and author. Pig City, originally published in 2004, is his first book. The second, Something To Believe In (2019) is a music memoir. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Age, Griffith Review and, exclusively, on his Patreon page- patreon.com/andrewstafford

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