Australia boasts a rich rock history -- but picking the country's Big 4 is no mean feat. At the dawn of rock, most Down Under artists covered popular tunes made famous by English and American bands.

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 Fellow band members have paid tribute to the drummer of seminal Aussie rock outfit Midnight Oil. Sam Tabone/Getty Images Rob Hirst, co-founder and drummer for ...

Were there enough bands from Down Under on the American pop/rock music scene to call it an Australian Invasion in the 80s? OK, maybe that’s a stretch. But the 80s still represented a boom time for ...

“The crowd was so into it and they’re singing every word and it was really loud. And sometimes when that happens, it’s really moving,” he said on Monday. There may be a few tears of joy among ...