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Mondo Rock are an Australian rock band, formed in November 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria. Singer-songwriter Ross Wilson founded the band, following the split of his previous band Daddy Cool. Guitarist Eric McCusker, who joined in 1980, wrote many of the band's hits, and along with Wilson formed the core of the group. They are best known for their second album, Chemistry, which was released in July 1981 and peaked at number 3 on the Australian Kent Music Report. Their song "Come Said the Boy" peaked at number 2 in Australia in 1984.

History
1976–1979: Early years and Primal Park Mondo Rock were formed in November 1976 in Melbourne by Bob Bickerton on drums (ex-Rock Granite and the Profiles); Mike Clarke on bass guitar (ex-Mick Rogers and Eclipse); Greg Cook on keyboards and guitar (ex-Cam-Pact, Skylight, Phil Manning Band); Peter Laffy on guitar (ex-Fox, Freeway); and Ross Wilson (ex-Daddy Cool) on lead vocals and harmonica. The 2014 Mondo Rock line-up was exactly the same line-up that played on the 1980 single "State of the Heart", as well as a few tracks on Chemistry: Ross Wilson, Eric McCusker, James Black, Paul Christie and Gil Matthews. The band released Besto Mondo in August 2015. The band toured nationally in 2019, and continue to play live. On 8 May 2020, the band released their first ever live album ''Summer of '81, Live at the Pier''. ==Members==
Members
Credits: ;Current members • Ross Wilson – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica (1976–1991, 2006–2007, 2014–present) • Gil Matthews – drums (1979–1980, 2014–present) • Eric McCusker – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1980–1991, 2006–2007, 2014–present) • James Black – keyboards, backing vocals (1980–1984, 2006–2007, 2014–present) • Paul Christie – bass guitar (1980–1982, 2006–2007, 2014–present) ;Former members • Bob Bickerton – drums (1976) • Mike Clarke – bass guitar (1976) • Greg Cook – keyboards, guitar (1976) • Peter Laffy – guitar, backing vocals (1976–1978) • Trevor Courtney – drums (1977–1978) • Barry Sullivan – bass guitar (1977–1978) • Ian Winter – guitar (1977–1978) • Gunther Gorman – guitar (1977) • Chris Jones – guitar (1978) • Simon Gyllies – bass guitar (1978–1979) • Iain McClennan – drums, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals (1978–1979) ;Former members (cont'd) • Tony Slavich – keyboards (1978–1979) • Randy Bulpin – guitar (1978–1979) • Eddie Van Roosendael – drums (1979) • Simon Philips – bass guitar (1979) • Andrew Bell – guitar (1980) • Kerry Jacobsen – drums, backing vocals (1980, 2006–2007) • Andy Buchanan – drums (1981) • John James Hackett – drums, percussion, guitar (1981–1990) • James Gillard – bass guitar (1982–1990) • Andrew Ross – saxophone, keyboards (1986–1990) • Duncan Veall – keyboards (1984–1990) • Colin Newham – keyboards (1988) • Ian Belton – bass guitar (1990–1991) • Mitch Farmer – drums (1990) • Sean Timms – keyboards (1990) • Mary Azzopardi – backing vocals (1991) • Mark Williams – backing vocals (1991) • Bernie Worrell – keyboards (1991) ==Discography==
Discography
Primal Park (1979) • Chemistry (1981) • Nuovo Mondo (1982) • The Modern Bop (1984) • Boom Baby Boom (1986) • Why Fight It? (1990) ==Awards and nominations==
Awards and nominations
TV Week / Countdown awards Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987; it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week. The TV Week / Countdown awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards. ==References==
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