JUST URBAIN

One of the greatest bands ever to come from the early Australian punk scene which is why they made the #36 spot on Johan Kugelberg's top 100 DIY 45's. Vocalist Peter Miller was at the vanguard of the punk push in Brisbane in the late 1970s. His band Just Urbain flew the flag of the then nascent punk movement. To have been a punk in Brisbane during that period would have required gumption and real conviction. He was a true believer pushing the envelope during a period when rednecks ruled during Joh Bjelke-Petersen's reign.

 Drummer Dave Holliday recalls their recording output, ''We knew Col from when he had a record shop then a video shop so when we heard he had a studio, fantastic. For a couple of hours Just Urbain, Young Identities and a side band of Rod's the Bodysnatchers recorded, mixed and produced what became the first three Savage Music releases. The second recording session of Just Urbain and Young Identities was done up on the north coast at Forrest Glen by Mungo Coates. For those who need to know, the Fun Things used that studio also. The third recording session was back at Mungo's but by now Young Identities had become Kicks with a slight change in their sound. Just Urbain had brought along a friend of Peter's to provide the keyboards. Wolfgang Kuepper had been in a band called Same 13 who played out a fair bit during '77/'78 but never released anything. Just Urbain was going through a lot of self-doubt, and we thought a shift in sound would help. It's obvious to me now that we were listening to too much Joy Division and Killing Joke. Aside from "Sounds Like" and "Goddess" we recorded a third song "My Love". It is so turgid that it is never going to surface.  Just Urbain disbanded in 1981. In 2010/11 American label 540 released two EPs of the original songs recorded in 1979/80

Members

Peter Miller (vocals), Robert Lewis (guitar), Rod McLeod (guitar/bass), Dave Holliday (drums), Gavin McLeod (bass), Wolfgang Kuepper (keyboards)

SINGLES 

''Sounds Like / Godess'' 1980 Shake Music

EPs 

'Just Urbain' 1979 Savage Music 
'Everybody Loves Just Urbain' 1980 Shake Music 

References

http://tropicalacceleration.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/just-urbain-burning-540-records-reissue.html

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