Stig Can't Clap came from the northern suburbs boys in Sydney. They were typical of the large and impressive wave of mid to late ‘80s bands sustained by a relatively adventurous music pub scene and informed by the great Australian live-rock tradition that was brilliantly coloured at the time by punk and new wave influences, mostly from far away. But there was something especially captivating about this four-piece. Pretty boys, they regularly sweated profusely and swooned atmospherically to a fashionably down at heel audience at the Mosman Hotel. That got them a strong following and an unofficial license to indulge and focus on their individual strengths without being troubled too much by the mundane stuff like technical excellence. In 1985 they released a three-track single on the Vi-Nil label produced by Gary Beers from INXS. Their songs ''Otherside Of Midnight'' and ''Average Man'' was added to the compilation album 'Indie Sounds From The Harbour City (1983-1987) Volume 1' released in 2022.
Members
Greg Truman (vocals), Neil Ohlbach (guitar/vocals), Russell Ohlbach (drums), Mark Jago (bass)
''Otherside Of Midnight / Lost And Lonely / Average Man'' 1985 Vi-nil
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