Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips catches up with the Suburban Boy himself, Dave Warner to discuss the upcoming October reunion tour.
This October marks fifty years of Dave Warner's from the Suburbs - one of Australia's most original bands, and true doyens of the pub-rock era.
Dubbed the "Suburban Boy," Dave Warner is one of Bob Dylan's favourite Australian artists. He launched out of Perth in 1972 with punk band Pus, before refining the concept into "suburban rock" - music that captured the mundane reality of young Aussie life in the '70s. By the late '70s, Dave Warner's from the Suburbs had crash-tackled Australia's largely imitative rock scene with raw energy and originality. Their album Mugs Game went gold in eight weeks, powered by tracks like "Convict Streak" and "Half Time at the Football" - proto-rap anthems, sung in a broad Australian accent, that sliced up the national culture so sharply they got Warner arrested in Perth for "obscene songs."
Now, to mark that era, DWFTS will play five shows this October: quite possibly their last chance to deliver this history live, from womb to tomb.
#australianmusician #davewarnersfromthesuburbs
Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips catches up with the Suburban Boy himself, Dave Warner to discuss the upcoming October reunion tour.
This October marks fifty years of Dave Warner's from the Suburbs - one of Australia's most original bands, and true doyens of the pub-rock era.
Dubbed the "Suburban Boy," Dave Warner is one of Bob Dylan's favourite Australian artists. He launched out of Perth in 1972 with punk band Pus, before refining the concept into "suburban rock" - music that captured the mundane reality of young Aussie life in the '70s. By the late '70s, Dave Warner's from the Suburbs had crash-tackled Australia's largely imitative rock scene with raw energy and originality. Their album Mugs Game went gold in eight weeks, powered by tracks like "Convict Streak" and "Half Time at the Football" - proto-rap anthems, sung in a broad Australian accent, that sliced up the national culture so sharply they got Warner arrested in Perth for "obscene songs."
Now, to mark that era, DWFTS will play five shows this October: quite possibly their last chance to deliver this history live, from womb to tomb.
#australianmusician #davewarnersfromthesuburbs
