Hard-Ons | |
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.jpg) Peter Black and Murray Ruse at the Rolling Stone Awards | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Dead Rats, Plebs, The Three Sinners |
| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Genres | Punk rock, power pop, hardcore punk |
| Years active | 1982–1994, 1997–present |
| Labels | ViNil, Chatterbox, Bad Taste, Waterfront, Alternative Tentacles |
| Spinoffs | Nunchukka Superfly |
| Members | Peter "Blackie" Black Ray Ahn Murray Ruse Tim Rogers |
| Past members | Peter Kostic Keish de Silva |
The Hard-Ons are an Australian punk rock band, which formed in 1982 in Punchbowl, New South Wales. Its founding members were Keish de Silva on lead vocals and drums, Peter "Blackie" Black on guitar and backing vocals, and Ray Ahn on bass guitar. The band issued five studio albums prior to their disbandment in 1994. The band reformed in 1997. In 2002, de Silva announced his departure from the band. He was replaced on drums by Front End Loader's Peter Kostic, while Black took over on lead vocals. Kostic was later replaced in turn by Conation drummer Murray Ruse in 2011. de Silva returned as a guest vocalist in 2014, and permanently rejoined the band in 2016. This version of the band would stay together for a further five years and one studio album, prior to de Silva's second departure in 2021. You Am I frontman Tim Rogers has since taken over as the band's lead vocalist.
Across their career, the band have had two singles, two EPs, three studio albums and one greatest-hits compilation peak within the ARIA top 100.[1] They have sold over a quarter of a million albums.[2]
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 124.
- ^ "Hard Ons 40 Years On: 'We Never Thought We'd Be Doing This Forever'". The Music. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.