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TISM fined for $18,000 in damage to Sydney Opera House ahead of national tour (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

I's fully expecting to read they'd taken out a bunch of those sail tiles.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 5 points 2 days ago

TISM flight path tracking:

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

One of the band members dislocated a shoulder diving into those chairs.

My mate snapped this pic of the roadie putting it back in place before he was sent back out.

They're like 70 years old and they go so fucking hard on themselves and everything around them. It's awesome.

[–] nevetsg@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

TISM still exist? I can only think of one songs "Old man River", which TBH is a banger.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

TISM still exist?

They were inactive 2004-2022, so it's a reasonable question!

[–] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Greg, the stop sign. Still my favourite.

[–] galacticworm@piefed.social -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember going to Brashes in the late 90s to buy their album ‘Machiavelli and the Four Seasons’, and there was not a single thing on the CD today it was by TISM.. watching old mate the sales guy try find it was hilarious

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Not sure I followed this..

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Subversive art-pop" WTF is that?

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There's about 40 years of solid examples from them you can listen too, if you want to know the answer.

Some examples from outside their discography: