Heard on JJJ earlier this week that rage, ABC's no comercial, no break 12 hour straight, nothing but music TV program is celebrating 25 years of broadcasting. & I think that's awesome :)

This show has had a major influence on what music I listened to with its simple "here's the song, & here's the artist, no bullshit" programming.

I can still remember my first ever rage tape I recorded when I was about six had when it was competing with channel 10's "Video Hits" (yes, I'm old) & it had these songs on it:

The Firm - Star Trekkin'
Choirboys - Run To Paradise
Michael Jackson - Way You Make Me Feel
And, I shit you not, this was number one at the time:
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

Anyway was thinking for this Friday tunes thread in honor of rage, post music videos you've discovered on rage that you think you'd never of hear of them through any other form otherwise. I could post probably thousands from rage's new music Friday night for the last 14 years or so but I thought I best stick to more rare ones which probabaly not many people of heard of & more obscure bands.

Sigur Rós -07- Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása


Art Of Noise - Metaforce


Mark B & Blade - Ya Dont See The Signs


Bomb The Bass - Bug Powder Dust


Shed Seven - Heros


Buck 65 - 463


Monster Magnet - Space Lord


Course Of Empire - The Information


Stereo MC's - Deep Down And Dirty


Niel Finn - Sinner


Oceansize - Catalyst


H-Block X - I've Got The Power (Snap Cover)


Weta - Calling On



hmm i could post forever, that'll do for now :P

Long live RAGE*

srsly, where has that edit button gone?

Rage was great although IIRC they only displayed the song info @ the start of the song, not the start and end which i didnt like. I lost plenty of sat mornings watching the last however long to catch the top 10 or so.

Course Of Empire - The Information. Love that song, haven't heard it in a while but I've still got the single somewhere from when Dark City came out.

Also +1 to Rage kicking on.

I don't know how many times I've found myself mesmerised after a big Saturday night out only to come home and find an awesome musician/band (touring the country at the time or not) as the guest programmer.

It's awesome to get the insight for that muso/bands influences and even better at the back catalogue of video clips that the ABC must have on file (I do wonder how they licence that stuff).

Whilst I can't say that I watch it religiously, I would actually dig it if the ABC actually ran it as its own channel.

Much Rage <3

Monster Mag rawk, great song and clip.

as a young fella i used to setup my video to tape rage and then work through everything id taped the next day

(obviously discarding all the horrible guitar music and keeping anything good and beaty)

rage = awesome