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The City Sharps are playing the the Barley Corn Hotel, 177 Johnston St Collingwood, on Saturday night 26th November 2011.

We don’t gig often so don’t miss this chance to hear them play their Suburban Sharps & Mad, Mad, Mad recordings live (at the pub they first met).

FREE… yes, FREE.

A radio interview with Nick Tolewski the co author of top selling book Once Were Sharps – The Colourful Life And Times Of The Thomastown Sharps.

An honest and humorist interview with Nick about his book and growing up in Thomastown with the local Sharps.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Courtesy of Nick Tolewski and Plenty…

City Sharps welcome a new drummer, Frank Borg.
As a young immigrant to Australia in the early 60’s, it was not going to be easy for a young English boy to survive in the Western Suburbs. Frank soon made some valuable friends at Sunshine Technical School, and by the time the Sharpie movement started there in 1967, he was…

STAGGERS, the truly iconic brand of the 70’s, legendary for its positive and ironic attitude to life and fashion, has returned to lead Australia into a denim revolution with the launch of our new collection. The original signature Dove logo also features throughout the collection, symbolizing freedom and independent spirit to form the organic identity of the STAGGERS label.…

Melbourne Sharps HITS! on well known UK site ISYS Archive
Thanks to Julie Mac

Sharpie dance

Weekends were spent partying, dancing, drinking, fighting, screwing, avoiding the cops and the ticket inspectors, all the things rebellious teenagers like to do. Drugs were not a part of the culture.

Julie Mac, the author of Rage.

Thanks to Nick Tolewski, here are some photos from Sharpie Sunday

City Sharps’ debut album was reviewed on Cross Culture:

“…I can honestly say that this is one album that I really enjoyed”

“A great concept album that is full of great music and has certainly made me more interested in this time period. ‘Suburban Sharp’ has made me really love this band so I’m really hoping it isn’t a one

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Come alone to the Kustom Lane Gallery on Sunday 21 August 2-5pm for the launch of the new EP: Mad, Mad, Mad.

City Sharps’ new album Mad, Mad, Mad and the original Suburban Sharp are now available on iTunes.

It was harder than I thought to review Once Were Sharps. Although I knew their leader during his Melbourne Sharp days, the rest of the gang was the enemy. My inner teenager feels like a suck or a crawler, saying good things about a rival gang!

Our Bobby Tatts, a Melbourne Sharp of ‘Kevin Pappas Tear out Postcard’ fame said…