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Instead of being the intended parody the costumes only helped to separate Skyhooks from everything else happening in world and Australian rock. The songs, written by bassist Greg Macainsh, spoke louder than the costumes. They dressed in an assortment of costumes, but what they wore had nothing to do with the music they performed, which was pure sex, drugs, and rock & roll, in songs that spoke about the world around them as it a was, right down to the names of the streets and suburbs the band and their audience came from. Melbourne's Skyhooks decided to parody that side of music rather than follow it.

In the '70s, no self-respecting new Australian band would dare stand in front of an audience in make-up, glitter, and stacked heels and hope to be taken seriously. The glitter rock period of music did not sit well with Australian music, which is steeped in singers and bands having to be able to cut it in front of an audience.

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