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"It's Motorhead meets the Beachboys!" - Beat Magazine. Only if you've been living in a cave for the last 21 years should you be forgiven for not loving the HARD-ONS, a three-piece punk band from Punchbowl in suburban Sydney, Australia. Formed in 1982, Blakie, Pete and Ray deserve full credit for inspiring the current wave of metal-punk bands sweeping through Australia as they defined the style. Like the SEX PISTOLS, the HARD-ONS' stance flies in the face of anyone with a conservative, moralizing attitude. They've had 17 consecutive number 1's on the Australian independent charts, and even hit the Top Five on the NME charts with the album Love is a Battlefield of Wounded Hearts in 1989. The HARD-ONS broke up in 1993, but made a comeback in 2001 with This Terrible Place, an album that finally brought them worldwide recognition.