Pub rock (Australia)

Pub rock is a style of Australian rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s and still influencing contemporary Australian music today. The term came from the venues at which most of these bands originally played at: inner-suburban pubs (short for the British term public house which is rarely used in Australia in its full form). These often noisy, hot, and crowded establishments were largely frequented by men and women in their 20s, mainly of Anglo-Celtic origin rather than members of Australia's other immigrant communities.

Notable pub rock bands

• Cold Chisel
• Hunters and Collectors
• INXS
• Jo Jo Zep and The Falcons
• Rose Tattoo
• The Angels (Australia)
• Hoodoo Gurus
• AC/DC