☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Keating" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Keating</span></a> was still the prime minister, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Kennett" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kennett</span></a> was premier of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Victoria</span></a>. The highest selling song of the year in this country was Gangsta&#39;s Paradise by Coolio. Blood Sugar Sex Magik by the Red Hot Chili Peppers had been out for four years but still held sway over the entire universe. </p><p>There was a band in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sydney</span></a> called Def FX who were winning awards and telling us in song titles and lyrics – with a metal/hiphop backbeat – about &quot;ritual&quot;, &quot;magik&quot; and &quot;psychoactives&quot;. </p><p>This was what was in the wind. It was commercial music, the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TripleJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TripleJ</span></a> staple of the day, and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Cranky" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cranky</span></a> came and went so very quickly within all of this with 2 Bugs and a song called Australia Don&#39;t Become America, otherwise known as &quot;Straya Don Come Merica&quot;. It was influenced by the above – the sound and the fury – and in particular by Rage Against The Machine, Disposible Heroes of Hiphroprisy, Public Enemy, Pop Will Eat Itself and EMF”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AusMusic</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HipRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HipRock</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/hip" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hip</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/band" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>band</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://archive.md/kOQ7X" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/kOQ7X</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt; / &lt;<a href="https://smh.com.au/entertainment/music/the-crate-cranky-2-bugs-ep-1995-20150618-ghqx0p.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/entertainment/music</span><span class="invisible">/the-crate-cranky-2-bugs-ep-1995-20150618-ghqx0p.html</span></a>&gt;</p>