While many of you listeners may not have heard the name before, Roger Grierson can rightfully be regarded as a stalwart of the alternative music scene in Australia. Roger is a product of the global punk era of the 1970's! That's when he started his journey, first as an artist then as a manager then going on to be a tour promoter, a music publishing honcho and, ultimately a chairman of Australia's first every music company Festival Records.
When you look at the list of names he is associated with- The Buzzcocks, Jesus Jones, Pop will Eat Itself, Nick Cave, The Beasts of Bourbon, Spy V Spy, Do Re Mi, The Johnny's , The All Nighters and The New Christs- they're all legendary names who, just like Roger, paved the way for the rise of alternative music in this country. He's not your run-of-the-mill music excecutive, far from it in fact. He's a punk rocker at heart who just made shit happen!
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