The New Christs are an Australian

Music of Australia

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 rock and roll band, led by Rob Younger

Rob Younger

Rob Younger is an Australian rock musician, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the influential Sydney-based punk rock group Radio Birdman, which formed in 1974. After the Radio Birdman break-up, Younger joined the super-group, New Race, who were active in 1981...

, with various lineups through the 80s, 90s, Noughties. Younger was the singer in the influential Australian band Radio Birdman

Radio Birdman

Radio Birdman was one of the first punk bands in Australia along with The Saints. Deniz Tek and Rob Younger formed the group in Sydney, Australia in 1974...

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The current line-up (since 2006) are due to release a new LP, "Gloria" in May 2009, followed by a European Tour.

1980–1981

The first incarnation of New Christs was formed in 1980. This line up never performed live but they did release one highly collectable single, "Waiting World"/"Face a New God" in 1981.

• Rob Younger – vocals
• Clyde Bramley (The Hoodoo Gurus) – bass
• Bruce "Cub" Calloway (The Saints
  The Saints (band)
  The Saints are an Australian rock band, which formed in Brisbane in 1974 as punk rockers. Founders were Chris Bailey , Ivor Hay , and Ed Kuepper . Alongside mainstay Bailey, the group has had numerous line-ups...
  
  )- guitar
• John Hoey – keyboards
• Don Mc Glone – drums
• Ken Doyle – drums (appeared on the single)

1983–1984

A new line up of New Christs formed in 1983 to support an Australian tour by Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop

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. Younger decided to keep the band going and they recorded two more singles before breaking up in 1984.

• Rob Younger – vocals
• Chris Masuak
  Chris Masuak
  Chris Masuak is a Canadian-born Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter. He is as a member of the influential Sydney-based punk rock group Radio Birdman, which formed in 1974, and for his other outfits The Hitmen, and The Screaming Tribesmen...
  
   (The Hitmen
  The Hitmen
  Hitmen are an Australian Hard rock band. The group went through a large number of lineup changes in its short late 1970s and early 1980s run, then regrouped under a new name, Hitmen DTK, between 1989 and 1992. They reformed in 2007 and continue to play....
  
  , Radio Birdman
  Radio Birdman
  Radio Birdman was one of the first punk bands in Australia along with The Saints. Deniz Tek and Rob Younger formed the group in Sydney, Australia in 1974...
  
  ) – guitar
• Mark Kingsmill (The Hitmen, The Hoodoo Gurus) – drums
• Tony Robertson (The Hitmen) – bass
• Kent Steedman (Celibate Rifles) – guitar
• Richard Jakimayszyn (Lime Spiders
  Lime Spiders
  Lime Spiders are an Australian punk rock band, currently consisting of Mick Blood, Tom Corben, Gerard Corben, David Sparks and Tony Bambach.-Early Days :...
  
  ) – guitar (replaced Steedman)

1987–1989, 1991

The next lineup formed in 1987. This line up released an album in 89, Distemper, which reached #1 on the Australian Alternative Charts and toured Australia and Europe. They broke up in 1989 but reformed in 1991 to support a Ramones

Ramones

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 gig in Sydney.

• Rob Younger – vocals
• Charlie Owen
  Charlie Owen (musician)
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   – guitar
• Jim Dickson (Barracudas, Passengers, Deniz Tek Group, Radio Birdman) – bass
• Louis Burdett – drums
• Nick Fisher – drums

1992–2001

The next version of New Christs formed in 1992. This lineup went through many line up changes and temporarily put on hold in 96 while Younger toured with the reformed Radio Birdman

Radio Birdman

Radio Birdman was one of the first punk bands in Australia along with The Saints. Deniz Tek and Rob Younger formed the group in Sydney, Australia in 1974...

. They toured Australia and Europe.

• Rob Younger – vocals
• Bill Gibson – guitar
• Christian Houllemare – bass
• Stevie Plunder (Plunderers, Whitlams) – guitar
• Peter Kelly (Flies, Vanilla Chainsaws, No Man's Land) – drums
• Tony Harper (Voodoo Lust) – guitar (replaced Plunder)
• Mark Wilkinson (Lime Spiders
  Lime Spiders
  Lime Spiders are an Australian punk rock band, currently consisting of Mick Blood, Tom Corben, Gerard Corben, David Sparks and Tony Bambach.-Early Days :...
  
  ) – guitar (replaced Gibson)
• Al Creed – guitar (replaced Harper)
• Nik Reith (Celibate Rifles, Tumbleweed
  Tumbleweed (band)
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  )- drums (replaced Kelly)
• Stu Wilson – drums (replaced Reith)

2006-

A new version of New Christs formed in 2006 and has toured Europe twice (2006 and 2008). This line-up is still current and active, with a new LP "Gloria" due for release in May 2009 and a European tour to follow.

• Rob Younger – vocals
• Stu Wilson – drums
• Jim Dickson – bass
• Dave Kettley (Supa Mojo),(The Steaming Jeans),(Shifter) – guitar
• Brent Williams – guitar, keyboards

Discography

Albums

• Divine Rites (1988) – Citadel
• Distemper
  Distemper (album)
  Distemper is the first non-compilation album by The New Christs. It reached #1 on the Australian Alternative Charts.-Track listing:# "No Way on Earth" 4:42# "There's no time" 3:32...
  
  (1989) – Citadel
• Born Out Of Time (1995) – Lance Rock Records
• Lower Yourself (1997) – Citadel
• We Got This! (2002) – Laughing Outlaw
• These Rags (2002) – Citadel
• Gloria (2009) – Impedance

EPs

• Detritus (1987, UK) – What Goes On
• Pedestal (1994) – Citadel
• Woe Betide (1995) – Citadel

Singles

• "Waiting World"/"Face a New God" (1981) – Green
• "Like A Curse"/"Sun God" (1984) – Citadel
• "Born Out Of Time"/"No Next Time" (1986) – Citadel
• "The Black Hole"/"Addiction" (1987) – Citadel
• "Dropping Like Flies"/"Dead Girl"/"I Swear"/"You'll Never Catch My Wave" (1987) – Citadel
• "Headin' South"/"I Saw God" (1988) – Citadel
• "Another Sin"/"The Burning of Rome" (1989) – Citadel
• "I Swear (live)"/The Black Hole (live)" (1989)
• "Groovy Times"/"On Top Of Me" (2001) – Munster Records