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All Pete Gauci 's
Christmases have already
come at once this year:
“Weezer, Dinosaur Jr, Sturgill
Simpson, Anthrax, Megadeth,
Rival Sons, Stonefield,” he
lists. “I don’t think anything’s
going to top them for me!”
Gauci works at Melbourne's
Bourke Street store, one of
the busiest JB Hi-Fi's in our
great land – and that makes
him a pretty busy dude. A
musician himself, he's looking
forward to Dinosaur Jr's Give A
Glimpse Of What Yer Not tour
in early 2017. “They’re doing
kinds of acts: “A lot of good
metal bands, bands you’ve
never heard of, bands where
it might be only their second
or third gig, then some really
great bands from around
Australia”), Gauci knows a
little of the venue's dip into
obscurity and back again. In the
20 years he has been playing
gigs, Gauci says The Croxton
was never on his radar. “I think
it had a history in the ‘70s
where AC/DC, Skyhooks,
those kinds of bands
played there. And
then, I don’t
know whether
it turned into a
pokie joint…
but someone’s
obviously put a
bit of money, a
bit of investment
into it. And that's
all it takes with these
suburban venues – [The
Croxton] shows it can work.”
Get in to Bourke Street for
some Dino Jr of your own,
and to wade through what is
probably the largest vinyl range
in Oz, as asserted by Gauci:
“New releases, deep range,
reissues, collectible things,
limited edition things."
Brilliant.
two shows at The Croxton,”
Gauci says. “I’ve seen them
maybe five or six times before
– they’re just one of those
groups. I’ll always go. Not just
because I love the band and
I love the songs, but for the
guitar. They’ve probably got my
favourite sound – it’s fantastic.”
Although he’s not yet
been to The Croxton
(his most regular
hang-out is
Collingwood’s
Bendigo
Hotel, which
books all
THIS MONTH at
1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Skeleton Tree
2. David Bowie
The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy
Stardust
3. Jack White
Jack White Acoustic
Recordings 1998 - 2016
4. Daft Punk
Random Access
Memories
5. The Beatles
Abbey Road
6. Michael Jackson
Thriller
7. Miles Davis
Kind Of Blue
8. Johnny Cash
At Folsom Prison
9. Bob Marley
Legend
10. Pearl Jam
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Pete Gauci with Dinosaur Jr's WhereYou Been (1993)
and Motörhead's CleanYour Clock (2016)
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