Hard-Ons

The Hard-Ons released 17 consecutive Number 1 singles on the Australian alternative charts during the 1980s and early 1990s, making the punk rock group one of the continent's most successful alternative acts during the final decades of the 20th century. Formed in the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl, New South Wales, in 1981, Hard-Ons' lineup quickly coalesced around drummer Keish de Silva, guitarist Peter "Blackie" Black, and bassist Ray Ahn. The Surfin 'on My Face EP marked the band's debut in 1985, followed by albums like 1986's Smell My Finger, 1988's, Dickcheese, and 1989's Love Is a Battlefield of Wounded Hearts. The latter release enjoyed a warm reception outside of the band's homeland, with the album cracking the Top 10 in Spain and peaking at Number 5 in Greece. Meanwhile, the Hard-Ons also established a working relationship with Henry Rollings, collaborating with the singer on a cover of AC/DC's "Let There Be Rock" in 1991 and welcoming him onstage for a number of songs during the band's performance at the first-ever Big Day Out festival one year later. The group temporarily broke up after 1993's Too Far Gone, with Peter Black and Ray Ahn forming a heavier-hitting punk act, Nunchukka Superfly, during the split. Hard-Ons reunited for a new EP, Yesterday and Today, in 1999, then released the full-length album This Terrible Place… in 2000. Despite ongoing lineup changes during the 2000s and 2010s, the group remained active, releasing records like 2007's Most People Are Nicer Than Us, 2010's Alfalfa Males Once Summer Is Done Conform or Die, and 2019's So I Could Have Them Destroyed. Two years later, the group earned the highest chart placement of its career with 2021's I'm Sorry Sir, That Riff's Been Taken, which charted at Number 4 on Australia's all-genre ARIA Albums Chart.

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