First place I heard this record was at the Batcave. Ronny was playing it in between bands. Brilliant sound and had everyone up dancing straight away. Something quite instant about it. A cross between a glam single like Cozy Powell's Dance with The Devil, sixties beat. Tiki culture and maybe a bit of Adam and the Ants. Worked a treat.
A week later they were booked for their first Melbourne gigs and they were to support Little Murders at the Prospect Hill Hotel on a Monday night. Doesn't sound like much but Monday nights at the Prospect Hill were incredibly popular. Hundreds of punters getting drunk and going wild. It was a great gig to get because you were in there for a month. They used to have pillars in front of the stage and guys would try and climb up their smooth rounded sides.
Le Hoodoo Gurus were booked but pulled out at the last minute although we did play with them a week or so later at the Jump Club. The crowd loved them. The sound was like a sheet of white hot pop. And no bass guitar. Maybe the sound incredibly trebly and I guess even more pop.
We never played with them again but I managed to see them a lot of times. A gig at the Armadale when the lineup had changed considerably being a particular standout. Mainly for two covers they did. Glen Campbell's Galveston and the Kingsmen's That's Cool That's Trash.
As a footnote my neice called her daughter Leilani. Also teh brilliant Prospect Hill nights ended in disaster when someone left the back door open and we lost a heap of gear which basically crippled the band.
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