
No Secrets
A classic Aussie pub rock memoir for readers of Jimmy Barnes, Jim Moginie and Rick Rubin
$31.77
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2025
Summary
Imagine stepping into a packed Australian pub in the mid-1970s and the late 1980s - the heyday of the pub-rock music scene - where the air was thick with the unmistakable scent of beer, sweat and pot, and the atmosphere was electrifying. Doc Neeson, charismatic lead singer of The Angels, famously captured this raw energy when he quipped, ‘I know you’re out there. I can smell you!’
Australian pubs were then the epicentre of a musical revolution soundtracked by a heady mix of growling g…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781460768099 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1460768094 |
| Author: | Graham Bidstrup |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 154mm x 234mm |

Graham Bidstrup
ARIA Hall of Fame member Graham ‘Buzz’ Bidstrup is a celebrated figure in the Australian music industry, with an extensive career as a songwriter, musician, record producer, session player and film music composer.
His film credits include Sweet and Sour for the ABC, Heatwave, Starstruck and Mad Wax. As a founding member and drummer of the iconic band The Angels, Buzz helped define the group’s sound during the late 1970s and early 1980s with his energetic performances and tight rhythms, and he co-wrote and co-produced their hit ‘No Secrets’.
Buzz also co-founded successful bands including The Party Boys, The Stetsons and GANGgajang, and contributed to hits such as GANGgajang’s ‘Sounds of Then (This Is Australia)’.
In the mid-1990s, Buzz managed the careers of Nathan Cavaleri and Diana Anaid. From 1999, he managed and worked as music director for iconic Australian Indigenous entertainer Dr Jimmy Little AO, helping to establish the Jimmy Little Foundation in 2006 and Uncle Jimmy Thumbs Up Ltd in 2008, and working with Jimmy until his passing in April 2012.
Buzz remains an active CEO of the Thumbs Up! program, which has delivered arts-based health and community education to schools and communities across Australia since 2009. Buzz co-developed the Good Tucker App in 2018, which is now in use throughout many remote Indigenous communities.
Buzz continues to mentor young emerging artists as an APRA Ambassador while producing music for a range of solo performers and bands. He was a board member of the Australian Association of Artist Managers for ten years and is now a patron of the organisation.
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