There is no one quite like Billy Thorpe. He could transform a room by sheer force of personality. He was a force of nature, and a brilliant live performer.
I saw Billy Thorpe and Aztec I reacon in 1969 at the Salisbury youth centre, first great real band i ever saw at age age 15. Wish i could remember more, but of course started me on guitar and garage band. Great rocker great music. Rip ❤
Billy was simply "testosterone man" - Ist saw the Aztecs age 15 while still at school in 1969 & was a disciple forever after ! He had guts, balls, long hair & talent, with a stage presence that was commanding & 2nd to none. Legend.
Followed Billy since the 60's... What a great talent. Miss him very much & also I just imagine the music scene we'd have if he was still here.. he organised the Melb Blues Fest years ago with Robert Cray, John Mayall & Bob Dylan plus others. What a show... Mayall said that he'd keep playing but someone louder wanted the stage. Billy did us proud that night & every time the band played.. I was in shock for days after the news of his passing. RIP Billy Thorpe
I play this once a week to a) enjoy and b) remind me how blessed we all were to grow up listening to the best rockers on the planet in Oz - late 60s, 70s and early 80s - outstanding and Thorpie could still out play, out rock and out perform any act 20-30 years his junior to the end. Great band of musos to - thanks to one and all from that era - re-living a lot of those times via youtube is one of life's simple pleasures 7 I feel blessed - cheers!
I’m 66 and also grew up listening to and going to all these rockers Thorpys music was so loud had your ears ringing for days Lobby Lloyd , oh my good they were over the moon .. 100% world class ..we had the best music no shit about it ..
I am in my late 30's and i just wanna say, i was not born when these legends were tearing it up...... But my choice in guitars, the way i play now reflects the fact that a steady diet of Billy Thorpe and Lobby loydd when i was a kid has made me who i am today. Australian musicians Now and back then have a lot to offer and often don't get the recognition they so very often deserve. Thanks Billy.... I'm still listing and learning....
Not wrong man!!!! There are soooo many bands in Australia that are just as/if not better then the over seas acts BUT kids wont go to local gigs BUT are happy to spend all their saved up money on a ticket to sound wave to support overseas acts! lol really drives me nuts !
no one could ever replace this giant of aus music.he still makes we feel the way i did when i was just a boy.pumped.what a loss.a giant of oz music.miss you bill.
Billy THorpe was THE most under-rated/under appreciated rock musician of his era. A monstrous talent. I did a support for him one time. Best drinks rider I have ever seen :-) )
At the end of the clip, John Blackman ( background voice-over) said that "they don't make it like that anymore". Sadly, he was right. Classic singer and performer greatly missed, but I am grateful to have been alive, although rather fuzzy, in those days, esp.in Southern Vic.
mighty band only bout hundred of us at miami gr8 hall g/coast they still pumped out a mighty performance a CONSUMATE PERFORMER!!! Still get tears o respect!
BILLY THORPE HAS BEEN OUR BEST MUSICAL TALENT EVER MAN HOW F..... GOOD WAS HE, KIDS THIS IS HOW MUSIC IS PLAY IS PLAYED NOT THE F..... SHIT THEY PLAY THESE DAYS
still cant get over the power of this man..... scintillating! what I'd love to know is, does the rest of the footage with the "Before you "cuse me" in full? even in the 20 odd bars we hear, he lifts the roof off the richmond studio!!
Sorry,my last comment got cut short/ just wanted to say so sad Billy has gone to the great concert upstairs. Never have seen a guy that could rock like this!
Could you imagine if this band was given the chance to play at the monster football stadiums that the bands like AC/DC and others play at? They would have killed.
This is Billy Thorpe and the SUNBURY Aztecs, as they played at Sunbury! This is not the Sunburys as they play different style, more like Petty, Dylan, Kelly, etc. Billy was the best!
debrashaw100 Well I'm 55 and we always rock out to this stuff at parties or wherever , and let me tell ya, the youngens just stare in disbelief ! Ha ha
There is no one quite like Billy Thorpe. He could transform a room by sheer force of personality. He was a force of nature, and a brilliant live performer.
I saw Billy Thorpe and Aztec I reacon in 1969 at the Salisbury youth centre, first great real band i ever saw at age age 15. Wish i could remember more, but of course started me on guitar and garage band. Great rocker great music. Rip ❤
I play in various bands do a couple of his songs.cheers also was at Sunbury 1973 and saw that on dvd yup I'm there all right😅
Billy was simply "testosterone man" - Ist saw the Aztecs age 15 while still at school in 1969 & was a disciple forever after ! He had guts, balls, long hair & talent, with a stage presence that was commanding & 2nd to none. Legend.
Followed Billy since the 60's... What a great talent. Miss him very much & also I just imagine the music scene we'd have if he was still here.. he organised the Melb Blues Fest years ago with Robert Cray, John Mayall & Bob Dylan plus others. What a show... Mayall said that he'd keep playing but someone louder wanted the stage. Billy did us proud that night & every time the band played.. I was in shock for days after the news of his passing. RIP Billy Thorpe
Thanks who ever put this on, Billy,s one of our best and a damb fine guitar player, cheers 😎
absolute fuckin legend! rock on Billy...my childhood hero.... R.I.P. eternal respect
The best in Australia 👍👍👍👍👍
The first & ONLY, GEN-U-INE Australian rock SUPERSTAR!!!
+byron1958 exactly.Well said.
GEN-U-INE Aussie from Manchester, England!
Miss Billy so much! He really knew how to rock! Don’t even get me started about Billy at Sunbury! My God!!!!!😊😮🎉
billy broke 2 strings and still kicked arse rip billy
RIP Billy Thorpe- Always ahead of his own time.
His guitar was plugged into lightning. His rock and roll will overwhelm your soul. BILLY BABEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!
Australia's biggest ROCK GOD!
spot on brother,well said
Truer words have never been spoken.
I play this once a week to a) enjoy and b) remind me how blessed we all were to grow up listening to the best rockers on the planet in Oz - late 60s, 70s and early 80s - outstanding and Thorpie could still out play, out rock and out perform any act 20-30 years his junior to the end. Great band of musos to - thanks to one and all from that era - re-living a lot of those times via youtube is one of life's simple pleasures 7 I feel blessed - cheers!
I’m 66 and also grew up listening to and going to all these rockers Thorpys music was so loud had your ears ringing for days Lobby Lloyd , oh my good they were over the moon .. 100% world class ..we had the best music no shit about it ..
Thankfully there are still a few old school guitar players out there who keep this genre alive in Australia..
Billy played a concert in a tent 400m from my house in the late 90's. Blew the flaps off !!!
So Good So Loud
Super Billy, there has been nothing like him before or after, Oh the memories
Billy and Stevie Wright, Russel Morris,Brian Cadd, the list goes on we are so blessed to have these artists
just makes my heart burst seeing our exalted leader in full flight,,,,,,, tears of joy for a LEGEND!
Rock and Roll will never be this good again! sadly missed Billy old Son have a VB on Ossie!
Maybe.
I am in my late 30's and i just wanna say, i was not born when these legends were tearing it up...... But my choice in guitars, the way i play now reflects the fact that a steady diet of Billy Thorpe and Lobby loydd when i was a kid has made me who i am today. Australian musicians Now and back then have a lot to offer and often don't get the recognition they so very often deserve. Thanks Billy.... I'm still listing and learning....
Not wrong man!!!! There are soooo many bands in Australia that are just as/if not better then the over seas acts BUT kids wont go to local gigs BUT are happy to spend all their saved up money on a ticket to sound wave to support overseas acts! lol really drives me nuts !
Fark I love the way this man plays guitar
BB King is well loved by this Rainbowhead :D
What a Aussie Legend, go Billy :))
how true
no one could ever replace this giant of aus music.he still makes we feel the way i did when i was just a boy.pumped.what a loss.a giant of oz music.miss you bill.
Just fantastic wish he was still here
just brilliant RIP Billy
Billy was the Best!
Billy THorpe was THE most under-rated/under appreciated rock musician of his era. A monstrous talent. I did a support for him one time. Best drinks rider I have ever seen :-) )
you will not see a player like that again.
So enjoy.
Thank-you, and thank-you.God.
Ah the Village Green, hazy days.
What a great rock feel his guitar playing has, and what a fabulous tone. So cool.
Nothing less than World Class!
Billy could make that Gibson talk🎵🎶🎸
Love this guy.
He just got better with age... R. I. P. Billy
At the end of the clip, John Blackman ( background voice-over) said that "they don't make it like that anymore". Sadly, he was right. Classic singer and performer greatly missed, but I am grateful to have been alive, although rather fuzzy, in those days, esp.in Southern Vic.
Still miss ya Billy! You're a legend!
my fav rock n roller and all round good bloke, Used to do security around the scene and we nearly always had a beer or 3 after the gig! Miss ya Bill
LIVE and LOUD R.I.P Billy
He played LOUD. full stop? Aussie legend
mighty band only bout hundred of us at miami gr8 hall g/coast they still pumped out a mighty performance a CONSUMATE PERFORMER!!! Still get tears o respect!
Back when Rock was Rock..an Roll was Roll...and we went along with the ride..
billy thorp they dont play it like that anymore love it
yep, the best! The Village Green. What times they were. :) :)
incredible!
memories, memories. Thanks for posting.
FREAKIN AWESOME BILLY!!!!
Classic Billy THorpe I even forgive him for going to all his concerts and now being partially deaf. No one could play louder.
Good to see Gil holding down the groove so well !
Classic R&R
Billy was the man
He used to lift the roof of Ormond Hall in Melbourne on a Sunday arvo! Those stacked Marshalls did the business!! YAAAAAHH!!
Saw him at Opus and Brighton Town hall. The best of the best.🎸
I use to see him at the white horse hotel nunawading heaps
Great stuff fellas.
GOD BLESS I AGREE
First saw this man live at Hornsby Police Boys Club in the early with Lobby Loud on guitar, before Bill was a git fiddler. Amazing stuff.
I love billy...
It will never happen again.Our loss
Been there, great times, with the "Thorpe Fish"
SUPER!
Anyone see Billy Thorpe at Queenscliff Music Festival TokH Hotel or Waltzing Matilda Hotel?
BILLY THORPE HAS BEEN OUR BEST MUSICAL TALENT EVER MAN HOW F..... GOOD WAS HE, KIDS THIS IS HOW MUSIC IS PLAY IS PLAYED NOT THE F..... SHIT THEY PLAY THESE DAYS
still cant get over the power of this man..... scintillating! what I'd love to know is, does the rest of the footage with the "Before you "cuse me" in full? even in the 20 odd bars we hear, he lifts the roof off the richmond studio!!
saw Thorpie at Rumours in Toowoomba, he had Paul DeMarco from Rose Tattoo on drums- I also saw this lineup at Seagulls on Gold Coast- great stuff!!
Sorry,my last comment got cut short/ just wanted to say so sad Billy has gone to the great concert upstairs. Never have seen a guy that could rock like this!
got better with time!!
Watch the string break . Did it stop him ? Nup
The Old Crew Eh.
We will eat you for dinner.
Sure was from Hey Hey its Saturday with Darryl Summers ......................... Thorpie what an act
This guy is my DAD! I kid u not Salsbury chicken gig 1971//..man
ben clacy bass guitar
your dad is cool
Could you imagine if this band was given the chance to play at the monster football stadiums that the bands like AC/DC and others play at? They would have killed.
🎶🐈❣️
This is Billy Thorpe and the SUNBURY Aztecs, as they played at Sunbury! This is not the Sunburys as they play different style, more like Petty, Dylan, Kelly, etc. Billy was the best!
OOP OOP A DOO... Billy could ''PLAY'' guitar !!!
Vale William Richard Thorpe.
I'm glad his guitarist quit and he started playing.
👌👏👏👏👏👏👌🙌
The man is playing a Gibson with Tonepro bridge yeah, notice...breaks a string...unwinds and tosses it clear... on with the job.
Were is The Aztecs?
how good was billy
So sad Billy ihas gon
sure some tone deaf no ideas have hit the thumbs down..lmao..like seriously.
so Thor can play blues rock.....
Yair. Far fucking out! Thursday nights at the Whitehorse.
he could play a bit ..
How could anyone even consider any band in OZ be in the same league as this band, sorry Chisel, the Angels and even ACDC pale in comparrison!
What the fuck are we all going to do when we're senile and old? PLEASE! Give us this! And NOT Glen Miller!
debrashaw100 Well I'm 55 and we always rock out to this stuff at parties or wherever , and let me tell ya, the youngens just stare in disbelief ! Ha ha
this is not the aztecs it is billy and the sunburrys
What tha ?
Broke a string.