Adelaide rock music legends could have city streets named after them in new proposal
MELBOURNE has ACDC Lane, Brisbane has the Go Between Bridge and Adelaide has … nothing. Is it time we honoured our music legends with their own lanes?
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MELBOURNE has ACDC Lane, Brisbane has the Go Between Bridge and Adelaide has … nothing.
Despite our city’s rich musical heritage, spawning huge bands like Cold Chisel, The Angels, Redgum and The Masters Apprentices, Adelaide has been slow to adopt the policies of other capital cities in honouring their rockers.
It’s something that should change, according to Adelaide Music Collective founding director Enrico Morena.
“It’s a great idea, and something that’s been discussed for many years,” Mr Morena said.
“It’s always been talked about over a beer or an informal chat, but it’s become more formal talk among the AMC Hall of Fame and the wider musical community recently.”
Mr Morena said Adelaide was a major player in the wider Australian musical landscape.
“Everyone knows about Adelaide’s contribution to music, dating right back to the sixties with the Masters Apprentices and The Twilights,” he said.
“Then of course you have Chisel – which is a no-brainer – and The Angels, who are also still going strong. Why we don’t already have streets named after these people is a mystery really.
“Brisbane is all over it, Perth has their statue of Bon Scott. It’s a great idea.
“That lineage is there, and we should celebrate it.”
It’s an idea that has backing in high places, with Lord Mayor Martin Haese – himself an avid musician – agreeing that the plan was something the council should consider.
“Because Adelaide is a UNESCO City of Music and because we have such a thriving laneway culture, I think there’s merit in having one or more of our laneways named after our State’s musical greats,” Mr Haese said.
He wouldn’t, however, be drawn on which act was most deserving of their own lane.
“We have so many musical greats and although I wouldn’t like to say which ones I’d like to see honoured, it’s certainly a discussion I’m open to having with my fellow councillors.”
And it seems the idea for some formal recognition for Chisel wouldn’t get to many dissenters in the northern suburbs, Jimmy Barnes’s boyhood home.
A protest sign on the gates of Le Fevre High School spotted this week read “We need parking, not a (phone) tower – parking lot and Jimmy Barnes statue – Jimmy was a Le Fevre student”.
ROCK STREETS AROUND THE WORLD:
■ ACDC Lane, Melbourne
■ Amphlett Lane, Melbourne
■ Go Between Bridge, Brisbane
■ Ed Kuepper Park, Brisbane
■ Joey Ramone Place, Manhattan, US
■ Run DMC JMJ Way, Queens, US
■ Elvis Presley Blvd, Memphis, US
■ Tom Petty Rd, Dickson, US
■ Dave Grohl Alley, Warren, US
■ Bob Dylan Way, Duluth, US
■ Jimi Hendrix Way, Bellingham, US
■ John Lennon Dve, Liverpool, England
■ Paul McCartney Way, Liverpool, England
■ Frank Zappa Strasse, Berlin, Germany
■ Jay-Z Rd, Nigeria
IDEAS FOR ADELAIDE:
■ Angels Ave
■ The Masters Path
■ Exploding White Mice Place
■ Kasey Chambers (legal offices)
■ Hilltop Hoods Hwy
■ Sia St
■ Mark of Cain Lane
■ Zoot Close
■ Sister Janet Mead Mews
■ I Killed the Prom Queen Promenade
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