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About Me

Waterfront Records is run by Luisa Mirabilio, with the invaluable assistance of Sebastian Chase. Waterfront began as a label and shopfront in 1984. The label championed local acts the Hard-Ons, Ratcat and Tumbleweed as well as licensing international acts Nirvana, Pavement and the Beastie Boys. The store was sadly one of few music retail outlets of its kind in Sydney... and after closing the bricks 'n mortar shopfront in March 2000, Waterfront was reincarnated in February of 2003 as an online retailer. We specialise in Australian/NZ music and bring it to the world. The purpose of setting up a Myspace account is to make contact with bands who have a D.I.Y. mentality. We're very proactive in making sure we have each and every local release available online, and endeavour to have the largest collection of Australia music anywhere on the net... so get your ass into gear and make something worth listening to! Click below to subscribe to our monthly newsletter.
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My Interests

Waterfront is not a person, thus it has no interests. It is a vibe. It is a constitution. If Waterfront were a person, they would most probably be incredibly sarcastic and vile. And like all good italian grumpy pizza makers... bitter to the bone. Yes, it's a good thing Waterfront is not a person.

I'd like to meet:

We'd like to make this site a portal for all artists who have a recording that they'd like to sell online through Waterfront. We also want to hear from fans of music so we're kept up to date with the newest bands coming out of Oz.So if you've seen a band recently that raised the hairs on your arms, tell us about them. This is a relatively small country but there are bound to be tens of thousands of bands that will be overlooked if we don't do this. It's for the good of mankind. And don't forget, Waterfront is recognised internationally so if your cd is listed for sale online, we can send to anyone in the world... or you may even be featured in one of our many ads in indie mags and zines.

Music:

The original Waterfront Records label contained the following artists on it's fruitful roster: The Hard Ons, Nirvana, Massappeal, Jackson Code, the Happy Hate Me Nots, Ratcat, Hellmenn, Sekret Sekret, Rollins Band, Tumbleweed, the Eastern Dark, Ups and Downs, Chad's Tree, JFK and the Cuban Crisis, Lighthouse Keepers, Rabbits Wedding, Widdershins, Asylum, Smelly Tongues, the Honeys, Blackeyed Susans, the Benedicts, Mr Floppy, L7, Nunbait, Jello Biafra, Snow Leopards, Gumball and tonnes more!

Movies:

Books:

Recommended reading: BLUNT - A BIASED HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN ROCK by Bob Blunt, HI-HI DAYS by Craig Mathieson, THE SELL-IN by Craig Mathieson, STRANDED - THE SECRET HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN MUSIC by Clinton Walker, YOUR NAME'S ON THE DOOR by Tracee Hutchison

Heroes:

Anyone who has the ability to raise the hairs on my arm by playing any instrument... especially singers.