Big Bad Noise

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Circa 1983, vocalist Mark Gable ruptured his vocal cord. In the forced hiatus that followed, Sydney band Choirboys wrote a lot of songs—and the best of them appeared in 1988 on their definitive second record. <i>Big Bad Noise</i>’s identity—and the Choirboys’ legacy at large—would come to be dominated by its three singles (and first three tracks), most notably opener “Run to Paradise.” Who knew a rollicking mediation on the directionless youth of Sydney’s northern beaches would become their biggest hit—and a staple of every weekend cover band in pubs across the world? Certainly not the Choirboy, dealing as they were with down-to-earth themes like living from paycheck to paycheck as on “Struggle Town,” so named after a quaint Australian expression that refers to a period of intense personal difficulty. .

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