8 bonus tracks. Remastered version. In the mid-Seventies Skyhooks lit the fuse that put Australian bands back on the front covers of newspapers and Australian music on the shelves of record shops. Their debut album "Living in the Seventies" went on to sell 300,000 albums. Second album 'Ego Is Not a Dirty Word' debuted at number one. The Mercury/Phonogram label signed the band and many months of 1976 were spent Stateside trying to crack the American market that just could not relate. Whilst in America they hit the studios and recorded their third album 'Straight In a Gay Gay World'. The album went multi-platinum in Australia and one single, the country sounding 'Blue Jeans' was a huge hit across the Tasman in New Zealand. The band returned home for their Brats are Back Tour. "The Brats are back" tour showed a tougher Skyhooks. A young hot shot guitarist called Bob Spencer (future of The Angels) joined the ranks and the band hit the studios in Sydney and Melbourne. The first single featuring the new line-up- "Party To End All Partys" made the top 20, but it was the next single- the hard rocking 'Women in Uniform' that was the hit. Top 10 and it wasn't only Australian ears that heard it's worth. Heavy Metal giants Iron Maiden gave it the thumbs up and decided to record a version themselves. Meanwhile back in OZ, the 4th album 'Guilty Until Proven Insane' made the top 10 and sold well. United Artists released it in Europe. The 'Hooks took this tougher sounding Skyhooks back to their roots, the Australian Pub circuit, while other seventies bands were playing to half full halls, the Hooks took the low road and packed out venues
