The Sound of Vinyl Australia have launched limited edition Hoodoo Gurus merchandise and are giving Ticketek Insider readers exclusive access.
The merchandise bundle includes an ‘Electric Soup’ t-shirt and ‘Electric Soup – Best Of’ (LP) vinyl.
Since forming in 1981, Hoodoo Gurus boast 9 x ARIA Top 20 albums, 9 x ARIA Top 40 singles and a host of multi-platinum albums – they’re mainstays on the live scene, and influential to a new generation of artists that have arrived after them.
The influence of the Hoodoo Gurus songs is felt beyond Australia’s boundaries and often name checked as vitally influential to a variety of other artists. You can hear the legacy of Hoodoo Gurus in anyone from You Am I and Spiderbait, through to Violent Soho and beyond. International artists who have publicly namechecked Hoodoo Gurus include Steve Van Zandt, Manic Street Preachers, Courtney Love and many more.
As elder statesmen of Australian rock & roll, the Hoodoo Gurus are held in the same high esteem by their peers as they are by their fans. In 2007, the group was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. Two years earlier, a cross-section of the Australian music community paid the band the ultimate homage by lovingly producing a tribute album of Gurus’ covers entitled Stoneage Cameos. It included contributions from the likes of You Am I, Spiderbait, The Living End and Grinspoon.
Through to their chart-topping successes throughout the ’80s and ’90s, their international triumphs and countless sold-out local tours, from their 1998-2003 break-up through to their comeback, Hoodoo Gurus have been and remain one of the most popular and successful musical acts Australia has ever produced.
Electric Soups compiled in 1992 to mark Hoodoo Gurus’ tenth anniversary, Electric Soup collected all the singles from Hoodoo Gurus’ career to that point. Enjoying Triple Platinum status and spending half a year in the ARIA Top 50, the collection was awarded an ARIA for Best Cover art (for Richard McNeil and Richard All) at the 1993 ARIA Awards.
Hoodoo Guru Merchandise
Electric Soup T-Shirt (TEG Exclusive)
Hoodoo Gurus – TEG Fan Exclusive Bundle
