The Church - Live in Sydney Complete

[@simply417guy]

I’m 56, been a fan since the mid 80’s, got to see them in about 85. A guy I met in College, we became friends over this band, he passed away a couple of years ago from a heart attack, gone too soon 😢 I saw his widow shortly after and she said “Matt always loved The Church, and when he talked about them, your name would always come up” made my cry, it’s amazing how wonderful music is an interwoven part of our lives. I’m really looking forward to their new music in 2023 🙌🏼

[@СергейСтепанюк-я3т]

Do not lie.

[@markmcarthy596]

Nearing 60yrs of age I’ve searched for the best musicians, it seems like, forever. Here is a prime example of the best. The best in originality, the best in message, the best in individuality

[@Matthew-ez4ze]

One of the few albums that I could never imagine not having in m collection as a young man. "Starfish" is an absolute masterpiece from beginning to end.

[@urbangorilla33]

That's literally true, especially the first and last songs

[@LiliCottageCoreWhore]

Agreed 💯

[@stephansong]

Try older stuff

[@clumsiii]

hey matthew you ever hear Boo Radleys first album? This church record and boo radleys "everything's alright forever" were staples as a kid. so cool church did this concert. i'm just finding out now they did it

[@gb7195]

@@stephansong Try the newer stuff too. Its great as well.

[@eirwin71]

One of the best albums ever. One of those you can put on from start to finish and love every song.

[@WorldStreetOmaha]

One of our favorite bands ever. Thanks, Australia!

[@chadspicer9895]

During the later days of high school I was lucky enough to have friends that we all listened to The Church whilst driving around and simply admiring the brilliance of the lyrics and orchestration. Sill remains a favorite and damn! always resonates.

[@natet5959]

MWP and PK are a masterful guitar duo. Having two guys like that in the same band is an embarrassment of riches.

[@jasonmessman2837]

This band is a national treasure. How does this crowd not stand up and get into this wonderful performance? I could’ve been just a head and a spine and I’d move more…

[@meggarippleeffect8098]

I was there and totally incapable of movement due to my pre concert dose

[@laurieabela7617]

I'm 57. In 1981, I finished school, so i went to see Dragon at the Horden Pavilion in Sydney The Church played support. They had just released album The Blurred Crusade. And so my life changed forever from that day. Thanks Steve, Peter, Marty, and all the drummers over the years, for all of your great records and songs. I played Feel before uni graduation in 1994.

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

God I love Aussie bands of the 80s....The Church, Midnight Oil, Men and Work, Inxys....great music.

[@Charles-qn1bt]

The Angels... Divinyls... Cold Chisel...Mental As Anything... Flowers/Icehouse... Hoodoo Gurus... Go-Betweens... The Triffids... Paul Kelly... Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds... The Birthday Party... Hunters & Collectors... Died Pretty... The Saints... Chris Bailey... Ed Kuepper... Laughing Clowns... The Stems... The Scientists... Lime Spiders... The Moffs... Sunnyboys... The Hitmen... The Eastern Dark.. Celibate Rifles... The New Christs... Beasts of Bourbon... Hummingbirds... Cosmic Psychos... Hard-Ons... Lubricated Goat... TISM... Warumpi Band... Coloured Stone... Yothu Yindi... Goanna... The Reels... Spy V Spy... The Models.... Eurogliders... Pseudo Echo... Machinations... Kids in the Kitchen... Jimmy Barnes... John Farnham... AC/DC... Rose Tattoo... Heaven... Boss... Kings Of the Sun... Choirboys... Noiseworks... Screaming Jets... Screaming Tribesmen... Bored!... X... God... Wreckery... Psychotic Turnbuckles... Painters & Dockers... GANGgajang... The Radiators... Not Drowning Waving... Do-Re-Mi... Dear Enemy... Mi-Sex... Moving Pictures... Dugites... Mondo Rock... Australian Crawl... Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons... The Black Sorrows... Renee Geyer... Daryl Braithwaite... Glen Shorrock... Wendy & the Rockets... The Johnnys... The Venetians... Jenny Morris... Weddings Parties Anything... Blue Ruin... Huxton Creepers... The Sports... Mad Turks... Philisteins... Depression... Gash... Massappeal... Vicious Circle... Arm the Insane... I Spit on Your Gravy... It was a great era for Oz Rock... Hundreds of bands playing gigs most nights of the week at hundreds of pubs across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Bands constantly touring up and down the east coast, playing in small country towns and coastal towns... We took it all for granted. We thought it would just go on like that forever...

[@joe-qy4mo]

flash in the pan...

[@Hvitserk67]

I have a slightly different access to The Church. I accidentally bought the album Starfish in 1988 when it came out (on CD) and took it with me on a road trip through Europe in my Porsche 944. Autobahn through all of Germany from north to south is approx. 1000 Km and when the trip is completed at night you definitely need good music even if the car you drive is inspiring at high speed. Among a lot of good music such as Talk Talk and Pink Floyd, I played Starfish with The Church and I have never been more hooked. A fantastic album which is still very good. A bit bittersweet feelings from youth maybe (relatively - I was 22 years old), but still a record I listen to quite often. A very good live performance that does not differ significantly from the LP/CD in 1988 (albeit with significantly more punch), but I think the song "North, South, East And West" stands out as the best. Fantastic inspiring guitar playing from Marty that really makes the Richenbacker swing and the rest of the band follows up. It sounds really good, it really does and few bands do this better (with this setup of band members). It's very, very good quite simply :)

[@radiochickcaster]

Reminds me of when I worked at 91X in San Diego in the late 80s. Such fun ❣️🎼

[@jorgepedrazzoli3553]

These guys are incredible, what good memories they bring to my mind, the band sounds spectacular and almost like on the CD !!! that is a very great merit and few can achieve this, long live The Church !!!

[@tonycostanzo4276]

They were one of the best Australian Bands of the 80s, hard working and always gave you a good show ,great musicians

[@JOSEANTONIODESIMON]

Just one Word: Beuty. I've gone back to my youth. Time doesn't goes by for you guys.

[@gaae2000]

Under The Milky Way is such a mega hit!....takes you back to 1988 immediately.

[@rhondarandall4500]

THIS ONE of my biggestvaussie favourites and on the original its pkayed SLOWER and thats part of what made it such a big hit It gives it more FEELING im making my top 100 list of favourite songs at the moment This will be about number 22 on my list❤💋💖

[@igopostal6091]

These are the bands that made music what it is today! Never let them die!

[@CapstoneTider]

The Church, in my humble opinion, is one of the best rock bands ever.

[@ericbrochu9841]

Miss one of the best....Hotel Womb !

[@mattgagnon5866]

I thouht the exact same thing!!!

[@uweschmidt4066]

Besides The Cure my second favourite band over all the sessions! With love from Hannover

[@lisamilledge1014]

I'm so excited to see them here in Pensacola this coming Monday night!!! Saw them in Atlanta in the 90s. Awesome in concert!!!

[@petestraz7228]

I grew up in Sydney and with the tale beginning about the mid 90s the house next door to me and my family had a big backyard where until then I used to mow the grass for the elderly couple who lived there alongside us for the previous 25 years well they left the planet, and so into this vacated house moved this interesting fellow who it turned out was a musician - a drummer in fact - who over my occasional visits inside got to know him as Tim and that he had then recently joined as a member of a band, where he additionally took up on running their 'World Fan Club with his home being listed as the address for all fan mail. Although I would occasionally hear them rehearse in a big upstairs room (that once been an open verandah - could have been a great stage to the street if it wasn't by that time long closed in). I didn't think too much of exactly who my neighbor and his frequently visiting colleagues really were. This, even though I went to see this band over that period perhaps several times at pub gigs around Sydney. I only really convinced myself of how good The Church was once I got considerably older, finding myself having become considerably more critical over the music that I listened to. I think it was in 2000 - living as i was then in Santa Cruz, Ca - i went into SFO town to see the band play at the Fillmore, and was chuffed that Tim identified me in the crowded stalls section that he looked up into seeking who had just exclaimed about how fabulous the performance just had was - really neat & surprising to have him pause a moment & then shout out a real friendly 'g'day Pete' to me. These days, continuing to live in the US. I do my best to promote to locals I encounter - whether asked or not, about The Church and their talent, explaining that that they are an exceptional example of the sort of quality musicianship that is spurned out of my Aussie homeland.

[@monicaspector2388]

Supreme band. Tim is an amazing soul energy force in The Church.❤

[@heygringo7]

A masterful, transcendent performance by a band still at the height of their considerable powers. Marty and Peter trading riffs on Reptile was mesmerizing, Tim Powles rock solid perfect on drums and Steve Kilbey's emotive, evocative vocals are so understated and timeless.

[@nothinglastsforever77]

totally agree.

[@farhangbook1]

Check out his new song with the Canadian Poet Patrick Woodcock. Enter Steve Kilbey Patrick Woodcock in the search. Brilliant song that proves he continues to create incredible experimental work.

[@deraldodasilvapereira5246]

Incrível 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 décadas se passaram, e os caras estão com a mesma essência,👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@aaronquy1968]

Bought Starfish on vinyl when it came out in 1988 and I still listen to it to this day 35yrs later

[@cherylb5012]

Never tire of listening to this fantastic group 🎸🎤🎵🎶

[@pacofernandez4591]

MWP has the best rock hair in the entire universe :) Great performance of a masterpiece :)

[@JesseJUribe]

Love these Guys, get the Chills watching this Clips... Thanks. Long live Musik !!!!

[@lsc2006]

Tô viciado nessa banda ! Como pude passar tantos anos sem conhecer …

[@stephansong]

They were spot on that night. Straight emotions. I loveeeeee it. Thank you for posting the church at their best.

[@ProfessorGTravel]

Hands down, this is the best version of The Church. MWP and Koppes were essential.

[@eddyray2012]

Awesome band! First saw them at the University of Wollongong in 1983, and going in a couple of weeks to see them in Philly! SK is a true poet, and you gotta love the Rickenbacker!

[@damiensuil2183]

a brilliant band well on form, with the added bonus of some of the most poetic and heartfelt lyrics in rock

[@eckhardb.9913]

Amazing live-Performance of the Starfish-Album.

[@02ph91]

Wow, Great to see then still being amazing .. The Church was a legendary underground band that many of us kids totally got into. I got a feeling that they are going to influence many generations to come. btw, Sorry to ruin the perfect number of comments by adding a 70th comment ...

[@mikehenderson339]

Incredible how they can reproduce the album sound live! please tour again!

[@poorpremenstrualdarling]

They were so good!

[@tituschase4074]

i know it's kinda off topic but do anybody know a good site to stream newly released tv shows online?

[@damienarlo7196]

@Titus Chase Flixportal xD

[@tituschase4074]

@Damien Arlo Thank you, signed up and it seems like a nice service :D I really appreciate it !!

[@mikehenderson339]

@@tituschase4074so lame!

[@wallacevil9049]

love the church . from brasil

[@farhangbook1]

Check out his new song with the Canadian Poet Patrick Woodcock. Enter Steve Kilbey Patrick Woodcock in the search. Brilliant song that proves he continues to create incredible experimental work.

[@mariegan9098]

Great band. Amazing haunting voice! Great song! ❤️

[@lynnm8081]

Epic performance. Can't hear the Reptile song enough! Absolute legends!!

[@nikolaskoukidis9259]

Unfair not having Richard Ploog for at least this night. He is irreplaceable.

[@jrsdsu1986]

Love this band.

[@ttg5165]

claps from Brazil. love you all

[@peermenkens6622]

Love them since '83, in '88 they give an absolutley great concert on "ORANGE STAGE" at Roskilde Festval (Denmark) on their "Starfish Tour".

[@rodwilliams4170]

Of Skins and Heart…….one of the great Australian debut’s. Heyday, signifies for me a great time in my life. Thank you Steve for being such a great muso an enigma and just providing such a back catalogue of very, very finely crafted music that is the Grange Hermitage of Australian music!!

[@ΛάζαροςΠολυμενάκος]

Crisp magnificent tunes!Excelent voices! Brilliant performance! Thx for sharing!

[@pdbordelon]

Amazing version of Reptile here - sheez-a-loo!

[@farhangbook1]

Check out his new song with the Canadian Poet Patrick Woodcock. Enter Steve Kilbey Patrick Woodcock in the search. Brilliant song that proves he continues to create incredible experimental work.

[@Dickusification]

Pks outro is incredible

[@vidsforsquids]

Beautiful classic performance ❤️

[@BGasperov]

Fantastic!

[@_apolo_1876]

Amazing voice!!! still troguht so many years sounds great

[@dpatterson1489]

I was a college student in 87 with an alternative radio show, and played this album on my show quite a bit.

[@ErikWolowitz]

So sad I missed a chance to see these guys in a tiny venue where I grew up. Found out about it the week after :(

[@friendtostfrancis]

Love this band so much!

[@phillipanderson4299]

Brilliant!

[@gabitron1531]

Excelente actuación de unos de mis grupos favoritos. The Church forever.

[@cathystruska1558]

Excellent band 👏. Steve Kilby 👏 WOW! They 🪨 🎸 rock!

[@hooflungpoo275]

Great band.

[@MagicThys]

56 and been a fan since unguarded...thx to my friends I have seen more of this remarkable band

[@MarkSutphin]

So masterful!!! Thank you for posting this important live show!!

[@buckseedamerica2743]

I saw the group on by Birthday June 12 2009ish in San Francisco at Slim's. What a show and yes I got drunk and was happy like a lot! Long Live The Church! 😀

[@mamothcar1]

Great performance here. Great band, really good drummer.

[@farhangbook1]

Check out his new song with the Canadian Poet Patrick Woodcock. Enter Steve Kilbey Patrick Woodcock in the search. Brilliant song that proves he continues to create incredible experimental work.

[@naturae-musiqorum]

Wow....I cant wait to see them live ...come back to Spain!!! Pleaseeee

[@tarabranch7122]

AHHH, the Backstreets line at the end... Filled my Jersey Girl heart.

[@fernandocezaroliveira1328]

awesome band

[@farhangbook1]

Check out his new song with the Canadian Poet Patrick Woodcock. Enter Steve Kilbey Patrick Woodcock in the search. Brilliant song that proves he continues to create incredible experimental work.

[@janetmobilia8520]

Outstanding

[@carlosvega5254]

Super concert great band, the church, more feeling

[@dorianford6227]

Damn I am so sad both of these guitar players left the band and I am seeing them in May. Sure their replacements can play this stuff but idk if they can match this god tier guitar tone they have.

[@stephansong]

It doesn't equal. Sums of all parts. With no mwp. Or koppes. Just not the church

[@stephansong]

Nah. Sadly. Now the drummer is a lsvkey. Sad. Check out the show this year. Rather see Steven on acoustic bass alone. Sad.

[@starpoint78]

why ?

[@stephansong]

@@starpoint78 why. Watch them at the Phoenix. It's a shsm. The drummer they used is bazic. Doesn't know the songs. As the one guitarist is decent. As I said. Steven on bass. One acoustic guitar. It'd been much better. At least a drummer whose done his homework, to not beat all over such epic songs. I hope Steven had fun. Still will not know if they canceled rest of tour. Without the originals players, he's shown he had musiciens that kept up. Granted. Original drummer having injury. Last moment hires. I stil feel like he settled. Anyways. Glad they played.

[@soarornor]

What year is this? Great show. Everyone is in top form. Great to see Marty and Peter together. And Craig. Great era for this band.

[@ДанилаГавриков-д1ш]

It's real singing without any backs. So cool!!!

[@tonycostanzo4276]

They have always been a good hard working band

[@christopherdowns8365]

Yeah I remember being at this concert it sounded great and had a great time and I learned a lot so Good times woo woo

[@frankbaaske3449]

Super Band!The Church einzigartig!!Wunderbar!!So schöne Songs super Stimme das bedeutet für mich Glück und Lebenskraft!

[@rodrigototoengland]

Starfish, el mejor album de todos los tiempos, Reptile mi canción favorita 🎵📣

[@mahirpra2801]

The Blurred Crusade is better!

[@pabloimireia]

@@mahirpra2801 Hard to choose only one.. My fav is of skins and heart..

[@turnerbrewer7188]

This is The Church at its finest…. Never again will this band unite… So sad!…

[@chriswoods662]

ya, lets see how long the new guys last /lol

[@melissamoore521]

God save Boulder CO. until May 9, 2022

[@soulshe7]

Love hearing The Church - it has been decades since I have seen them live and 2023 is a New Tour😂

[@Tarasyoutube]

Saw them in Boston, waited forever inside the Orpheum theater, it was nice they took me back, talked to Steve Kilby, I had nothing for him to sign so I grabbed the wrapper of a teabag, and he signed it love and tea. At the same place in the same room I talked to the husband bandmate of Elisabeth Frasier after a Cocteau Twins concert. It was a sweet heartfelt chat. Back then I really couldn't make smalltalk, so it was just authentic. Just like when I talked to Jeff Buckley about a year before he died, on tour in Boston elsewhere. Sigh. Now I am grown and can see the conversations better. I hope they felt lucky like I did. :) 😍

[@jdssurf]

They sound incredible

[@iancrombie8862]

Starfish..their best Album...1988!😍

[@jimmumford4733]

Don't forget Blurred Crusade. Ace from start to finish!

[@paulhewson4600]

Great job,,,,,sounds awesome.

[@harry.mfowlie9368]

Outstanding ,,,,,hope to get the chance to see these guys ,Live,,,,,,,,

[@Mr.Steve-O]

Fantastic clip !! Thx for this one

[@Metragnome_Images]

Such a huge influence on my music growing up in Oz.... never the best sounding live band but this vid is awesome... amazing guitar sounds of Koppes and Wilson-Piper and always loved Kilbey's bass playing and sound.

[@mapndo2337]

I dont agree that they were never a great live band....have seen them some 8 times as far back as during hey day......always kick ass! ALWAYS!!!@

[@Metragnome_Images]

@@mapndo2337 Well I saw them many times myself and they were ordinary... each to their own... does not mean I don't love their music.

[@andy8073]

found this on Christmas day 2022

[@chematobarra7780]

Fenomenal ¡¡¡¡

[@juanpalominos669]

Compadre usted tiene que venir a hacer un recital a CHILE...acá con los brazos abiertos los recibimos...todo lo que tocan en este video me parece año 90...o antes o después...lo recuerdo perféctamente ya que tenia ese casette y vivía en angol ...lugar sur de chile...me trae muchos recuerdos...un abrazote a toda la banda THE CHURCH.

[@peterfallows6802]

I've Liked 'em since the 80s`☆whistle test-- &still do

[@AB_Deck]

LIKEWISE..I THink David Bowie namedropped them in interview and that is good enough for me to go buy an artists album

[@1LaOriental]

Love Peter's dedication to the Occupy protesters!

[@emersomsergio103]

Banda pouco conhecida no Brasil, mas, que eu gosto muito.

[@thiagotrindade8752]

Baita Banda

[@darylcumming7119]

Thank you.

[@JACKLALLI]

Excellent groupe et superbe concert !!

[@nelsonvillano3243]

bravo

[@nelsonvillano3243]

no explanation

[@panchopantera7321]

I still have my CD.

[@socialoutcastsvancouver]

Epic!

[@brianmcmurtry]

Looks like Marty's guitar tech hands him the wrong guitar right before Lost. There's a little jump cut where he has the Rick, then suddenly has the Jazzmaster (around 11:30)

[@thomassullivan1526]

My Saturday night favourite

[@farhangbook1]

Check out his new song with the Canadian Poet Patrick Woodcock. Enter Steve Kilbey Patrick Woodcock in the search. Brilliant song that proves he continues to create incredible experimental work.

[@stephansong]

Richard on drums makes such a difference. The other guy can't even play constant in opal. Still. It's going to be great to see em no matter what in reno.

[@BLUEPLANETJAZZ]

Maybe the greatest rock album ever made.

[@tidepoolbay]

Love Marty's Playing & the Mid 60's Jazzmaster (1965?) WooF!

[@andreetje1964]

Marty ..... and Peter ...... what a couple. I love they're beautyfull grey hair ...... it reminds me i am not the only one who is getting old and wise

[@rightbro]

Voice hasn’t changed in all this time

[@cesargomez8506]

When in Chile brothers? amazing band

[@janetmobilia9572]

cought em in Chicago.great times