Easybeats In The 1960's

The astronomical commercial success of the Easybeats is a compelling reason for their acceptance to the rock ‘n’ roll hall of fame. During the 1960’s they were one of Australia’s largest bands. This provides another important justification for them to be accepted into the hall of fame, without considering their vast international success. In addition, the Easybeats embodied the social thinking of the time, which was rebelling against the ‘machine’. This exemplifies their case for the hall of fame. Finally this immigrant band had influenced Australian musicians and throughout the world. Possibly there only flaw was there limited careers that only lasted a very short time in the 1960’s which could threaten their place in the Rock ‘n’ Roll hall of fame.

The Easybeats throughout their career enjoyed astronomical commercial success in the 1960’s. They had success because they not only had great sales in Australia, but also on an

The Easybeats band members were all immigrants from England, Scotland and the Netherlands like many people in the 60’s they moved to post war Australia. From 1959-1964 over 664,344 immigrants moved to Australia, which although doesn't seem like much was massive for the population at the time which was 10,000,000. In almost every way the Easybeats reflected society, especially the fact that they were a band. Before 1960’s it was uncommon to find a band, most musicians were solo artists who hired other musicians for one night. Boy bands at the time were at an all time high and attracted extreme crowds 1 "It is not naive to say that no incident of Beatlemania or Rolling Stone fever anywhere in the world, surpassed the absolute peak of Easyfever.’ Clearly the Easybeats reflected the 1960’s society in many ways and so therefore should be accepted in the rock ‘n’ roll hall of