Rock On ANZACS!!
The spirit of the ANZACS rocks on. Aussie pub venues such as the Ocean Beach Hotel offer proof of the rise of Australian pride. Watching Groove Temple rev the crowd up on ANZAC Day with simple phrases such as "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!" shows how national pride is so close to the surface in the Australian Pub goers collective physche. Playing classic Aussie Pub Rock covers also helps.
"I can remember years ago there would be hardly any Aussie flags displayed around ANZAC Day & Australia Day. Now they're everywhere, outside windows, on houses, car bonnetts and personal flagpoles are now common." Said lead vocalist, Ang, who has been singing Aussie Pub Rock covers since he was a kid.
"Being direct lineage from an ANZAC soldier certainly affects your perspective, so I appreciate the honour and respect bestowed upon our fallen soldiers. I never met my Great Grandfather because he died in WWI, after surviving Gallipoli and then being sent to Belgium and apparently suffering a direct mortar hit in the trenches. He wouldn't know what hit him. We don't think he has a grave, so we have to remember him. I have his medals. He will rock on in our memories!!"
In memory of William Morton Reynolds, ANZAC, soldier.


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