Book review – “Pig City” by Andrew Stafford

Terrific history of the Brisbane music scene, from the Saints to Savage Garden. Bright, colourful and well researched, it’s a very entertaining read. It helps of course, being a Brisbane-ite myself: I remember Rocking Horse and Skinnys, and listening to 4ZZZ during the Victoria Brazil debacle (whatever happened to Brazil? She could have been a Minister), and going to the Funkyard and seeing early Powderfinger performances at Metropolis and actually being one of the uni students recruited by Jim Beaton to work at ZZZ (I didn’t last long – soon went to the Movie Show), etc. Made me wish I’d paid a little bit more attention to what was going around – but then, that’s what books like Stafford’s are for.