Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs
![Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_black,c_fill,g_faces,h_225,w_400/v1357299843/xjdf3ztfskcbzji3zq7u.jpg)
26 Members 1 Credit 50 Recordings 28 Gigs 1 Link
Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs has 26 known members
![Billy Thorpe](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_thumb,g_face,h_180,w_320/v1355373125/bqmbgq2dt58hsf8vxciq.jpg)
Billy Thorpe
Lead Vocals/Guitar 1963 - 1975 More...
![Vince Melouney](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_thumb,g_face,h_180,w_320/v1355448571/gu2cwhlnm3eo39vrlhuq.jpg)
Vince Melouney
Guitar 1963 - 1965 More...
![John Watson](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_thumb,g_face,h_180,w_320/v1362701286/bv53s4zhmfqlu9rz6sor.jpg)
John Watson
Bass 1963 - 1965 More...
Colin Baigent
Drums 1963 - 1965 More...
Tony Barber
Guitar/Vocals 1963 - 1965 More...
Brian Bakewell
Guitar 1963 - 1963 More...
Colin Risby
Guitar 1965 - 1966 More...
![Johnny Dick](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_thumb,g_face,h_180,w_320/v1357645585/ncllhn0gsjs9kf9fqxzo.jpg)
Johnny Dick
Drums 1965 - 1966 More...
Mike Downes
Guitar/Vocals 1965 - 1966 More...
Jimmy Taylor
Piano 1965 - 1966 More...
Jimmy Thompson
Drums 1968 - 1970 More...
Dave McTaggart
Bass 1968 - 1968 More...
Paul Wheeler
Bass 1969 - 1973 More...
![Warren Morgan](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_thumb,g_face,h_180,w_320/v1357299990/mjdyi7zfmg6yhso5zmtq.jpg)
Warren Morgan
Keyboards 1969 - 1972 More...
![Lobby Loyde](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_thumb,g_face,h_180,w_320/v1355443568/zj2vejdcf2lacrukoctz.jpg)
Lobby Loyde
Guitar 1969 - 1971 More...
![Gil Matthews](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_thumb,g_face,h_180,w_320/v1357299733/rdv0y1k52pfl5hlwwkhe.jpg)
Gil Matthews
Drums 1970 - 1975 More...
Steve Ninnis
Drums 1970 - 1970 More...
Kevin Murphy
Drums 1970 - 1970 More...
Bruce Howard
Piano 1972 - 1973 More...
![Steve Edmonds](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_thumb,g_face,h_180,w_320/v1355715393/fplozs9lq9qxj4o8rm2a.jpg)
Steve Edmonds
Guitar 1996 - More...
![Randall Waller](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_thumb,g_face,h_180,w_320/v1355465977/kn5y28lvamici3fdu91c.jpg)
Randall Waller
Guitar 1996 - More...
Clayton Doley
keyboards 2004 - More...
![Dai Pritchard](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_thumb,g_face,h_180,w_320/v1355449789/lpslxti0dd34bxifyhhm.jpg)
Dai Pritchard
Guitar More...
Credits and people associated with Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs
![Greg Clarke](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_thumb,g_face,h_180,w_320/v1355370379/rchy2qvhviu2adsg73ns.jpg)
Greg Clarke
Tour Manager/FOH Engineer
1995 to 2007 Live engineer, tour manager, studio engineer and co-producer.
Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs discography - 50 recordings
![Mashed Potato b/w Don't Cha Know by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357463318/w30bywatp3egou2eeveo.jpg)
Mashed Potato b/w Don't Cha Know
Single -
![Poison Ivy by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357388102/axuqtnvbsehvtyvhs9t3.jpg)
Poison Ivy
EP -
![Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357433920/qlhcrv8pvwo1eobrrt9r.jpg)
Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs
Album -
![Smoke And Stack b/w Board Boogie by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357463416/kzaeegfoctx5vzohp6ez.jpg)
Smoke And Stack b/w Board Boogie
Single -
![Poison Ivy b/w Broken Things by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357391455/srrvbvwcecbo2dqenvxk.jpg)
Poison Ivy b/w Broken Things
Single -
![Over The Rainbow b/w That I Love by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357394532/lss53vlfiqjwtplof0gt.jpg)
Over The Rainbow b/w That I Love
Single -
Blue Day b/w You Don't Love Me
Single -
![Sick And Tired b/w About Love by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357391765/pi64odvvfdfcc2u2qnwl.jpg)
Sick And Tired b/w About Love
Single -
![Blue Day b/w You Don't Love Me by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357443546/tbjba29kpyeugbqlu7qr.jpg)
Blue Day b/w You Don't Love Me
Single -
![I Told The Brook by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357443688/isgfioehi4zpfu9abwrw.jpg)
I Told The Brook
Single - First charted on June 12th, 1965, and peaked at 1st position.
![Sick & Tired by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357388871/x3moqzufvyq1igpyq8kl.jpg)
Sick & Tired
EP -
![On Stage by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357388431/lut9dudd8vcmc2avgupt.jpg)
On Stage
EP -
![Twilight Time by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357390201/uy9vuo9lvggh1yrf07jp.jpg)
Twilight Time
EP -
![Twilight Time b/w My Girl Josephine by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357443197/tav4uudu9sqh6gxsiob5.jpg)
Twilight Time b/w My Girl Josephine
Single -
![Stand By Me by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357389688/bqaqpibfddpm66ybrfch.jpg)
Stand By Me
EP -
![Poison Ivy b/w Blue Day by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357463753/but4crfjnbkjudd0vnd4.jpg)
Poison Ivy b/w Blue Day
Single -
![I Told The Brook by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357389091/seenwwwrucwxnw8fh0wf.jpg)
I Told The Brook
EP -
Love Letters
EP -
![The Word For Today b/w The New Breed by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357444399/unx4qouxihcdmaybibn1.jpg)
The Word For Today b/w The New Breed
Single -
![Don't You Dig This Kind Of Beat? by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357445743/slusnkqlqvok9zkvkdbe.jpg)
Don't You Dig This Kind Of Beat?
Album -
![Dream Baby b/w You Don't Live Twice by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357442821/oy9d8ezndqgxpelbhusr.jpg)
Dream Baby b/w You Don't Live Twice
Single -
![I Got A Woman by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357446346/tvfdy2q33mlfqok2a8kq.jpg)
I Got A Woman
Album -
![Aztecs Live by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357446582/uh8tygpycraav0immtyx.jpg)
Aztecs Live
Album -
![The Hoax is Over by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357446095/ofqcqn6mzom12r1odas8.jpg)
The Hoax is Over
Album -
![The Dawn Song b/w Time To Live by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357441450/dbjsun36ouhjubni04v6.jpg)
The Dawn Song b/w Time To Live
Single -
![Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357392072/tnumue4efkgnwl6erfh8.jpg)
Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy
Single - First charted on March 6th, 1972, and peaked at 2nd position.
![Aztecs Live! at Sunbury by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357447374/mkdmyzl08rcj2nl9rlsg.jpg)
Aztecs Live! at Sunbury
Double Album - First charted on August 28th, 1972, and peaked at 4th position.
![Great Hits by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357462766/va6naabybfyaclpa5dzs.jpg)
Great Hits
Album -
![Movie Queen b/w Mame by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357442354/z7giiiqq2irg5htcaabb.jpg)
Movie Queen b/w Mame
Single -
![More Arse Than Class by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357458122/hh2q8x7ur0t3yug0tqji.jpg)
More Arse Than Class
Album - First charted on May 27th, 1974, and peaked at 14th position.
![Steaming At The Opera House by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357448387/iwxxuux4tzd3ocdbh3ey.jpg)
Steaming At The Opera House
Double Album -
![More Arse Than Class by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357447819/yy8dseg1subbtvbmhxtv.jpg)
More Arse Than Class
Album -
![Pick Me Up And Play Me Loud by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1378519431/bczfk3s0vpjwwplynvkw.jpg)
Pick Me Up And Play Me Loud
Album -
![It's All Happening! by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357460553/ddtzzqua5hkab9hb3z7r.jpg)
It's All Happening!
Album -
![Lock Up Your Mothers by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357461961/nri3ne4qqbfmfa5jqsp8.jpg)
Lock Up Your Mothers
Triple CD -
![23 Original Hits by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357459764/webxwgunodeivlnsfw5j.jpg)
23 Original Hits
CD -
![Aztecs Live by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs](https://res.cloudinary.com/he5wbsfbc/image/upload/bo_2px_solid_gray,c_scale,h_320,w_320/v1357457840/cauhpdhnrxf5hwznl22q.jpg)
Aztecs Live
CD -
28 Known Gigs for Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs
Date | Venue | City | |
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Wednesday 7th July 1965 | Sydney Stadium | Rushcutters Bay, NSW | |
Saturday 17th May 1969 | Merrylands Masonic Hall | Merrylands, NSW | |
Thursday 31st December 1970 | Launching Place Festival | Launching Place, VIC | |
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Monday 1st February 1971 | Myponga Music Festival | Myponga, SA |
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Friday 14th May 1971 | Sunshine Town Hall | Sunshine, VIC |
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Saturday 29th January 1972 | Sunbury Pop Festival | Sunbury, VIC |
Thursday 13th April 1972 | Festival Hall | West Melbourne, VIC | |
Sunday 16th April 1972 | Adelaide Town Hall | Adelaide, SA | |
Saturday 22nd April 1972 | Festival Hall | Brisbane, QLD | |
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Sunday 23rd April 1972 | Hordern Pavillion | Moore Park, NSW |
Friday 28th April 1972 | Canberra Theatre | Canberra, ACT | |
Sunday 11th March 1973 | Canberra Showground | Canberra, ACT | |
Sunday 17th June 1973 | Capitol Theatre | Sydney, NSW | |
Sunday 23rd September 1973 | Capitol Theatre | Sydney, NSW | |
Saturday 13th October 1973 | Q Club | Kew, VIC | |
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Tuesday 4th December 1973 | Chequers | Sydney, NSW |
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Friday 7th December 1973 | Taren Point Youth Centre | Taren Point, NSW |
Saturday 8th December 1973 | Curl Curl Youth Club | Curl Curl, NSW | |
Sunday 9th December 1973 | Liverpool Speedway | Green Valley, NSW | |
Monday 11th March 1974 | Royal Melbourne Showgrounds | Ascot Vale, VIC | |
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Sunday 24th March 1974 | Hordern Pavillion | Moore Park, NSW |
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Saturday 10th May 1975 | Hard Rock Cafe | Melbourne, VIC |
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Saturday 14th June 1975 | Hard Rock Cafe | Melbourne, VIC |
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Monday 26th January 1976 | Sidney Myer Music Bowl | Melbourne, VIC |
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Wednesday 14th July 1976 | Coogee Oceanic Hotel | Coogee, NSW |
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Thursday 15th July 1976 | Coogee Oceanic Hotel | Coogee, NSW |
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Friday 16th July 1976 | Coogee Oceanic Hotel | Coogee, NSW |
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Saturday 17th July 1976 | Coogee Oceanic Hotel | Coogee, NSW |