Music of Australia by American Country and Western music. This strain of Australian country music, with lyrics focusing on strictly Australian subjects, is generally known as "bush music" or "bush band music." The most successful Australian bush band is Melbourne's The Bushwackers, active since the early 1970s, other well-known country singers include Reg Lindsay, bush balladeer singer Buddy Williams, and entertainers Johnny Ashcroft and Chad Morgan. Another, more Americanized form of Australian country music was pioneered in the 1930s by such recording artists as Tex Morton, and later popularized by Slim Dusty, best remembered for his 1957 song "A Pub With No Beer",
Go Wild in the Country Go Wild in the Country "Go Wild in the Country" is a single by English new wave band Bow Wow Wow from their album "See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy!". Released in January 1982 by RCA Records, it was their first top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart. "Go Wild in the Country" was written by Malcolm McLaren with band members Matthew Ashman, Dave Barbarossa and Leigh Gorman. Produced by Brian Tench, it was Bow Wow Wow's first single not be produced by McLaren. The January 1982 release of "Go