I'm a "once was sort of guitarist" in a reasonably popular Sydney "Power Pop" band early 80s...I think this meant solos were out and chunky chords were in! From 79-82 I played 480 pub and club gigs all over Sydney, often as support for many of Oz's best at the time. Astro for me, came before a passion for guitar but then Astro returned with a vengeance and Supernova hunting became all consuming. I still have a Gibson Les Paul... in its case!
Have a laugh... the first was a song I wrote and we recorded at Phoenix Records... I think we sold most 1500 copies made. The second was an attempt at a Zoot cover of Eleanor Rigby. These are from Blacktown RSL 1981, we used to get 1500 punters at most club gigs and 50-300 at most pubs. Oh and this was recorded on a camera that was the size of 12inch LX200 ota!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlXUTSySYEM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nxGqZ0rZGI