Rock and popular music

Australia has produced a wide variety of popular music and rock. While many musicians and bands (some notable examples include the 60 successes of The Easybeats and the folk-pop group The Seekers , through the heavy rock of AC / DC , and the polished pop of INXS and more recently Savage Garden ) have had considerable international success, there is still some debate over whether Australian popular music really has a distinctive sound. Perhaps the most striking common feature of Australian music, like many other Australian art forms, is the dry, often self-deprecating humor evident in the lyrics. The rock music has also traditionally been the mainstay of the Australian release of the group culture and music. Dance music and to an extent, hip hop, only recently has gained nationwide acceptance and airplay .