Comments on: Rennie Ellis - more amazing photos of Bon!

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:28 +0000

It’s been awfully quiet out there in Bon blog land! Any news from Australia about the proposed movie about Bon’s life?

By: gg

gg — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:39:26 +0000

Hi there, Lucas! My pleasure.

oops I worded my first paragraph wrong. I meant to say “The Heathen Girls were a (killer!) band, but only one of the girls in the photos was actually in The Heathen Girls band.”

They always would hang out backstage to meet guys in bands, and refer to themselves as though they were a band, but that was false. It worked to suit their purposes though! In spades.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:19:42 +0000

Thanks GG, I love cleared up misconceptions!

By: gg

gg — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:32:14 +0000

Please allow me to clear up a misconception. The Heathen Girls were a band, but all but one of those girls was in the band. The Heathen Girls had a rotating cast of actual playing band members, among them, fronting the band with Rose Whipperr, was Marc Stowe with guitar, Rose Robinson on bass (not pictured here), Chuck Talbott on keyboards and guitar (again, not pictured), and Robb Meadows on drums (not pictured).

They were a killer local Atlanta band, I might add, but they never opened for AC/DC or anybody of that caliber, which was a shame. However, these made-up beauties were never in the band but one, the one smoking a cig hiding amongst the others in the center of the hotel bed group pictures. Heathen Girls, the band, were mostly guys in their many incarnations.

By: vince

vince — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:46:53 +0000

bon bloggers note re chinese whispers and incorrect information. the heathen girls are indeed the girls to whom i refer in my article ‘when bon scott first met ac/dc’ on this site pertaining to the group’s atlanta georgia performance. these were the girls who came back to the sweetpeach plaza hotel. these girls were fun and stood out at that time, as being very english looking, but with extreme southern accents. cute accents, i might add. they were great fun. in the hotel room there was bon, rennie, the girls, and myself. unless the girls played before cheap trick, they were not on the show. if indeed they did play on the show, then i did not see them, but then rennie ellis and i and a film crew did not get to the show until halfway through cheap trick’s performance. we hired rennie ellis to take still photographs of a film documentary i was filming with melbourne director paul drane, for a doco called ‘australian music to the world’, which aifred in australia on the seven network in 1978. hope that clears up a few facts folks.
cheers, vince.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:38:39 +0000

Hi Ben
indeed I was in melbourne! Yes, I went to the Rennie Ellis show at Federation Square, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

I really liked the way that Rennie came across as very non-judgemental. He was not out to satirise or lampoon, just to present what was there. I remember reading a statement by him in the exhibition which said something along the lines of - “I want people to know I am photographing them, to allow them to present themselves as they might want to be seen” - rather than snooping around secretly shooting papparazzi style. Interestingly, rather than this resulting in less “candid” shots, you get an extra layer - the person performing themselves for the camera - complete with all the awkwardness and intimacy this brings.

I reckon there’s something pretty good about that technique, and I identified with it, as a blogger.

By: BEN SCOTT

BEN SCOTT — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:05:07 +0000

HI LUCAS;

YOUR FLICKR PHOTOS SUGGEST YOU WERE A MELBOURNIAN LAST WEEK AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU ATTENDED THE “DADDY COOL” THEMED EXHIBIT ON AT THE DOCKLANDS ARTS CENTRE???

IF SO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT…

By: BEN SCOTT

BEN SCOTT — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:32:53 +0000

WENT TO THE RENEE ELLIS EXHIBIT ON AT THE DOCKLANDS IN MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA TODAY!!!

VERY INTERESTING TO… ONE I LAUGHED AT WAS DERRYN HINCH… HAHA LETS YOU SEE HOW ONCE APON A TIME DERRYN WAS A “BONAFIDE HIPPY”…

I HIGHLY SUGGEST IF YOU CAN GET THERE GO AND HAVE A LOOK…NOT TO FORGET ALL THE EXHIBITS ON AT MOMENT ARE FREE TO ENTER…

IF YOU WERE TO LISTEN TO DERRYN HINCHS “DRIVE” RADIO SHOW ON 3AW IN MELBOURNE… YOU WOULD BE EASILY LED TO THINK HE WAS AN EX JUDGE OR EX POLICEMAN IN HIS MANNERISMS…

HAHA THEN YOU SEE THE PIC OF HIM AND HIS HIPPY GIRLFRIEND LAYING IN BED… DERRYN COMPLETE WITH A GOLD CHAIN AROUND HIS NECK… AND HIS GIRLFRIEND HAS HER FINGERS WARAPPED ROUND THE CHAIN…

MADE ME WONDER WHO GAVE IT TO HIM??? I SUGGEST A “HOBNOB” OF MELBOURNES NEXT ROUND OF POLITICAL GRADUATES…

By: BEN SCOTT

BEN SCOTT — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:36:22 +0000

THOUGH I SHOULD ADD SOME INFO TO THIS THREAD!!!

FIRSTLY THOSE WHO KNOW HOW ITS BEEN FOR ME SINCE BONS DEATH KNOW THAT IM NOT AT ALL HAPPY WITH THE WAY ALBERTS HAVE HANDLED BONS AFFAIRS.

AND I ADD THAT ITS A VERY RARE OCCASION INDEED FOR ME TO SIDE WITH AC/DC ON ISSUES RELATED TO MY DAD…

BUT CONTRARY TO WHAT SOME PEOPLE SAY I BELIEVE ANGUS YOUNGS STATEMENT ABOUT;
HOW HAPPY BON WAS IN THE LEAD UP TO HIS UNTIMELY AND STRANGE DEATH…
ITS POSSIBLE THAT OVER TIME PEOPLE HAVE BECOME MISTRUED ABOUT WHAT BON HAD SAID… FOR INSTANCE; IF HE WAS ASKED IF ALL THE TOURING WAS GETTING TO HIM… HOW HE ANSWERED MAY HAVE MISLED…

ALTHOUGH BON WAS SUPPOSEDLY A MEGA STAR WHEN HE DIED… SOME SAY HE HAD LOTS OF MONEY IN THE “IRON TANK”(AKA…RUST CRANK) THERE ARE NO PICTURES OF HIM IN FINE CLOTHES…OR ON HOLIDAY IN THE CARRIBEAN ON HIS NEW BOAT…

SO YET AGAIN I RAISE THE POINT OF HOW BONS FRIENDS DIFFER ON LOTS OF THINGS IN REGARDS TO HIS AFFAIRS…

I SUGGEST AC/DC DID CONTIBUTE TO BONS DEATH BY ALLOWING HIM TO BE UNGUARDED WHEN FAME WAS IMMINENT…
BUT AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS THE BEST THING THAT THE YOUNGS EVER CAME ACROSS… GUITAR PLAYERS ARE A DIME A DOZEN…

BUT SINGERS WHO GO DOWN IN HISTORY ARE FAR IN BETWEEN…

P.S—HI THERE JILLI!!!

By: S Duffin

S Duffin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:39:09 +0000

I am from a design agency in Northern Ireland. We are currently re-branding the Ulster Hall in Belfast which is due to re-open in March 2009. We are working on designs for some hoarding that will be installed along the front of the Ulster Hall. We are using a range of memorial faces that have been associated with or that have played in the Ulster Hall over the years, such as; Charles Dickens, Ulster Orchestra, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, Barry McGuigan etc.

I was wondering if it would be possible to purchase the shot from the Alanta gig above (third down) and if it is available for print?

Cheers,
s