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DISGRACELAND

INXS Pt. 2: Rock ‘n’ Roll Riots, Radio Bans, and a Letter Bomb

DISGRACELAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Music, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.613.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The wild west of the Australian pub rock scene that ended in fire. A hit record stalled by controversy. A pilot passed out at 30,000 feet. And a bomb sent to a rock star’s hotel room. Listen to find out how INXS chased the world, touched a nerve, topped the charts – and learned that fame only multiplies the danger. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to exclusive bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠disgracelandpod.com/membership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GET THE NEWSLETTER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (formerly Twitter)  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Imagine a breakfast wrap

0:08.0

You know the one, because there really is only one.

0:14.0

Sausage, egg, cheese, bacon and a potato rusty all wrapped together.

0:20.0

Yep, there it is.

0:22.2

I think my work here is done.

0:25.6

Serve them till 11 a.m.

0:27.7

Disgrace Land is a story about danger.

0:48.5

About how danger never really goes away,

0:51.7

even after you've escaped the most dangerous place you've ever known.

0:55.8

And this is also a story about a band that survived one of the most violent, lawless music scenes

1:02.0

on earth, only to discover that the farther they traveled from it, the nearer danger drew them in.

1:09.3

This is about riots and near-death experiences, about criminals hiding

1:14.5

out in mining camps. It's about crossing over, about paying a price and about controversy.

1:20.8

It's a story about how even the bands that make it out alive don't always make it out unscathed.

1:27.6

This is the story of how in excess became one of the biggest rock and roll bands on the planet.

1:33.7

So of course, it's a story about great music.

1:37.8

Unlike that clip I played for you at the top of the show, that wasn't great music.

1:42.5

That was a preset loop for my Melotron called Yana MK1. I played you that loop

1:49.3

because I can't afford the rights to my Sharona by the knack. And why would I play you that

1:55.5

specific slice of Kurt Cobain inspiring cheese, could I afford it?

2:03.8

Because that was the number one song in America on September 19, 1979.

2:07.8

And that was the day that Australia's music scene

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