Welcome to the Guthugga page (aka Guthega Pipeline, Guthagga Pipeline, The Human Salamanders, Manic Pipeline and Manic Rhythm)
As you can see this page is still VERY MUCH in its' infancy but will I hope grow (as i find the time [MP3S COMING SOON!]) to the definitive Pipeline archive. Many thanks to Glen Wynes for coming forward with some classic b/w photos in Feb 2005 ~ If you have any tapes, photos, corrections or anything to add - eg. film, anecdotes, odes etc... please feel free to write: PO Box 219, Newtown, N.S.W. 2042 AUSTRALIA
OR better still send them via
emaiL TO: the pipeline web janitors office
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GUTHUGGA PIPELINES ONLY RELEASE THAT I RECALL WAS THE TRACK CIRCUS SONG ON THE CASSETTE COMPILATION RELEASED WITH THE BRILLIANT AUSTRALIAN FANZINE DISTANT VIOLINS [ISSUE 17] SOME TIME IN THE MID TO LATE 80'S


The main players:


Guthugga Pipeline 1978 - 1979
Butler, Gavin 'Gus' (v) [later played with The Slab, The Cannanes, Flywheel & others]
Millar, Wayne (d) [later played with Made for TV]

O'Neil, Stephen 'Hairy' (g) [later played with The Particles, The Lighthouse Keepers, The Cannanes, Ashtray Boy + Ashtray Boy & his country cousin, Flywheel, El Duende, Jamalia & Ors]
Appel, Greg 'Ap' (g) [later played with The Lighthouse Keepers, The Widdershins and King Curly]
Woodrow, Jack (b) [later played with The Creeps, Real Gone Lovers & ors]
Ketley, Nick (b) [escaped to Germany!]

 Manic Rhythm 1980
Butler, Gavin "Gus' (v)
O'Neil, Stephen 'Hairy' (g)
Philip, Dave (d)
Woodrow, Jack (g)
Ketley, Nick (b)

Guthugga Pipeline1981 - 1984
 Butler, Gavin 'Gus' (v)
Dunbar, Lindsay (d)
Ketley, Nick (b)
O'Neil, Stephen 'Hairy'(g)
Woodrow, Jack (g)

 

GUTHUGGA CIRCA 1978/79 ^ MORE OR LESS FIRST LINEUP
LOOKS LIKE THE GRIFFIN CENTRE IN CANBERRA CITY
PROBABLY A 'ROCK AGAINST BOREDOM GIG'
L-R GUS, APP, JAKE, WAYNE, HAIRY

 
L - R GUS, JAKE

 
THE PIN UP BOYS!

ERIC VERMIN OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ^ MYXO ^ A CANBERRA BASED BAND OF THE SAME PERIOD IF NOT A LITTLE EARLIER

CHRIS SHAKALLIS OF ^ THE YOUNG DOCTORS (AKA young docteurs)^ ANOTHER FINE CANBERRA OUTFIT OF THE PERIOD

 

GUTHUGGA CIRCA 1984 - LAST LINEUP
IN 1984 THE PIPELINE REUNITED TO ROCK THE HAROLD PARK HOTEL IN SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA) ~ FOR PERHAPS THE LAST TIME

 
L-R HAIRY, JAKE, LINDSAY, GUS

 
TRIPPY PUBLICITY SHOT ~ CHIPPENDALE / SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA) 1984

MANY THANKS TO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS:

AT THIS STAGE ONLY SURE ABOUT GLEN WYNES TAKING THE 1978/79 PHOTOS [IE. THE B/W SHOTS]

MANY MORE TO COME!

THIS PAGE MADE POSSIBLE BY :

: ALSO THANKS TO ANDY COFFEY FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE