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  Established in 1998, Nostalgia Central is your one stop reference guide through five decades of music, movies, television, pop culture and social history


THE BAND

Ronnie Burns 
Vocals, guitar
John Thomas 
Guitar
Themi Adams 
Bass
Hank Wallis 
Drums
Peter Nicol 
Vocals, guitar

The Flies


The Flies was the first Aussie band to consciously ape The Beatles. The band supported The Rolling Stones on their first Australian tour and released a number of singles; Tell Her That (July 1964), Doin' The Mod (July 1965) and Can't You Feel (September 1965).

Vocalist Ronnie Burns left The Flies in August 1965 to go solo and spent the rest of the decade vying with Normie Rowe and Merv Benton as the most popular solo singer on the Australian pop scene. 

He was replaced in the band by Peter Nicol, who had previously been with a group called The Wild Colonials.