Zoot

When Australian band Zoot moved from their hometown of Adelaide to Melbourne in 1968, the band's management gave them a bubble-gum image, centred on the slogan "Think Pink, Think Zoot". The band dressed entirely in pink outfits.

It took Zoot until 1971, just before disbanding, to shake the image and achieve musical credibility. In 1970, the band promoted the release of the single Hey Pinky by taking out an ad in Go-Set magazine featuring a nude rear photograph of the band members. The song was a scathing comment on the "Think Pink" image.

Zoot's biggest hit single was a radically re-arranged hard rock version of The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby. The single reached No 4 on the national charts in 1971, although it didn't achieve gold record status until after it was re-issued in 1980.

Zoot guitarist Rick Springfield went on to have major success in the US in the Eighties as a solo artist.

Bassist Beeb Birtles became one of the key personnel of The Little River Band, a veritable Australian institution who achieved great success at home and in the US during the 1970s.

Daryl Cotton achieved solo success in the US and Australia, as well as turning to television for roles in The Young Doctors and on children's television.