The Party Boys
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The Party Boys was an Australian rock supergroup with a floating membership commencing in 1982. Created by Mondo Rock's bass guitarist, Paul Christie, with founding member Kevin Borich (ex–La De Da's, Kevin Borich Express) [1] as a part-time venture for professional musicians with downtime from their other projects; the group had temporary members from Status Quo, the Angels, Sherbet, Skyhooks, Rose Tattoo, the Choirboys, Australian Crawl, Divinyls, Models, Dragon and Swanee, plus international stars such as Joe Walsh, Eric Burdon, Alan Lancaster, and Graham Bonnet.
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Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Years active | 1982 (1982)–1992 (1992), 1999, 2011 |
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Past members | See "Members" |
In March 1983, their debut album, Live at Several 21sts, peaked at No. 9 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. In June 1987, they had a number-one hit on the related Singles Chart with a cover version of John Kongos' hit "He's Gonna Step On You Again". It also peaked at No. 10 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.