Choirboys head for Wyong

Aussie pub rock icons The Choirboys formed in 1978 on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, a group of youngsters in their 20s.

The wild, hedonistic lifestyle the band witnessed of the youth in the 1970s gave birth to their seminal rock anthem, Run To Paradise – which is the name of the band’s new show, coming to The Art House on May 30.

The show is part story, part song and chronicles some of the wildest, most risqué, outrageous, and downright hilarious stories of Australian rock.

“They didn’t call it pub rock in those days, but we were there in the beginning and we’re still here now,” frontman Mark Gable said.

“Put it down to hearsay – it’s our opinion, it’s what we saw, it’s what people told us and most of it is extremely funny and incredibly interesting.

“Some of the stories are so funny and just plain stupid because back then, we could do things that nobody else could do because it wasn’t a normal job.

“There were no rules.”

The show answers such questions as: Which movie star did the Divinyls bass player meet under a table at a nightclub?; What were Chuck Berry’s weird work tactics?; Was Deep Purple really responsible for Gable walking with a limp?; and What happened to a pair of Iggy Pop’s pants?

Behind the narrative are the classic songs that define the musical landscape of rock music in the 70s and 80s, including Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water, Chuck Berry’s Never Can Tell, TMG’s Jump In My Car, Dragon’s Are You Old Enough, AC/DC’s Long Way To The Top, and the Choirboys’ own hits – Boys will Be Boys, Never Gonna Die, Struggletown and Run to Paradise, to name a few.

Run to Paradise plays The Art House Wyong at 8pm on Friday May 30.