Boom Crash Opera
Rosemount Hotel, 459 Fitzgerald Street, 6006 North Perth Directions
Fri 13.11.2026 19:30
These here are crazy times. But Boom Crash Opera are one band you can rely upon.
The producer of their debut album told them: “The most important thing a group can do is stay together. Keep it together and you can do anything you want.”
Boom Crash Opera took those words to heart, proudly becoming one of Australia’s most-loved bands, with 13 Top 50 singles and five Top 50 albums.
As founding member Peter Farnan says, “We sounded like our name.” It’s an intoxicating mix of indie pop and stadium rock, with unforgettable hits such as
‘Great Wall’, ‘Hands Up In The Air’, ‘City Flat’, ‘Onion Skin’ ‘Get Out Of The House’, ‘The Best Thing’ and ‘Dancing In The Storm’.
Nearly four decades after the band began, the start of ‘Onion Skin’ remains an irresistible rallying cry:
Keep it in! Cut it out! Kick it out!
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Boom Crash Opera
Boom Crash Opera are an Australian pop rock band formed in late 1984. Initially based around the songwriting partnership of Richard Pleasance and Peter Farnan, the band was later joined by Dale Ryder, Peter ‘Maz' Maslen and Greg O'Connor. Pleasance developed tinnitus from constant exposure to loud live music and left in 1992 to pursue a solo career as an artist and producer. O'Connor departed in 1994. Current line-up includes Dale Ryder, Peter ‘Maz' Maslen, Peter Farnan and John Favaro. Their highest charting albums are Boom Crash Opera, These Here Are Crazy Times! and Fabulous Beast. Their top 20 singles are "Great Wall", "Hands up in the Air", "Onion Skin" and "Gimme". In the United States "Onion Skin" reached No. 8 on the Billboard component chart Modern Rock Tracks. Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane noted that the group had a "strong visual image and the uncanny ability of its principal songwriters to pen catchy, commercial songs ensured a string of successful releases".