The Go-Betweens

The Go-Betweens were an Australian <a href="/facts/Indie_rock/WwHEa2bQ">indie rock</a> band formed in <a href="/facts/Brisbane/DdUE1VPW">Brisbane</a>, <a href="/facts/Queensland/lXBlIeY3">Queensland</a>, in 1977. The band was co-founded and led by singer-songwriters and guitarists <a href="/facts/Robert_Forster_(musician)/mL9a3BX0">Robert Forster</a> and <a href="/facts/Grant_McLennan/4J0UEJYT">Grant McLennan</a>, who were its only constant members throughout its existence. Drummer <a href="/facts/Lindy_Morrison/xPUSAMz1">Lindy Morrison</a> joined the band in 1980, and its lineup would later expand to include bass guitarist <a href="/facts/Robert_Vickers/cJ7UXo1K">Robert Vickers</a> and multi-instrumentalist <a href="/facts/Amanda_Brown_(musician)/QrawQQ3r">Amanda Brown</a>. Vickers was replaced by <a href="/facts/John_Willsteed/7vma9UtI">John Willsteed</a> in 1987, and the quintet lineup remained in place until the band split two years later. Forster and McLennan reformed the band in 2000 with a new lineup that did not include any previous personnel aside from them. McLennan died on 6 May 2006 of a heart attack and the Go-Betweens disbanded again. In 2010, a toll bridge in their native Brisbane was renamed the <a href="/facts/Go_Between_Bridge/CTz78Fh9">Go Between Bridge</a> after them.
In 1988, "<a href="/facts/Streets_of_Your_Town/75Pfy56p">Streets of Your Town</a>", the first single from <a href="/facts/16_Lovers_Lane/JMGLP76c">16 Lovers Lane</a>, entered the Top 100 on both the <a href="/facts/Kent_Music_Report/HdgVXfSz">Kent Music Report</a> chart in Australia and the <a href="/facts/UK_Singles_Chart/s2yyGUlD">UK Singles Chart</a> in the United Kingdom. The follow-up single "<a href="/facts/Was_There_Anything_I_Could_Do%3F/qx0Jc1du">Was There Anything I Could Do?</a>" was a No. 16 hit on the <a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a> <a href="/facts/Alternative_Songs/xSAJ0HQH">Modern Rock Tracks</a> chart in the United States. In May 2001, "<a href="/facts/Cattle_and_Cane/HXfBJfV7">Cattle and Cane</a>", from 1983's <a href="/facts/Before_Hollywood/BV0fpgVn">Before Hollywood</a>, was selected by <a href="/facts/Australasian_Performing_Right_Association/1fU63RQX">Australasian Performing Right Association</a> (APRA) as one of the <a href="/facts/APRA_Top_30_Australian_songs/DIl7bNkw">Top 30 Australian songs</a> of all time. In 2008, 16 Lovers Lane was highlighted on <a href="/facts/Special_Broadcasting_Service/vsIPgwcN">Special Broadcasting Service</a> (SBS) TV's The Great Australian Albums series.

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The Go-Betweens