Sounds Like Teen Spirit

Triple J isn't just a radio station, it is the national voice and thumping heartbeat of Australian youth culture. Before the birth of Double J, Australian radio was created for conservative adults.The youth were to be seen and not heard. But in 1972, Gough Whitlam transformed all that. With a new freedom (and a spirit to break the rules), a group of journalists, DJs and music lovers laid the foundations for a groundbreaking radio station that would change everything. On Sunday 19 January 1975, Double J went to air for the first time . . . the countdown for the Apollo 11 take-off was the first thing that was heard and Skyhooks' 'You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed' played.It was like somebody opened a window to the outside world: music and ideas flooded in with attitude. And from that moment, mayhem and magnificence was broadcast.Captain Goodvibes, George Wayne, Andrew Denton, Angela Catterns, Tom Tilley, Roy & HG, Helen & Mikey, Sandman, The Doctor, Richard Kingsmill, Adam & Wil, Kar