The Most Australian Band Ever! – The Secret Origin of the Hard-Ons is the soundtrack to the documentary of the same name, which was directed by Jonathan J. Sequeira for production companies Living Eyes and Play Vintage – the man and the production house that made the acclaimed 2017 Radio Birdman documentary Descent Into The Maelstrom. The film premiered in October 2024 at SXSW in Sydney with a screening and Q&A at the Dendy Newtown, and has now been played all over the world, receiving multiple awards, including Winner of Best Film at the LA Punk Film Festival.
Perfectly timed with the 40th anniversary of the Hard-Ons (2024), The Most Australian Band Ever! offers insight into the band’s long existence, with plenty of live footage and interviews and guest appearances from Dave Faulkner (The Victims, Hoodoo Gurus), Ross Knight (Cosmic Psychos), Jerry A (Poison Idea), Steven Hanford aka Thee Slayer Hippy (Poison Idea) and Rob Younger (Radio Birdman). The film has a particular focus on the Hard-Ons’ early days, the obstacles – some self-inflicted – which they’ve had to overcome, and the legacy they’ve built.
The soundtrack to the album contains 15 choice cuts from the early days of the band as well as dialogue from the film:
Buddies
There Was a Time
Wog Food
I Heard Her Call My Name
Surfin’ On My Face
Girl In The Sweater
All Set To Go
Ache To Touch You
Just Being With You
Don’t Wanna See You Cry
Dull
Where Did She Come From?
Carry Me Down
Test
Suck And Swallow
The Most Australian Band Ever! – The Secret Origin of the Hard-Ons is out December 5 2025 and is available in limited edition opaque cream 12″ vinyl, limited edition purple and yellow smash 12″ vinyl, limited edition opaque light blue 12″ vinyl, limited edition translucent teal 12″ vinyl, black 12″ vinyl, limited edition cassette, compact disc and digitally.
It can be pre-ordered now from The Most Australian Band Ever! – The Secret Origin of the Hard-Ons | Hard-Ons | Cheersquad Records & Tapes
The Most Australian Band Ever! is also set for a physical release on Blu-ray, and in both regular and deluxe boxset Blu-ray editions. Both are only available from the film’s official online store:
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The soundtrack, blu ray and boxset editions all follow the release of the film’s sequel Harder and Harder, which premiered last night in Melbourne and which picks up where the first film left off. Harder and Harder is set for a run in Australian cinemas – see dates and links below.
And of course the band is in the midst of a tour themselves – see dates and details for that below as well.
Nothing is easy when you’re The Most Australian Band Ever!
It’s 1997, and the Hard-Ons reform after a three year break. But things have changed, and the underground music scene is now a commercial beast, run by hipster taste-makers. The high-school band from Punchbowl are now yesterday’s heroes. But their love for music – their single driving force – hasn’t changed.
But it’s a new set of problems, as the band faces line-up changes, a brutal assault and balancing family life with music. Aussies have fallen in love with Ray and Blackie in The Most Australian Band Ever!. The Hard-Ons are older, and maybe a little bit wiser. Featuring Tim Rogers and C.J. Ramone, Harder and Harder is an amazing true story of Aussie music and passion.
Starring Raymond Ahn, Peter “Blackie” Black
With Keish DeSilva, Pete Kostic, Murray Ruse, Tim Rogers, Angry Anderson, Jannifer Black, Michael Fewings, Mark Fraser, Andrew Gillies, Harry Mal, Lachlan Mitchell, Tim Pittman, C J Ramone, Jay Whalley, Bob Spencer, Jane Hughes, Julien Crendal
Director – Jonathan J Sequeira
Written by Jonathan J Sequeira, Nalini Sequeira
Executive Producer – Angus Vickery
Producers – Jonathan J Sequeira, Nalini Sequeira
Run time: 1 hr 25 mins Rating: MA15+ Frequent coarse language
Harder and Harder: Limited release in Australian cinemas from 1 November 2025
Most Australian Band Ever!: Available on BluRay in Australian stores from December
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