Heroes (Australian band)

Australian band

Heroes

Origin| Australia
Years active| 1980–2019
Labels| Albert Productions
Past members| Allan Cook
Jim Porteus
Mark Tinson
Peter De Jong
Phil Screen
Greg Dawson

Heroes were an Australian group from Newcastle, New South Wales.

They are mainly known for being the band playing the night of the Newcastle Star Hotel Riots.

In January 2015, the band released their second studio album So Far, which came with a bonus album of their 1980 debut.[1]

## Discography

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### Albums

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Title  | Album details  | Peak chart
positions

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AUS
[2]
Heroes |

* Released: November 1980
* Format: LP
* Label: Albert Productions (APLP.047)

| 67
So Far |

* Released: January 2015[1]
* Format: 2xCD, DD, streaming
* Label: Heroes

| \-

### Singles

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Year  | Title  | Peak chart
positions  | Album

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AUS
[2]
1980  | "Baby's Had a Taste"/"Waiting for You"  | 76  | Heroes
1981  | "The Star and the Slaughter"/"End of the Road"  | 91
1987  | "Tearin' Out My Heart"  | 85  | non album single

## References

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1. ^ a b "So Far (DD)". Apple Music. January 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
2. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 138\. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.