Read-Along Record: Mad Max 1979

The redback spider. The inland taipan. The blue-ringed octopus. Nothing fills us Aussie Gen X’s with more pride than the knowledge that we’re taking our lives into our own hands every time we step into a rock pool, sit on a dunny or pull on a pair of Blundstones. Unless someone mentions the last of the V8 Interceptors. Or roving bands of larrikin bikie marauders who materialise every time you pop by the local milk bar for a pack of Winnie Blues and a Chiko Roll. Then we tear open our Mambo shirts to reveal our Southern Cross tattoos and sing the unofficial Australian national anthem (‘Khe Sanh’ by Cold Chisel) in our very best voices.

If they'd ever released a Read-Along Record of George Miller's 1979 classic Mad Max, I can guarantee it would have been on heavy rotation in my house. It might have even looked a little something like this...

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