Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney. Led by Dave Faulkner, they are known for melodic, guitar-driven power-pop and garage-influenced rock. Early albums such as Stoneage Romeos, Mars Needs Guitars! and Blow Your Cool! are frequently cited as classics; the band released Chariot Of The Gods in 2022.

Formed in Sydney; Dave Faulkner is the band's lead vocalist and primary songwriter. Early albums (Stoneage Romeos 1984, Mars Needs Guitars! 1985, Blow Your Cool! 1987) are highlighted in reviews as seminal. Chariot Of The Gods (2022) is presented in reviews as a creative resurgence.

DeBaser reviews celebrate Hoodoo Gurus as an influential Australian rock/power-pop band. Early records (notably Stoneage Romeos, Mars Needs Guitars!, Blow Your Cool!) are regarded as classics. Recent coverage highlights a creative resurgence with Chariot Of The Gods (2022). Reviews emphasise catchy melodies, garage/surf influences and Dave Faulkner's songwriting.

For:Fans of 1980s rock, garage rock and power-pop; listeners of Australian rock and those who enjoy melodic guitar-driven music.

 The Hoodoo Gurus, hailing from Sydney, are one of the leading bands of the aussie wave that showed the rest of the world in the 80s how to play Rock’n’Roll born from the sixties, but also from the punk of the seventies.

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 Dated 1984, «Stoneage Romeos» is the debut album by the Hoodoo Gurus, and in my opinion, the best of the lot, stringing together an impressive series of (future) classics:

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 Dave Faulkner, born in 1958 from Perth, Australia, was someone who knew a lot about tattoos.

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