1987

IMC commences operations as a ‘hobby business’
1991

Ratcat achieve three consecutive commercial number one hits in a row
1994

Agency operations expand (& Siouxsie & The Banshees tour Australia)
The inaugural Weedstock Festival takes place in Byron Bay – later to become Homebake.
1995

The first Homebake Festival takes place in Byron Bay featuring silverchair, Tumbleweed, Spiderbait and the then, little known Grinspoon.
1997

We join our friends from the BIG DAY OUT Festival to form the beginnings of HOAX HOUSE.
2000

After 2 years of effort, the Hemispheres Festival in conjunction with the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games takes place in Centennial Park, Sydney.
Coinciding with Hemispheres, we tour THE CREATURES (featuring Siouxsie Sioux & Budgie from the iconic punk act, Siouxsie & The Banshees.
2002

Again after 2 years of effort, HOMEBAKE is immortalized on the big screen via a starring role in the major film, GARAGE DAYS.  The same year sees one of our brand new agency acts, Jet, make their festival debut at Homebake 2002.
2004

Two years after they appeared early in the day on their first festival experience (& after having notched up almost 2 million album sales worldwide since), we are proud to have Jet take the main role at Homebake. We take stock of two new acts who go on to conquer the world - Cut Copy & Wolfmother.

The Homebake Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary in a blaze of publicity and with one of the biggest (& heaviest) birthday cakes we've ever seen! Yes Folks, the cake on all the posters was real and was devoured by many of our friends. Homebake 2004 was the fastest selling ever and did sell out well before we had planned. Once again, Homebake proves to be testament to the wealth of musical talent in our own backyards

2005

We end 2004 with the tragic news of the catastrophic tsunamis that wiped out many areas throughout Asia. Together with our friends, Chugg Entertainment & Mark Pope Music and with a heck of a caring management team- as well as many, many far more deserving & hard working souls - we all chip in to stage the now legendary WAVEAID concert featuring a stellar line-up of Australian stars including MIDNIGHT OIL, POWDERFINGER, SILVERCHAIR, JOHN BUTLER TRIO, THE WRIGHTS, MISSY HIGGINS, NICK CAVE, PETE MURRAY, THE FINN BROTHERS,KASEY CHAMBERS & THE WAIFS.

The event sold out in the record time of less than a week (almost 50,000 tickets) and generated 2.3million dollars (AUSD). All funds were equally divided between The Red Cross, OxFam, Care Australia & Unicef. It was an extraordinary concert and extraordinary feat achieved in just over two weeks of organisation. We hope we never have to do this again!

2005 (March)


Some were surprised; others thought that it was odd but as the momentum headed to fever pitch for the Royal visit of Crown Prince Frederik & (our) Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, we equally were both gobsmacked and honoured to be asked to be part of the organising committee for The Red Cross Royal Gala Ball in the presence of The Prince & Princess.

Whilst we had to keep our traps collectively shut and work behind the scenes for approximately 5 months, this event would have to be one of the most honourable highlights of IMC's career. Taking place on March 2nd, 2005 at The Westin in Sydney City, the Gala Ball was attended by dignitaries, previous prime ministers, Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, the deputy prime minister, the premier, the governor, many other politicians, celebrities, sporting heroes, A listers etc etc.

Certainly not being the type of event we are used to, the nerves were shattered at this one and crash courses in protocol were the order of the day.  Whatever the opinion, we literally did have a 'ball' and it will certainly be embedded in the IMC CV forever. Besides, Mary and Frederik are very cool! We end the year celebrating a sold out Homebake 05 with the antipodes version of Lennon & McCartney - none other than the ultra fabulous Finn Brothers & a reformation of the iconic Go-Betweens & The Saints, whilst taking charge of another new 'artiste' whom in her 'day job', has achieved international respect & accolades like no other....we refer to none other than the truly wonderful and inspiring Toni Collette and her most brilliant band, The Finish.

                 2006

We start the year with Sydney reaching its hottest day on record - January 1st and the temperature guage hits 45c (113f). We are sad to hear of the passing of The Go-Betweens Grant Maclennan and celebrate his life knowing that at least their last performance was a revered and respected one at Homebake 05. !Sadness aside, 2006 truly was the year of Wolfmother - and their theory of world domination  was put well in to practise. Like Jet before them, Wolfmother blitzed Australia, America, Canada, UK, Europe & Japan with their awesome self titled debut album (release in late 2005). Relentless touring contributed to mass conquering of these markets with the highlight being their welcome home arena tour of Australia. Not to be outdone, Eskimo Joe released their incredible 3rd album, 'Black Fingernails Red Wine' whilst Wolfmother were touring those arenas. Within a matter of weeks, Eskimo Joe would go on to create Australian Music History holding the number 1album chart position for4 weeks straight.
Whilst 2006 remained an eventful year for many IMC acts touring international markets, we were also extremely proud for our actress come musician, Toni Collette courtesy of the rave reviews for her hit film, 'Little Miss Sunshine'....little did we realise what was in store for both Toni and Wolfmother.

We enter December with the record breaking sell out of Homebake 06 - selling out in 4 hours. Featuring an array of magnificent artists including a reformed Models, Gotye, Eskimo Joe, Toni Collette & The Finish, a very young Angus & Julia Stone and our favourite twist, Bjorn Again, this Homebake featured the only act so far to close Homebake twice - Silverchair!  We end the year with news of Wolfmother receiving a Grammy Nomination (to our complete shock) and thrilled  for Toni Collette, as the first of a myriad of award nominations are announced for Little Miss Sunshine.

                2007

In our usual chaotic beginning of year mode preparing all Big Day Out Sideshows, we keep watch of those international awards with Wolfmother also being nominated for a Brit Award.

February 12th, 2007 - a day we won't ever forget....completely unnaware, we receive a morning phone call from backstage at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards to hear that Wolfmother did win the Grammy  for best hard rock performance category (up against Tool & Nine Inch Nails amongst other luminaries). Wolfmother join Kylie and Men At Work as the Only Australian artists to win a Grammy Award since 1982. Ironically and within the same week, we are agiain thrilled for Toni Collette as news comes through of Oscar nominations within various categories for Little Miss Sunshine. The irony - whilst Toni jets off to the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles, she then zips to London to present atthe Brit Awards for the category, Best International Artist. Who should be in that category - none other than Wolfmother. They didn't win however that irony will not be forgotten. Even more bizarre, as Toni Collette decides to commit to her band touring schedule in Australia, the Academy Awards take place with two Oscar wins for Little Miss Sunshine happening at the exact same time as Toni rehearses with her band in a tiny Sydney inner city rehearsal space.

Wolfmother return to Australia for headline festival shows.

Almost replicating the past, we are given the call up by our old 'charity promoter' partners - Michael Chugg and Mark Pope to join forces again - this time to stage the massive Sydney leg of the worldwide LIVE EARTH concerts spearheaded by Vice President Al Gore (& now nobel peace prize winner). To say that this was exciting, challenging and arduous would be a complete understatement. Intense meetings, planning and hours were the order of each day culminating in the biggest musical challenge the world had ever witnessed on the one day - 7 concerts taking place across the world in 7 cities on 07/07/07. Staged in Sydney's massive Football Stadium, 50,000 punters came together to support the cause and global awreness campaign for Climate change. Starring Crowded House, Jack Johnson, Wolfmother, Toni Collette and The Finish, Eskimo Joe, John Butlet Trio, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Ghostwriters, Sneaky Sound System, Blue King Brown + an array of hosts including Ian Thorpe and the honourable Peter Garrett, it include yet another bizarre moment in the life of IMC with an unexpected phone call from the VP himself, Al Gore, extending congratulations. As a closure to this momentous (yet surreal) day, we discover that IMC artists, Wolfmother & Toni Collette & The Finish, dominate the front pages of both Sunday papers (next day). That's definitely a record for us.

As it was time to come back to earth (excuse the pun), we all did later meet with the VP at an exclusive Sydney function whereby Al Gore thanked Toni Collette personally. Back to reality, and Homebake decides that it's shameful that never has it seen a female close the festival, so we focus on the now legendary theme, The Ladies Domain - a difficult task with which we feel only one act could take the role. So, we coerce one of Australia's most respected and successful acts to reform - none other than the DIVINYLS.  With the mission accomplished, we continue to develop the show resulting in what we believe to be one of the most spectacular Homebake's since it's inception. PNAU finally release their third album to mass critical acclaim - being the beginnings of bizarre path to heady heights!

We end the year with a (yet to happen) life changing experience as guests of Chugg Entertainment friends, attending Sir Elton John in concert. Read on!

 

                      2008

We start the year in usual Big Day Out Sideshow chaos mode although within 2 weeks are absolutely shocked to hear of the untimely death of Aussie actor Heath Ledger. Having been a childhood pal of our artist, Nfa Forster Jones (1200 Techniques), we had watched from the sidelines over the manyyears as Heath devoted so much time, energy, enthusiasm, support - & even a devoted business relationship with Nfa. Having directed Nfa's spectacular film clips we, together with the rest of the world, acknowledge that Australia has sadly lost one of it's greatest & most accomplished talents. RIP Heath Ledger.

Such a sad start to the year for Australia's entertainment industry yet the beginning of yet another surreal  episide in the on going chapter's of IMC. From that outing to Sir Elton's concert, a chance meeting and discussion takes place....fast forward and the Big Day Out 08 show highlight and IMC long time artists, (& dancefloor/pop & electronic pioneers), PNAU score a new massive fan in one Elton John. Whilst Sir Elton becomes obsessed with PNAU, CUT COPY finally release their stunning sophomore album 'In Ghost Colours' and to their shock, celebrate a number one entry in to the album charts. Together with PNAU, CUT COPY tour their  album with sold out shows across Australia. At the same time, IMC uniquely talented duo, ANGUS & JULIA STONE (blessed with voices of angels) return from many months of overseas touring to be welcomed by sold out huge shows across Australia.

As the story still unfolds, Sir Elton continues to espouse the virtues of PNAU worldwide with which we predict they they will be yet another Australian act destined for worldwide domination together with CUT COPY and ANGUS & JULIA STONE (amongst others) !

 

                    

 

 

                    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Vision & Our Mission
To assist with developing & promoting the careers of cutting-edge and contemporary Australian music onto the national and international stage.

Our History
We began our musical (ad)ventures in the late '80s dealing specifically with the underground punk styles of the time. We started with names such as HELLMENN, MASSAPPEAL, BOX THE JESUIT, TOYS WENT BERSERK, ASYLUM, THE HUMMINGBIRDS, THE DEADLY HUME, Ollie Olsen’s NO, and at the time, a little known pop/punk outfit called RATCAT – who did end up literally ‘smashing down the barriers’ between independent & commercial music by achieving 3 commercial number one releases in a row (circa 1991).

During this time, we also worked in different capacities with various Australian and international acts - operating as tour promoters, publicists & management. We were also involved with publicity and tour co-ordination for an eclectic array of internationals including The Butthole Surfers and Seattle legends, Mudhoney (with our friends who now run Modular Records). At the same time, we were also contributing regular articles (involving the Australian Independent music scene) to a variety of magazines, fanzines & radio stations in countries throughout the world including, America, Canada, Sth America, Germany, France, Sweden, Finland, Spain and The UK. Many of these fanzines and magazines have long since disappeared although they certainly helped to spread the word of Australian independent music at that time.

Since this period, our business has grown from looking after the above mentioned bands as well as many other popular acts through to the band roster that we now present on this website. Amongst our artist representation duties, we also proudly present Australia’s premier All Australian music festival, ‘HOMEBAKE’ (in conjunction with VILLAGE SOUNDS).

One of our other proudest achievements was working on and coordinating all the local and international acts in association with the Olympic Arts Festival for the huge festival event, HEMISPHERES – which did take place in Centennial Park, Sydney, in September 2000 coinciding with the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Ironically, having worked on this event and it leading to the introduction of real estate worker, Mary Donaldson to the then unknown visiting Crown Prince Of Denmark, little did we realise that five years later, we would be part of the the small committee organising the major event & media blitzed society occasion of the decade, The Red Cross Royal Gala Ball in the presence of now famous Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (see highlights).

Our other festival experiences include working very closely with our friends at THE BIG DAY OUT whom we are bestowed with the honour of coordinating and promoting sideshows for all the brilliant international acts appearing on the BIG DAY OUT series of festivals each January.

Whilst the Australian Music Industry can be a rough and tumble game at the best of times, IMC has managed to maintain itself as a premier force and agency in Australia. We have only ever represented the most cutting edge and contemporary styles and will continue to do so for as long as we can. We are also extremely proud of the superior quality of music (both on record and live) that each of our talented acts create.

We are now on line to serve a purpose to all you music fans out there, and we do hope that we can be informative enough to keep you up to date with tours, record releases, shows and events, and of course, all the latest news and gossip direct from the IMC headquarters! Please take the time to check through our site and come back often as we will be updating regularly. Whilst you’re here, why not sign up to our mailing list and we will make sure to send you out a regular updates! That way, you’ll end up finding out all the important info before everyone else!

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