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What the Hell Is Going On?

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What The Hell Is Going On?
A washed out colour photograph with purple scrawled lettering What The Hell Is Going On? along the top and Fox the band name on the bottom center. The image is the four members of the band to the knee facing the viewer against the backdrop of straight dark forest of conifer tree trunks.
Studio album by
Fox
Released1974 (1974)
RecordedArmstrong's, Melbourne, Australia [1]
GenreGlam rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock
Length36:53
LanguageEnglish
LabelEMI
ProducerIan Miller [2]

What The Hell Is Going On? (1974) (EMI EMA 304)[1] is the only known album of the Australian glam psychedelic rock band Fox. Fox appeared in series 1 episode 4[3] of Countdown, a popular music television program made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, performing "I Said". Australian guitarist John Brownrigg, although not a band member, contributed some of the songwriting.

Artwork

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The front cover artwork features a photograph of the four band members.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Said"Laffy, Brownrigg, Upton3.02
2."Who Do"Brownrigg3.42
3."Slashes"  
4."Times Come To Change"  
5."Don't Kid Yourself"  

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Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Do You Want Me" 
2."What The Hell Is Going On?" 
3."Country Max" 
4."Can You Feel It" 
5."When You're Not Around" 

Charts

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Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) 96[5]

Personnel

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Fox[1]

  • Peter Laffy - Guitar, Vocals. Laffy later worked with Mondo Rock and Jim Keays.
  • Neil Hodgson - Bass, Keyboards
  • Michael Upton - Vocals
  • Les Oldman - Drums, Percussion, Vocals

Additional personnel[1]

See also

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Citations

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Sources

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Books

  • Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  • Ian McFarlane Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop

Articles

Web

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