Kim Salmon and the Surrealists

Original line-up: Kim Salmon (guitar, vocals; ex-Cheap Nasties, Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon, Salamander Jim), Brian Henry Hooper (bass), Tony Pola (drums) Tenacious singer/guitarist Kim Salmon was one of the first musicians in Australia to embrace wholeheartedly the emergent punk phenomenon of the mid to late 1970s. He formed Perth's first punk band The Cheap Nasties in August 1976. Next he formed the legendary Scientists, a band he fronted for eight years. During that time, Scientists spent…