The Stems

Original line-up: Dominic Mariani (guitar, vocals; ex-Go Starts), Richard Lane (keyboards, guitar, vocals), John Shuttleworth (bass), Gary Chambers (drums) Maybe it had a little something to do with the (dirty) water over in the west: Perth band The Stems were one of the finest 1960s-inspired garage bands Australia ever produced. The resurgence of interest in 1960s garage pop during the early 1980s threw up a number of paisley-clad, mop-topped, psychedelic revival bands such as Lime Spiders…