Over 1200 gigs. Over 1,000,000 albums sold. 19 hit singles and 16 hit albums.

Welcome to True Believers – the comprehensive fan managed official website for one of the greatest Australian rock bands of all time – Hunters and Collectors.

Formed in Melbourne in 1981, the Hunna’s became central to Australian culture through their distinctive brass rock sound and rigorous touring of the pub circuit. Disbanding in 1998, they left behind great memories and an impressive back catalogue.

We have something for everyone:

• New? Listen to the full audio tracks (look to your right -> ) and read the Biography.
• Latest? Check News, Articles, Gigs, Photos and rare tracks in The Vault.
• Music? Browse the comprehensive Albums, Singles and Tracks sections.
• Artistic? Click to enjoy Video, Album, Single, Photography and General artwork.
• Muso? Hunters bass player John Archer has provided full, compete Tabs.
• Nerd? You will love the Gigography and gory detail of the text Discography.

Mark Seymour (vocals, lyrics) and Jack Howard (trumpet, backing vocals) have comprehensive solo careers that we also follow here at True Believers.

There is a LOT going on right now. Be sure to check back regularly 

All Hunters and Collectors 2014 Tour Merchandise can be purchased online now from Band T-Shirts. There are t-shirts in classic and tour designs, an array of AFL scarves, caps, tea towels, posters, stickers and our personal favourites – stubbie holders and drink coaster sets! There has not been array of cool merch like this from the band in a generation.

Regrettably, we are aware that the merch sold very quickly at the Brisbane gig and many of our great northern fans missed out. We apologise for the inconvenience, are taking action to not have this happen again and hope the online store can help.

For those wondering about the straw hats, it appears the logos were all put on them rotated by 90 degrees. The plan is to have the straw hats fixed and back out for sale from the Rutherglen gig on the 8th of February 2014. Who want A Day On The Green straw hat when we can have Hunters!?

Click here for Hunna’s Merch!

Last night, in the Victorian regional small town of Castlemaine, there was an event so secret that even we did not know about it!

A mysterious band, Scar Stories, fronted the Theatre Royale. It was to be the final preparation for the 2014 tour — a top secret Hunters and Collectors warm up gig. All reports are ecstatic.

Thanks to all for coming out to support Scar Stories last night. We were honoured to be a a part of it and had a fantastic night!

- Hunters and Collectors

Sixteen years from the final tour, the unthinkable is happening.

The drums, the bass, the guitars, the brass, the intensity. One of Australia’s most unique and powerful bands is back on stage. All eight members of the original band in fine form.

Pretty amazing. Packed out, really hot, big sounds. We’re back!

- Rob Miles, sound and art

We are crazed excited here at True Believers. This is the tour that was never meant to happen. The prize for fans that was for so long unforeseeable after the band sold their gear and took up day jobs. This is special.

And it all starts with Geelong tomorrow; then on to the Hunter Valley and Brisbane next weekend.

Be sure to check out the Tour section for all upcoming dates. Beware, some dates are sold out and more are close – like Brisbane, where there are only a handful of ‘gold’ tickets left – with the other three categories sold out!

We hope to see you around!

Hunters and Collectors will be performing a massive eleven A Day On The Green concerts along with an additional four theatre gigs!

These include shows in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, West Australia and even Tassie!

Without further delay, we present the dates and locations for the Hunters and Collectors Australian Tour 2014…

January 2014

Sat 25  The Hill Winery, Geelong, VIC

February 2014

Sat 1   Bimbadgen Winery, Hunter Valley, NSW
Sun 2   Sirromet Wines, Brisbane, QLD
Sat 8  All Saints Estate, Rutherglen, VIC (NSW border)
Sat 15  AAMI Park, Melbourne,VIC with Bruce Springsteen
Sun 16  AAMI Park, Melbourne,VIC with Bruce Springsteen
Sat 22 Leconfield Wines, McLaren Vale, SA

March 2014

Sat 1 Petersons Wines, Armidale, NSW
Sat 8 Robert Oatley Wines, Mudgee, NSW
Sat 15 Josef Chromy Wines, Launceston, TAS
Sat Mar 22 Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley, VIC
Sat Mar 29  Kings Park, Perth, WA
Sun Mar 30  Kings Park, Perth, WA

April 2014

Fri 4 Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW *
Sat 5 Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW *
Fri 11 Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Sat 12 Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

TICKETS TO ALL SHOWS ON SALE NOW
from Ticketmaster.com.au & 136 100
(* except Enmore Theatre from Ticketek.com. au & 132 849)

Click here for full details!

The great Hunters and Collectors tribute album, Crucible, is now out in both CD and digital forms. There are two different packages available in physical form – a standard 2CD jewel case and limited edition 2CD digipack.

Crucible is available everywhere, including iTunes, JB’s Hi Fi and Sanity.

To get a taste of what’s on offer, Click here to listen to the full album via streaming audio on the Mushroom Internet site.

Crucible includes an impressive collection of cover versions by a diverse range of high profile artists, including Birds of Tokyo, The Living End, British India, Something For Kate and Eddie Vedder and Neil Finn.

Stepping out of the airport mid-July, the true horror of Melbourne winter hits you. It is early afternoon yet barely ten degrees, the wind blows through you and the light rain aimlessly drifts down at 45 degrees. This sort of environment is comforting when you are in town to help digitise a few hundred tapes that have sat in dark, cold Melbourne cupboards for up to 32 years.

The fruits of this project are now here for fans to enjoy through From The Vault. Every week we present a new, random track from the archives, spanning all the way back to pre-Hunters in 1980 through to the final days of March 1998. It’s all here and it’s awesome.

Click here for the latest from The Vault!

Play the electric guitar? keyboards? trumpet? bass guitar? drums? gas cylinder?

Hunters and Collectors bass player John Archer has been creating complete tabs for many of our favourite Hunters tracks for True Believers!

The tabs are presented as MIDI files, which, using free software, you can see every note in every song for every instrument.

Click here for the tabs!