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<p><b>We were all equal, but sometimes the band could be led by whoever shouted the loudest.</b></p> <p>Step inside one of Australia's most beloved and hard-working bands.</p> <p>For eighteen years, Mark Seymour fronted Hunters and Collectors - although he was never remotely in control of it. Together they released songs that remain Australian anthems like <i>Talking to a Stranger</i>, <i>Say Goodbye</i>, <i>Throw Your Arms Around Me </i>and <i>Holy Grail</i>. The band was also a great social experiment - an artistic collective that shared everything equally, from the drinks rider to songwriting copyright.</p> <p>It couldn't last. In the end, the relentless touring machine known as 'Hunnas' didn't break up so much as switch itself off.</p> <p>With a songwriter's eye for the perfect detail, Seymour tells the truth about the endless fried breakfasts, bewildering industry negotiations and the view from a thirteen-tonne truck on a never ending highway.</p> <p><b>More than a simple rock memoir, THIRTEEN TONNE THEORY is a dryly comic, revealing and passionate reflection on the struggle to be heard in a democracy of blokes.<br><br></b>'Anyone who writes of their years in rock music must know that this is the book they are going to have to trump.' Robert Forster, <i>The Monthly</i><br></p> <p>'Very funny . . . there can be no escaping the absurdity of rock'n'roll.'<br><i>The Age</i></p> <p> </p>