Primitive Calculators

Primitive Calculators
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	Rock, noise, electropunk
Years active	1978–1980, 2009 to present
Labels	Chapter Music
Associated acts	Numerous Little Bands, Dee Rays, The Egg, Use No Hooks, The Bum Steers, Mr. Bum and Ruby.

The Primitive Calculators are a post-punk band from Australia formed in the late 1970s. Their music was influenced by proto-punk acts like The Godz and The Velvet Underground, Texan 1960s psychedelic punk, James Brown, and The Silver Apples, as well as Australian bands like Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs. They are often compared to The Screamers from Los Angeles, United States (US), Suicide and bands from the No Wave music scene from New York, US.

They met as teenagers in Springvale, a working-class outer suburb of Melbourne, and moved together in 1977 to St Kilda, then the centre of the punk rock scene. Despite socialising with the likes of Nick Cave from The Boys Next Door they remained outsiders to this scene (most of which consisted of people from middle-class backgrounds with private-school educations), and in 1978 moved to Fitzroy.

In Fitzroy, they settled on a four-piece lineup for recording and found like-minded friends, such as Ollie Olsen and John Murphy of Whirlywirld. The band were instrumental in organising a series of gigs named "Little Band nights", where hastily formed bands would play for 15 minutes each; this led to the recording of a compilation EP. They became known for their use of a screeching Mosrite Ventures model guitar, primitive synthesizers (a Wasp and Roland SH2), an electronic organ played through effects pedals and an extra fast drum machine (Roland CR-78).

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