Quoted from Gerrard17:Some of those bands still pull pretty big crowds down here, when Descendents came out awhile back I was surprised how many people came out the woodwork.
On the flip side do americans know of many australian bands?
There are a lot of Australian bands I can think of off the top of my head: Cosmic Psychos, X, Birthday Party, Lubricated Goat
And I just saw Deaf Wish a few weeks ago.