Bruce Milne (born 1957)[1] is a prominent figure in the Australian music industry, a long-standing member of the grass-roots Melbourne music community who, after getting his start publishing a punk fanzine in the late 1970s, has done practically everything since – been a writer, radio presenter, DJ, run record shops, book shops and record labels, run bars and venues, and worked in A&R and as a tour promoter.
He and Walker then got involved with the inception of Roadrunner magazine in Adelaide,[7] and Milne formed the label Au-Go-Go Records to release a single by the band he then managed, seminal Melbourne post-punk outfit the Young Charlatans.
Missing Link was a centre of the Melbourne scene in the early 80s, with bands on its label like the Birthday Party, the Laughing Clowns, Whirlywirld and the Go Betweens, and with Milne working behind the counter and in the backroom running Au-Go-Go.
Brophy and Chesworth were driving forces behind the Clifton Hill Community Music Centre,[9][10] which was another dimension to Melbourne's 'little bands' scene as portrayed in Richard Lowenstein's 1986 feature film Dogs in Space.
With a new partner Greta Moon, he stepped up the label's profile, signing such acts as the Scientists and Dave Graney’s band the Moodists, and putting out seminal compilation albums like Asleep at the Wheel.
While still running Au-Go-Go as it put out more records by bands like Little Murders, Harem Scarem, the Zimmermen and many others, Milne went back to 3RRR with Phil Brophy to launch, in 1985, the long-running, cult pop culture program Eeek!
Kill City was itself another important cultural phenomenon, not only as a retail outlet but again, like Missing Link and Au-Go-Go, as a fulcrum to which fans and writers from all round the world beat a path, and as a venue for events, with a Sydney store eventually coming under the management of Clinton Walker.
[19] Reliant signed bands like the Underground Lovers and Gerling, and in 1999 released the debut solo album by Milne's old schoolmate and former Birthday Party guitarist Rowland S. Howard, Teenage Snuff Film.