With 20th anniversary celebrations for Recovery underway, there’s been a lot of talk about just where all the live music TV programs went? Of course, the quickest answer would be the internet.

In the ’70s through the ’80s we had Countdown, which defined a generation. In the ’90s, we had Recovery, which did the exact same thing and spawned several imitators, including Pepsi Live.

We also had our share of music video programs like Video Hits and rage, which is still going strong. But certainly a hosted, curated live music program seems to be a void that many would like to see filled.

“From my perspective now and knowing what I know and seeing what I’ve seen, I don’t understand that something that is so important in our society… why do we continually walk away from this?” Ron Creevey recently told The Music.

Creevey owns Kings Cross venue The X Studio and has been making headlines recently for his involvement in the unearthing of a new collection of Michael Hutchence solo material and a documentary on the late INXS frontman.

But as The Music reports, Creevey has also been in talks with a major television station to produce a new Countdown-inspired live music TV program and are in the process of casting a host.

“I have nothing against reality TV shows or anything like that,” Creevey told The Music. “It’s entertaining and it’s great to watch but equally at the same time, when major bands come through town like they always have, I’d just love to see and hear more about them.”

“With Molly Meldrum and Countdown and even going back to the really early days of music videos, it was really entertaining. Now I find most things these days are extremely repetitious.”

As for who the show’s Molly Meldrum might be, Creevey said, “There’s a lot of smart people out there, but you need the charisma of Molly Meldrum.”

“It wasn’t just the fact that Molly was, like, the Wikipedia of music, he equally had the ability to communicate with all types of bands on a level that I suppose most interviewers wouldn’t have gone near.”

“I can tell you there’s a tonne of inspiration taken from the way he was an interviewer,” Creevey added, “and I can tell you, there is going to be a new face when it comes to interviewing acts definitely out of Australia.”

Meanwhile, Jane Gazzo and Dylan Lewis, the two former hosts of Recovery, have revealed that they are themselves in talks to potentially bring the beloved ’90s show back to the airwaves for a reboot.

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