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tism . bestoff . is a 2002 `` best of '' compilation CD by the Australian ___MASK65___ TISM . It is also known as best off , tism . best off . or by its full title tism . best off . retrospective works 86 / 02 . The disc is a collection of TISM favorites from throughout their career and a few rare tracks which have become live fan favorites , such as Death , Death , Death . Also on the disc are the unreleased tracks Sid Viscous and The Phillip Ruddock Blues ( recorded in the De Rigueurmortis sessions ) as well as a remix of Defecate On My Face by the Australian ___MASK65___ Machine Gun Fellatio . Alternative ___MASK13___ ( also called alternative music , alt - ___MASK13___ or simply alternative ) is a genre of ___MASK53___ that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s and 2000s . In this instance , the word " alternative " refers to the genre ' s distinction from mainstream ___MASK53___ . The term ' s original meaning was broader , referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the ___MASK68___ style or simply the independent , D . I . Y . ethos of punk ___MASK13___ , which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music . At times , " alternative " has been used as a catch - all description for music from underground ___MASK13___ artists that receives mainstream recognition , or for any music , whether ___MASK13___ or not , that is seen to be descended from punk ___MASK13___ ( including some examples of punk itself , as well as ___MASK84___ , and post - punk ). An ___MASK86___ is a ___MASK91___ or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components in a phrase or a ___MASK91___ , usually individual letters ( as in " NATO " or " laser ") and sometimes syllables ( as in " Benelux "). Machiavelli and the ___MASK92___ Seasons is a 1995 ___MASK6___ by the Australian rock group TISM ( This Is Serious Mum ). It is TISM ' s most famous release and the one with which they received the most critical success and fame . The ___MASK6___ was certified Gold by the ARIA Awards and won the ARIA Award for Best Independent Release . The award was accepted in person by Les Murray , the subject of the song " What Nationality is Les Murray ?"', who read a seemingly insulting acceptance speech in his native Hungarian . Three of its songs reached Triple J ' s Hottest 100 , two of them in the top 10 . This was also TISM ' s highest charting ___MASK6___ , reaching number 8 in the Aria Charts . TISM ( an ___MASK86___ of This Is Serious Mum ) were a ___MASK43___ - piece ___MASK18___ alternative ___MASK75___ from Melbourne , Australia . The group were formed on 30 ___MASK51___ 1982 by vocalist / drummer Humphrey B . Flaubert , bassist / vocalist Jock Cheese and keyboardist / vocalist Eugene de la Hot Croix Bun , and enjoyed a large underground / independent following . Their third ___MASK6___ , " Machiavelli and the Four Seasons ", reached the Australian national top 10 in 1995 . Melbourne is the ___MASK41___ and most populous ___MASK47___ of the Australian state of Victoria , and the second - most populous ___MASK47___ in Australia . The name " Melbourne " refers to an urban agglomeration spanning which comprises the broader metropolitan area , as well as being the common name for its ___MASK47___ centre . The metropolis is located on the large natural ___MASK45___ of Port Phillip and expands into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon mountain ranges , Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley . Melbourne consists of 31 municipalities . It has a population of 4 , 529 , 500 , and its inhabitants are called Melburnians .