Have Hoodoo Gurus just come up with the best way to keep Australian music fans entertained indoors on NYE?

At 10pm on New Year's Eve, Hoodoo Gurus will unveil an untitled "homemade" mini-documentary on the band's YouTube channel. The 37-minute documentary will be available to view for free for 36 hours.

According to the band, December 31 marks the 40th anniversary of Hoodoo Gurus' genesis (originally known as Le Hoodoo Gurus). It was at a Sydney New Year's Eve party in 1980 where Dave Faulkner, Kimble Rendall and Rod Radalj decided to form a band (drummer James Baker became part of that plan months later when he moved to Sydney).

Faulkner announced the documentary, writing: "It's really just a couple of Zoom conversations I had with Kimble and Rod, firstly, and then James a week later (James was unable to join us all for the first one). I intercut those two Zoom chats together and tried to piece together the story of the band during those heady days of 1981 and '82."

He also warned, "It's a bit long-winded in places but, hell, it's free and it's the unvarnished truth - or as best as we can remember it." 

Faulkner explained that he will make it available for 36 hours so that "wherever you are in the world, you can relive that New Year's Eve with us from 40 years ago as we all get ready for the arrival of 2021."