▁members ▁of ▁Dark ▁Car n ival ' s ▁inf am ous ▁opening ▁band , ▁The ▁Hit men . ▁ ▁Based ▁in ▁Sydney ▁Australia , ▁The ▁Hit men ▁were ▁fi xt ures ▁of ▁the ▁Australian ▁musical ▁landscape . ▁ ▁Their ▁el ite ▁membership ▁read ▁like ▁a ▁Who ' s ▁Who ▁in ▁the ▁Australian ▁punk ▁rock ▁community . ▁ ▁With ▁members ▁such ▁as ▁Den iz ▁T ek ▁from ▁Radio ▁Bird man , ▁The ▁New ▁Christ s , ▁and ▁S cre aming ▁Trib es men , ▁The ▁Hit men ▁knew ▁well ▁the ▁el us ive ▁Detroit ▁sound ▁Ni ag ara ▁was ▁after . ▁ ▁Other ▁members ▁of ▁The ▁Hit men ▁included ▁world - f am ous ▁guitar ist ▁Chris ▁Mas u ak , ▁Tony ▁J uk ic ▁on ▁rh ythm ▁guitar , ▁Tony ▁Robert son ▁on ▁bass , ▁and ▁Murray ▁She ph erd ▁on ▁drums . ▁ ▁Murray ' s ▁brother ▁Brad ▁She ph erd , ▁lead ▁guitar ist ▁of ▁the ▁H ood oo ▁G urus , ▁also ▁played ▁on ▁the ▁tour ' s ▁final ▁show . ▁ ▁Later , ▁when ▁Ni ag ara ▁decided ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁band ▁and ▁tour ▁Australia , ▁nobody ▁was ▁better ▁than ▁The ▁Hit men ▁to ▁back ▁her , ▁since ▁these ▁music ▁veter ans ▁really ▁knew ▁how ▁to ▁r ally ▁an ▁audience ▁with ▁their ▁unique ▁mixture ▁of ▁high - oct ane ▁punk ▁and ▁" air bor ne ▁O z " ▁guitar ▁playing . ▁Two ▁t ours ▁resulted ▁from ▁this ▁pair ing . ▁ ▁Tw enty ▁shows ▁were ▁played ▁in ▁ 2