This text was published as Andy Bennett, Popular Music, the Peripheral City and Cultural Memory - A Case Study of Perth, Australia , in: Alenka Barber-Kersovan, Volker Kirchberg, Robin Kuchar (eds.), Music City: Musikalische Annaeherungen an die Kreative Stadt, transcript Bielefeld, 2014. The text is posted here by permission of transcript Verlag for personal use only, not for redistribution.