Editing Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs (section)

===After The Aztecs===
{{Main|Billy Thorpe}}

In the late 1990s Billy Thorpe returned to Australia, where he was recognised as one of the elder statesmen of Australian music. In 1991 he was inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]].

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In 1998 [[Australia Post]] issued a special edition set of twelve [[postage stamps|stamps]] celebrating the early years of Australian Rock 'n' Roll, featuring Australian hit songs of the late 1950s, the 1960s and the early 1970s. <blockquote>"Each of them said something about us, and told the rest of the world this is what popular culture sounds like, and it has an Australian accent."</blockquote> A "Most People I Know" stamp was one of those in the set.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.auspost.com.au/philatelic/stamps/index.asp?link_id=2.389 |title=Australian Stamps : Rock Australia |publisher=[[Australia Post]] |date=20 March 2001 |access-date=16 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811011758/http://www.auspost.com.au/philatelic/stamps/index.asp?link_id=2.389 |archive-date=11 August 2008 }}</ref>

In 2002, he was one of the driving forces behind the successful TV and live concert series, ''It's A Long Way to the Top'', a celebration of 40 years of Australian rock music. This was an occasion for him to bring together and perform with two versions of The Aztecs.

He was working on his album 'Tangier' at the time of his death. He was recording in [[Marrakech]] at Marrakech Prod Recording Studio. Thorpe played his last gig at Westernport Hotel in [[San Remo, Victoria]], on Sunday 25 February 2007.  He died of a heart attack at [[St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney]], in the early hours of 28 February 2007.

Gil Matthews runs the re-issue label Aztec Music. Their first release was ''Live at Sunbury'' by Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs.