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Circus, Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse, Clout, The Helicopters, Baxtop, Via Afrika, Tribe After Tribe, Celtic Rumours, Dog Detachment, Ella Mental, Peach, No Friends Of Harry, Lesley Rae Dowling, Little Sister, Freedoms Children, Taipan, Hawk, Falling Mirror, Petit Cheval, Lucky Dube, Pierre De Charmoy, Fat City, Asylum Kids, The Sweatband, McCully Workshop, Suck, Bright Blue, Radio Rats, éVoid, Rabbitt, Crocodile Harris, Ballyhoo, Hotline, Stingray, Juluka
Circus, Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse, Clout, The Helicopters, Baxtop, Via Afrika, Tribe After Tribe, Celtic Rumours, Dog Detachment, Ella Mental, Peach, No Friends Of Harry, Lesley Rae Dowling, Little Sister, Freedoms Children, Taipan, Hawk, Falling Mirror, Petit Cheval, Lucky Dube, Pierre De Charmoy, Fat City, Asylum Kids, The Sweatband, McCully Workshop, Suck, Bright Blue, Radio Rats, éVoid, Rabbitt, Crocodile Harris, Ballyhoo, Hotline, Stingray, Juluka
ROCKSTORY
"(PIONEERS of SOUTH AFRICAN ROCK)"
"“ Don’t we live in exiting times! Most of us can say "I was there when they were writing the book of Rock" Well, while the rest of the world enjoyed the growing ripple effect of Woodstock during the late 60's and 70's, South Africa was largely cut off due mostly to the apartheid regime. So, although not directly involved with the exploding phenomena of Rock, and unbeknown to the rest of the globe, this country down at the bottom end of Africa was busy adding their chapters to the pages of Rock History. Some of the artists recorded albums and then disappeared into the woodwork, but a lot are still around today in some or other form. One thing though is certain, they will all forever remain in song. Who were these Pioneers fueling the Rock flame in this segregated country in the late 60"s and 70"s? Tonight we explore the PIONEERS OF SOUTH AFRICAN ROCK so lets rewind to the 60s 70s and 80s"
"Circus Bernie Millar on Vocals, Ronald "Bones" Brettell at Keyboards, Gary van Zyl doing Bass, Sandy Robbie on Guitar and Wally Cullis on Drums Circus ruled in South Africa's wildcat club culture of the mid-1970s - an original band, with a theatrical approach to their songwriting. Everything they touched in their glorious 30-month run from 1976-8 set a new level of excitement in the biggest clubs of the Reef and the Coast. They stayed true to themselves, and wound up broken by the SABC's Tannie morality and the profit motive of the record companies. Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse Sipho Cecil Peter Mabuse (born 2 November 1951), known professionally as Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse, After dropping out of school in the 1960s, Mabuse got his start in the Afro-soul group the Beaters in the mid-1970s. After a successful tour of Zimbabwe they changed the group's name to Harari, an afrosoul band led by Mabuse. When they returned to their homeland in South Africa they began to draw almost exclusively on American-style funk, soul, and pop music, sung in Zulu and Sotho as well as English. Clout Clout was a South African rock group formed in Johannesburg in 1977, best known for their hit single, "Substitute". Originally all-female, the group later included some male musicians, who had played as session musicians on the recording cindy alter The Helicopters South African pop/rock band formed in Vereeniging in the early 1980s by singer/songwriter Bernard Binns. Two albums ("Love Attack" in 1985, "In The Flesh" in 1987 ) and one EP ("What Affair?" in 1988) were released before calling it quits shortly thereafter. Baxtop Formed in Johannesburg in 1978 by Larry Amos (guitars, vocals), Tim Parr (guitar, vocals), Robbie Whitelaw (bass) and Pierre de Vos (drums). In 1979 they won the SABC’s Battle of the Bands competition and they released their only album Work It Out. Via Afrika Afro-rock band formed in Johannesburg in 1983 Via Afrika (1983) EMI A Scent Of Scandal (1984) Via Afrika Tribe After Tribe Tribe After Tribe was formed in 1984 in Johannesburg, South Africa by guitarist Robbi Robb (ex-Asylum Kids). The band released a humdinger of an album ("Power") locally in 1985 before circumstances caused the band to take flight to Los Angeles where Mr. Robb continued to work, still releasing albums under the "Tribe After Tribe" monicker. Celtic Rumours Durban-based band that had the ingredients for major success with lead singer Kevin van Staden, a front man with a great rock voice, matinee idol looks, and an eight-album plan ahead. Despite topping the South African charts and touring incessantly, the band didn't really make the great leap to the next International level and disintegrated in the early '90s after releasing two albums. Sadly, whilst working on his debut solo album, Kevin was tragically killed in a car accident on 26th December 1994. Dog Detachment Hard rocking new wave band formed around the Armstrong brothers in Linden, Johannesburg in 1980 that played a subversive, fanatically independent, high press
