"Employment (album) Employment is the debut studio album by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs, released in March 2005 on B-Unique Records. ""Employment"" takes its inspirations from the Britpop and new wave movements, 1970s-era punk rock and Beach Boys-esque West Coast music. The album originally charted at number three in the UK Albums Chart on 13 March 2005, but charted at number two almost a year after its release, due to the band's success at the Brit Awards. ""Employment"" went on to become the fourth best-selling album in the United Kingdom that year. It was Kaiser Chiefs themselves that chose"
"in 2005. One of the country's most durable rock bands is Bedrock (The Band In The Sand). Formed in 1994 in Oranjemund, the band has released four albums of original material over the years: Recovery (2001), So, Where's The Party? (2003), Simplicity (2008) and Desert Rock (2010). They describe their sound as Desert Rock, an eclectic mix of styles from 1970s rock, blues, pop and folk. A feature of their compositions is the subtle thread of humour which underpins most of their work. The opening song of their debut album, Rock 'n' Roll, was voted by the South African Rock"
"Best South Africa rock band in a poll conducted by South African radio station 5FM. In 2001 the band announced an indefinite hiatus. However, in 2006, a blog entry on drummer Francois Kruger's site informally announced their reunion. Their reunion coincided with the return of trumpeter Adriaan Brand. Their first new album in four years, ""Peace Breaker"", was released in March 2007. The Nude Girls performed as the opening act for U2 in Cape Town during their South African tour in February 2011. During the band's hiatus Arno Carstens formed a new band, Nu Porn, and also launched a successful"
"Germany and Harmse currently works for Mathambo Productions, and who was involved with South Africa’s official presentation video for the winning 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer bid. In 1987, 'People Like Us' covered the Shiraz song ""Fighting For Our Lives"". Shiraz (band) Shiraz was a South African group from the 1980s best known for their song ""Fighting For Our Lives"". Shiraz was formed in 1984 as 'Jeraz' originally, a club band who performed for six months in newly opened 'Club '84' in Pretoria, South Africa. After firing their founder and manager, they renamed the band ""Shiraz"" and with a newly"
"an eclectic mix of styles, crossing genres from track to track. The album ""Swaar Metaal"", which won the 'Best Afrikaans Rock Album' award at the 2008 South African Music Awards, is sonically more uniform than its predecessors, an Afrikaans-language heavy metal album, regarded as a first in Afrikaans music. Initially formed as an experimental Afrikaans-language project in 2000 by vocalist Francois Breytenbach Blom and guitarist Theo Crous, South African band K.O.B.U.S! first release, ""Kobus!"" in 2002, through ENT Entertainment displayed a flagrant disregard for uniformity. Straying from the respective styles of their previous bands, the album mix an array of"
"Seether Seether are a South African rock band founded in May 1999 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The band originally performed under the name Saron Gas until 2002, when they moved to the United States and changed it to Seether to avoid confusion with the deadly chemical known as sarin gas. ""Disclaimer"" is their original album and major label debut. They gained mainstream popularity in 2002 with their US Active Rock number one single ""Fine Again"", and their success was sustained in 2004 with the single ""Broken"" which peaked at number 20 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. They have experienced"
"New Academics New Academics is a four-piece Funk rock band formed in Cape Town, South Africa. They are currently based in Johannesburg. They are known for their mixture of Afro-beat, Jazz, Hard rock, Funk and Hip hop in their music and have built a solid a following in South Africa and Europe with their debut album City of Strange. In 2008, the New Academics were nominated for a SAMA (South African Music Award) in the category of ""Best Alternative Album"". Joe Penn — vocals (2004–present) David Baudains — guitar (2004–present) Hugh Hunt — bass guitar (2014–present) Rob Storm — drums"
"reviews worldwide. Their debut album ""Made For More"" received a four out of five rating by the Celebrity Café stating, ""The inspirational lyrics are what make this album as powerful as it is."" Therese Owen of ""The Star"" praised the band for being ""A breath of fresh air on the commercial scene and certainly have the potential to rise to the heights of popular bands like Gangs of Ballet, Just Jinjer and Prime Circle."" Skylight (band) Skylight is a South African pop rock band from Johannesburg. They formed in 2009 and are known for spreading an ethos of peace and"
"studio in London. They plan on touring America and releasing the album later this year. For future reference the band has been renamed after signing with Sumerian Records and now goes by the name New Volume with a new album out called Envy What Now (band) What Now is a rock band from Ballito, South Africa, currently based in London. The band consists of Tyron Layley (lead vocals, bass guitar), Ryan Morris (guitar and vocals), and Adam Jenkins (drums). The band's name comes from an old surfing video. The band moved from South Africa to London England where they started"
"Cassette (South African band) Cassette is a South African rock band. The band won the South African Music Awards in the Best Rock Album category in 2007 for their debut album ""Welcome Back To Earth"". They were also nominated for two other categories, including the Best Group category. The group was nominated for the Best Live Performer category at the 2008 MTV Africa Music Awards. Cassette has collaborated with Mahotella Queens and Vusi Mahlasela among other great South African artists. They have also supported some international artists including Pink, Evanescence, Eagle-Eye Cherry and BLØF. They were the opening act for"
"Disclaimer (Seether album) Disclaimer (Stylized as *DISCLAIMER) is the major label debut album by South African rock band Seether, released in 2002. It features three successful singles which would remain some of the band's most well-known songs. It is their first release under their current name after changing it from ""Saron Gas"" in 2002 to avoid confusion with a deadly nerve agent known as sarin gas. A great deal of pre-production took place in South Africa with supervision from a Wind-Up representative. It continued in New York City before the album recording sessions began in Los Angeles. Veteran session drummer"
"the 46664 Concert in December 2007. The group has toured Europe and were the first South African rock band to visit Japan in January 2008. They were the subject of the documentary ""Cassette: Who Do You Trust?"" (2012) by South African film maker John Barker. Cassette (South African band) Cassette is a South African rock band. The band won the South African Music Awards in the Best Rock Album category in 2007 for their debut album ""Welcome Back To Earth"". They were also nominated for two other categories, including the Best Group category. The group was nominated for the Best"
"Shumen, Dobrich and Razgrad. The tour was organized by two Bulgarian underground bands - Pizza and Scandal. Since 2006: Past: Stoichkov (band) Stoichkov is the name of a Dutch rock group, founded 2001 in Utrecht, Netherlands, by three great fans of the Bulgarian football star and former national trainer Hristo Stoichkov. The music style they play supposed to be, according to them, """"turbo rock"""". All the song lyrics are sung in German. The pilot track of the band from their first album is called """"Hristo"""" - an instrumental, dedicated to their football idol. To this date Stoichkov has two albums."
"pursued music as his full-time career, and in January 2002 he worked for a year at David Gresham Records. Etienne Steyn Etienne Steyn is a South African singer and songwriter who mostly sings in Afrikaans. He spent a large amount of his life growing up in George in the Western Cape province of South Africa. In 2005, Steyn recorded his debut album ""Storie van my Hart"". Etienne's music career started off when his father gave him an old guitar while he was in grade 8. Etienne never stopped making music after this. He formed his first ""Hard Metal Rock"" group"
"suggests to them that if they are ever in Kansas City and want to hear some good music, then visit the Ramada Inn where the band were supposed to be resident. Bass Guitar: Lead Vocals: Drums: Guitar: Trumpet: Piano: Keyboard: Four Jacks and a Jill Four Jacks and a Jill is a South African folk rock ensemble. They originally formed in 1964 without a ""Jill"" under the name ""The Nevadas"". Subsequently, they became the first group in South Africa to wear their hair long and they changed their name to ""The Zombies"" (different from the well-known British group). Later they"
"2008 and 2013. Half Price have shared the stage with acts such as The Exploited, Mad Caddies, The Spermbirds and Antimaniax. On ""The Monotony of Monogamy"", Half Price recorded a song called ""Soccer 2010"", about the 2010 FIFA World Cup. ""Straight Outta South Africa"" is a compilation album that was digitally released under Punk Outlaw Records in 2016. In 2018 they released a split album with ""Alive at Midnight"", another punk band from Cape Town. Half Price (band) Half Price is a punk rock band from Cape Town, South Africa established in 2001. They are identified by energetic performances and"
"onto the national radio charts, with ""My Name"" and ""Fire Through the Window"", both charting on national radio, including 5FM. The following year, after several line up changes, the band's current line up met through attending the University of Pretoria and together wrote and released their debut studio album, ""This Is"", on 2 August 2012. Tristan Coetzee and Gideon Meyer met through mutual friends during high school. Shortly after meeting each other, Gideon joined Tristan’s first musical project, ""Local Authority"", a young punk band. After various musical projects, Tristan & Gideon got together again with Michael Schoeman (Guitar) Daniel Raubenheimer"
"railway network achieved also notoriety - the Clube Ferroviário de Maputo and the Clube Ferroviário da Beira. Other former and current works teams in Africa include Arab Contractors SC of Egypt (also a sporting club) and AS Police (Benin). Horseed FC is based in Horseed, Somalia. Seven times champion of the Somalia League, it is a former army team. Other works teams that have played in the Somali football leagues include Banaadir Telecom, Ports Authority, and Somali Police. Works teams are common in Japan, with several J-League clubs starting life as such (e.g., Yokohama F. Marinos, who were originally Nissan"
"Springbok Nude Girls The Springbok Nude Girls (a.k.a. the Nudies, or the Nude Girls) is a rock band from Cape Town, South Africa. An alternative rock band, the Nude Girls introduced punk rock, ska, acid jazz and heavy metal into their songs, introducing a new world of music to the youth of South Africa in the early 1990s. They played their first big gig in September 1994 in Stellenbosch. Since then, the Nude girls have toured extensively. In 2000, the band received a South African Music Award for Best Rock Album (""Surpass The Powers""). The Nude Girls were voted the"
"(2014–present) Richard Broderick — drums (2004 -2005) Martin Labuschagne — bass (2006-2009) Damian Staz — drums (2006) Howie Combrink — drums (2006–2007, 2009-2010) Brendon van Rooyen — drums (2007-2009) Sean Strydom — bass (2010) New Academics New Academics is a four-piece Funk rock band formed in Cape Town, South Africa. They are currently based in Johannesburg. They are known for their mixture of Afro-beat, Jazz, Hard rock, Funk and Hip hop in their music and have built a solid a following in South Africa and Europe with their debut album City of Strange. In 2008, the New Academics were nominated"
"Crossingpoint Crossingpoint was a South African-based Metalcore band, formed in 1998. They are widely accepted as being the longest running South African Hardcore group, and have in turn inspired many more hardcore bands throughout the South-African music scene. Today, they play a breed of heavy metal, rock and punk, combined with a positive message in their lyrics. The first incarnation of the band had lyrics by the founding vocalist Wesley van Eeden that dealt with sexism, animal cruelty and personal responsibility. Current vocalist Raymond Douglas sings (or rather screams) songs that focus more on personal and spiritual issues that he"
"to say about the new track: “This song both lyrically and musically seemed to set the course for the new music we were writing. It was the first song written for the new record where we all collectively went, ‘I like this. Let’s keep going in this direction.’ We think musically it very naturally links our past with where we’re headed—and lyrically it’s in many ways the story of our lives, our band, and our journey.” Civil Twilight (band) Civil Twilight is a four-piece rock band from Cape Town, South Africa, consisting of the brothers Andrew and Steven McKellar, plus"
"What Now (band) What Now is a rock band from Ballito, South Africa, currently based in London. The band consists of Tyron Layley (lead vocals, bass guitar), Ryan Morris (guitar and vocals), and Adam Jenkins (drums). The band's name comes from an old surfing video. The band moved from South Africa to London England where they started writing songs and touring the UK and Europe. The band have released a few demo's and toured with bands like Young Guns (band), The Xcerts and Anberlin. The band are currently writing and recording songs for a full length album in their home"
"Album, for which their self-titled debut album was nominated the year before. They have played alongside international heavyweights, such as Muse, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Korn, Chris Cornell, Good Charlotte, Billy Talent and Metallica. They have also toured internationally. Van Coke Kartel Van Coke Kartel was an Afrikaans alternative rock band from Bellville, near Cape Town, South Africa. Francois Van Coke and Wynand Myburgh formed Van Coke Kartel with drummer Justin Kruger after Fokofpolisiekar went on hiatus in 2007. Guitarist Jedd Kossew and drummer Jason Oosthuizen joined as full members in 2010. However in 2014, Jason Oosthuizen left the band."
"new spelling, consisting of 13 songs including both new and old material. Current members Former members Just Jinjer Just Jinjer (formerly known as Just Jinger) is a contemporary rock group from South Africa. Just Jinjer is one of the top selling rock bands in South African history, with over 250,000 units sold. Over the last decade, the band has performed and toured with U2, Counting Crows and Def Leppard among many others, performing for hundreds of thousands of fans in venues all around the world from the UK to Dubai, and released six critically acclaimed albums. The band's debut album,"
"Civil Twilight (band) Civil Twilight is a four-piece rock band from Cape Town, South Africa, consisting of the brothers Andrew and Steven McKellar, plus Richard Wouters, and Kevin Dailey. They are signed to Wind-up Records, and have released three studio albums — their self-titled debut album, ""Civil Twilight"" (2010), ""Holy Weather"" (2012), and ""Story of an Immigrant"" on July 10th 2015. Originally hailing from Cape Town, South Africa, Civil Twilight started as a trio that drew parallels with The Police and very early U2, Muse, Jeff Buckley, and Radiohead. Their music has been described as having impassioned vocals and classic"
"Four Jacks and a Jill Four Jacks and a Jill is a South African folk rock ensemble. They originally formed in 1964 without a ""Jill"" under the name ""The Nevadas"". Subsequently, they became the first group in South Africa to wear their hair long and they changed their name to ""The Zombies"" (different from the well-known British group). Later they added lead singer Glenys Lynne and changed the group's name to ""Four Jacks and A Jill"". The group included Clive Harding (bass guitar), Keith Andrews (rhythm guitar and organ), replaced by the late Mark Poulos (guitar and organ) 1966- 1967"
"ATFN, and many more of South Africa’s leading bands. Duck and Cover (South African band) Duck and Cover was a hard rock band from Pretoria. Duck and Cover have established their presence in the local South African music scene during 4 years of gigs, festivals, concerts and publicity. The band relies on 70s rock and metal, as well as more contemporary rock music influences to guarantee a diverse crowd at every performance. Duck and Cover have played at most large South African music festivals and concerts and established their identity by playing regularly alongside acts such as Springbok Nude Girls,"
"of the German football team Hannover 96, as Scorpions originated from the same city. The team formerly used the song as entrance music. The song is referenced in Dave Eggers' 2002 novel ""You Shall Know Our Velocity"", in which the main characters attempt to anonymously distribute money on a round the world trip by taping parcels containing cash and bearing the line ""Here I am Rock You Like a Hurricane"" onto houses, animals and other objects. Band members Production Rock You Like a Hurricane ""Rock You Like a Hurricane"" is a song by German rock band Scorpions. The song was"
"tracks for her forthcoming debut album. The Wolfmen The Wolfmen are an English rock music band formed in 2004, and centred on Marco Pirroni (guitars, co-writer) and Chris Constantinou (bass guitar, lead vocals, co-writer). The Wolfmen’s line-up also includes Zelig Preston Heyman on percussion. Constantinou began as a bass guitar player with Diz Watson until the late 1970s when he formed Drill, who worked extensively with Chas Chandler and then Adam Ant, who he joined in 1982. By that stage, Pirroni, who has worked with Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Models and Rema-Rema - had joined Adam and the Ants"
"their debut album ""Zebra Crossing"" in 1994. In their native South Africa, ""Zebra Crossing"" sold some 50,000 copies and went Platinum. The success of ""Zebra Crossing"" ensured international demand for the quartet's live performances, and also saw the band win ""Best New Artist,"" ""Best Instrumental Performance"" and ""Best Pop Album,"" a combination one critic called ""truly rare,"" at the FNB South African Music Awards. The album's release in the United Kingdom by BMG in April 1996 and later on that year in the United States by RCA Victor secured the band an international audience. In 1996, the quartet recorded the"
"the video game ""Rock Band""; he is in charge of selecting new music for the game. After leaving the E Street Band in 1984, Van Zandt used his celebrity as a musician to fight issues surrounding apartheid in South Africa by creating a group called the Artists United Against Apartheid. This activist group was created in 1985 by Van Zandt and record producer Arthur Baker. Van Zandt and Baker assembled over 54 different artists to record an album entitled ""Sun City"" in order to raise awareness about the apartheid policy in South Africa. The title referred to a resort in"
"Stoker (band) Stoker or stylised as ⚡toker is a hard rock band from Cape Town consisting of 2 sets of brothers from two rural country towns in the Western Cape. The current line up was established in 2013 when Redge (lead guitar) and Morgan O'Kennedy (drums) joined Chris (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Jurgen Bornman (bass), the latter two having originally started as a 3-piece with drummer Joe Theron. While establishing themselves on the local live scene over the next year, the band recorded their debut EP, ""Fox in a hole"" in 2014. After several single releases during 2016 they released"