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'''Kuckles''' is a [[Australia]]n band. They formed in 1981 by students from [[Broome]], [[Australia]] studying at the [[Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music]] in [[Adelaide, South Australia|Adelaide]]. Their music moved from acoustic calypso toward an electric reggae/rock style.<ref name="breen">{{cite book|title=Our Place Our Music|last=Breen|first=Marcus|authorlink=|publisher=Aboriginal Studies Press|year=1989|isbn=0855751975}}</ref> They recorded an audition tape, ''Milliya Rumarra'', which won them a trip to Germany to the Third Annual International Cologne Song Festival in 1982.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Cochrane | first = Peter | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = The Long Road | journal = [[The Age]] | volume = | issue = | pages = | date = 12 Oct 1996 | year = 1996 | url = | doi = | id = }}</ref> They returned to Broome in 1982 and disbanded.<ref name="breen"/>
'''Kuckles''' is an [[Australia]]n band. They formed in 1981 by students from [[Broome]], [[Australia]] studying at the [[Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music]] in [[Adelaide, South Australia|Adelaide]]. Their music moved from acoustic calypso toward an electric reggae/rock style.<ref name="breen">{{cite book|title=Our Place Our Music|last=Breen|first=Marcus|authorlink=|publisher=Aboriginal Studies Press|year=1989|isbn=0855751975}}</ref> They recorded an audition tape, ''Milliya Rumarra'', which won them a trip to Germany to the Third Annual International Cologne Song Festival in 1982.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Cochrane | first = Peter | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = The Long Road | journal = [[The Age]] | volume = | issue = | pages = | date = 12 Oct 1996 | url = | doi = | id = }}</ref> They returned to Broome in 1982 and disbanded.<ref name="breen"/>


Kuckles songs later appeared in Chi's musicals [[Bran Nue Dae]] and [[Corrugation Road]] with Kuckles appearing as part of the music.
Kuckles songs later appeared in Chi's musicals [[Bran Nue Dae]] and [[Corrugation Road]] with Kuckles appearing as part of the music.

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Kuckles

Kuckles is an Australian band. They formed in 1981 by students from Broome, Australia studying at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music in Adelaide. Their music moved from acoustic calypso toward an electric reggae/rock style.[1] They recorded an audition tape, Milliya Rumarra, which won them a trip to Germany to the Third Annual International Cologne Song Festival in 1982.[2] They returned to Broome in 1982 and disbanded.[1]

Kuckles songs later appeared in Chi's musicals Bran Nue Dae and Corrugation Road with Kuckles appearing as part of the music.

Chi and Manolis later played were part of a new band called Bingurr which is moonlight in Bardi. Pigram played with Scrap Metal and The Pigram Brothers.

Discography

Kuckles

  • Milliya Rumarra: Brand New Day (1981) - Imparja
  • Songs from Bran Nue Dae (1990) - Bran Nue Dae Productions

Jimmy Chi and Kuckles

  • Bran Nue Dae: Original cast recording (1993) - Polygram

Jimmy Chi, Pigram Brothers and Kuckles

  • Corrugation Road (1996) - Angoorrabin Records

References

  1. ^ a b Breen, Marcus (1989). Our Place Our Music. Aboriginal Studies Press. ISBN 0855751975.
  2. ^ Cochrane, Peter (12 Oct 1996). "The Long Road". The Age.