Kuckles

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Kuckles
Origin Broome, Western Australia, Australia
Years active1981–1982
Past members Jimmy Chi
Stephen Pigram
Mick Manolis
Garry Gower
Patrick Bin Amat

Kuckles was an Aboriginal Australian band in the early 1980s.

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History

Kuckles (Broome kriol for cockles [1] ) formed in 1981, after a group of students from Broome, Western Australia moved to Adelaide, South Australia to study at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music. Their music moved from acoustic calypso toward an electric reggae rock style. [2]

They recorded an audition tape, Milliya Rumarra, which won them a trip to Germany to the Third Annual International Cologne Song Festival in 1982. [3] They returned to Broome later that year and disbanded. [2]

Kuckles contributed to Chi's musicals Bran Nue Dae and Corrugation Road .[ citation needed ]

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

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Milliya Rumarra: Brand New Day
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Imparja
  • Format: Cassette
Songs from Bran Nue Dae
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Bran Nue Dae Productions
  • Format: CD, Cassette

Soundtrack albums

TitleDetails
Bran Nue Dae - Original Cast Recording
(with Jimmy Chi)
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: BND Records Pty Ltd, PolyGram (BNDCD 002)
  • Format: CD, Cassette
Corrugation Road
(with Jimmy Chi and The Pigram Brothers)
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Angoorrabin (AR-8)
  • Format: CD

Awards and nominations

Deadly Awards

The Deadly Awards were an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. They ran from 1995 to 2013. [4]

YearNominee / workAwardResult (wins only)
1998 Corrugation Road (with Jimmy Chi and The Pigram Brothers)Excellence in Film or Theatrical ScoreWon

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References

  1. Chi, Jimmy; Patrick B. Amat; Garry Gower; Michael Manolis; Stephen Pigram (1991). Bran Nue Dae. Currency Press. p. 116. ISBN   0-86819-293-7.
  2. 1 2 Breen, Marcus (1989). Our Place Our Music. Aboriginal Studies Press. ISBN   0-85575-197-5.
  3. Cochrane, Peter (12 October 1996). "The Long Road". The Age .
  4. Pennycook, Alastair (7 December 2006). Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows. Routledge. p. 162. ISBN   978-1-134-18876-5.