Raspberry Cordial

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Raspberry Cordial
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres Hip-hop
Years active1991 (1991)–1993 (1993)
LabelsIndependent
Past members

Raspberry Cordial were an Australian hip-hop group formed in 1991 by Chris Lumsden on keyboards and John Safran on lead vocals. [1] George Weinberg played drums on the first rehearsal, but was quickly replaced with a drum machine. When the duo formed Safran was in Year 12 at Yeshivah College, an orthodox Jewish high school; while Lumsden was his friend. [2]

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They achieved some success, playing live shows in Melbourne, Geelong and Shepparton. [1] [2] They received heavy rotation airplay on local community radio, and were second in the RMIT Battle of the Bands competition. [1] Their concert backstage rider asked for two drinks – anything more came out of the band's $60 performance fee.

Raspberry Cordial's first release was 1991's Melbourne Tram, on cassette of which Safran apparently has four hundred unsold copies. [1] In 2002 on his TV series, Music Jamboree , Safran offered to send two copies of Melbourne Tram and an essay about the work to anyone who sent in their old copy, presumably worn out from overplay.

After winning a state government youth music initiative, Raspberry Cordial released Taste Test on CD in 1993. One of its tracks, "University Elevator Music", is available for download in MP3 format from Triple J (see here). Raspberry Cordial broke up after their second release, following negative comments made by Safran's then-girlfriend. [1]

In June 2003 on ABC1 TV show, Enough Rope , Safran told the host, Andrew Denton, that "I just wanted to be a rapper, and I tried pretty damn hard... the world wasn't ready for white rappers then" and that they "broke down the wall that Eminem's been able to walk through". [3]

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  2. 1 2 "John Safran – Guests and Specials". rage . ABC Television. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  3. Denton, Andrew (30 June 2003). "Episode 16: John Safran". Enough Rope. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). ABC1 . Retrieved 31 May 2017.