Kuckles
Australian musical group
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::summary Australian musical group ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kuckles |
| background | group_or_band |
| origin | Broome, Western Australia, Australia |
| years_active | 1981–1982 |
| associated_acts | Jimmy Chi, Scrap Metal, The Pigram Brothers |
| past_members | Jimmy Chi |
| Stephen Pigram | |
| Mick Manolis | |
| Garry Gower | |
| Patrick Bin Amat | |
| :: |
|name = Kuckles |image = |caption = |image_size = |background = group_or_band |origin = Broome, Western Australia, Australia |genre = |years_active = 1981–1982 |label = |associated_acts = Jimmy Chi, Scrap Metal, The Pigram Brothers |website = |current_members = |past_members = Jimmy Chi Stephen Pigram Mick Manolis Garry Gower Patrick Bin Amat Kuckles was an Aboriginal Australian band in the early 1980s.
History
Kuckles (Broome kriol for cockles) 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 (CASM). Their music moved from acoustic calypso toward an electric reggae rock style, but also incorporated country, church music and rock.
Bart Willoughby, who was also at CASM and was a founder member of the band No Fixed Address around that time, played with the band on and off.
They recorded an audition tape, Milliya Rumarra, which won them a trip to Germany to the Third Annual International Cologne Song Festival in 1982. They returned to Broome later that year and disbanded.
Kuckles contributed to Chi's musicals Bran Nue Dae and Corrugation Road.
Chi and Manolis later were part of a new band called Bingurr, which means "moonlight" in Bardi. Pigram played with Scrap Metal and The Pigram Brothers.
Discography
Studio albums
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| Title | Details | Milliya Rumarra: Brand New Day | Songs from Bran Nue Dae |
|---|---|---|---|
| :: |
Soundtrack albums
::data[format=table] | Title | Details | Bran Nue Dae - Original Cast Recording (with Jimmy Chi) | Corrugation Road (with Jimmy Chi and The Pigram Brothers) | |---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | ::
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.
(wins only) |- | rowspan="2"| 1998 | Corrugation Road (with Jimmy Chi and The Pigram Brothers) | Excellence in Film or Theatrical Score | |-
References
References
- Chi, Jimmy. (1991). "Bran Nue Dae". [[Currency Press]].
- Breen, Marcus. (1989). "Our Place Our Music". Aboriginal Studies Press.
- (28 June 2023). "Kuckles".
- Hawker, Philippa. (4 February 2014). "Bart Willoughby is an organ donor, note by note, on the Melbourne Town Hall organ".
- Cochrane, Peter. (12 Oct 1996). "The Long Road". [[The Age]].
- Pennycook, Alastair. (7 December 2006). "Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows". Routledge.
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