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2 Discography  



2.1  Studio albums  





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3 Awards and nominations  



3.1  Deadly Awards  







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Kuckles
OriginBroome, Western Australia, Australia
Years active1981–1982
Past membersJimmy Chi
Stephen Pigram
Mick Manolis
Garry Gower
Patrick Bin Amat

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

History[edit]

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 (CASM). Their music moved from acoustic calypso toward an electric reggae rock style,[2] but also incorporated country, church music and rock.[3]

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.[4]

They recorded an audition tape, Milliya Rumarra, which won them a trip to Germany to the Third Annual International Cologne Song Festival in 1982.[5][3] They returned to Broome later that year and disbanded.[2]

Kuckles contributed to Chi's musicals Bran Nue Dae and Corrugation Road.[3]

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.[3]

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Title Details
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[edit]

Title Details
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[edit]

Deadly Awards[edit]

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.[6]

Year Nominee / work Award Result (wins only)
1998 Corrugation Road (with Jimmy Chi and The Pigram Brothers) Excellence in Film or Theatrical Score Won

References[edit]

  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.
  • ^ a b Breen, Marcus (1989). Our Place Our Music. Aboriginal Studies Press. ISBN 0-85575-197-5.
  • ^ a b c d "Kuckles". AustLit. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  • ^ Hawker, Philippa (4 February 2014). "Bart Willoughby is an organ donor, note by note, on the Melbourne Town Hall organ". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  • ^ Cochrane, Peter (12 October 1996). "The Long Road". The Age.
  • ^ Pennycook, Alastair (7 December 2006). Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows. Routledge. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-134-18876-5.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kuckles&oldid=1223160436"

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