Randy Rambo and the Rough Riders was a side project of journalist and music critic, Theunis Engelbrecht. One song by Randy Rambo, “Jong Dames Dinamiek” was included on the Voëlvry compilation album. The Rough Riders were the first Afrikaans band to have an album banned for possession and distribution in South Africa by the Publications Control Board. The album that… Read more →
Month: August 2015
Is jy ‘n moegoe?
Koos was formed in 1986 by artist Neil Goedhals and actor Marcel van Heerden. People came and went from the band, but the core members (apart from Goedhals and van Heerden) were Gys de Villiers, Megan Kruskal, Kendall Geers and Velile Nxazonke. Although they were included on the Voëlvry compilation album and performed at Die Eerste Afrikaanse Rockfees, Koos performed… Read more →
Twisting by the Pool – Eerste Afrikaanse Alternatiewe Rockfees
In March 1988 an event which would later be recognized as the start of the alternative Afrikaans music movement, took place at the Pool Club in Johannesburg. The concert was organised by Dagga-Dirk Uys, who was the manager of Koos Kombuis and the Gereformeerde Blues Band at the time. Uys planned the concert in an attempt to showcase all the… Read more →