This online resource was made possible through the tireless, passionate, and consistently accurate contributions of a large number of people. These included John Samson, Kurt Shoemaker, Tertius Louw, Shiloh Noone, Benjy Mudie, Marq Vas, Leon Economides, and many others. The editorial team acknowledges these immense contributions and thank each and every one of those mentioned for helping to build this archival monument to South African rock music of the past.
All of the content contained within the South African Rock Encyclopedia is copyright protected, so if any of this content reappears on any other medium, it should please be with the appropriate by-line and back links.
Brian Currin & Stephen “Sugar” Segerman
Contributors
The people listed below have all contributed in some way to the information archived on these webpages. A very big “thank you” to all of them.
Alan Hilton, Albert du Plessis, Allan Faull, André Fourie, André Wilms, André Wolfaardt, Andrew King, Andrew Rees, Barney Simon, Bas Möllenkramer, Benjy Mudie, Bernard Binns, Bill Flynn, Billy Forrest, Bobby Louw, Brian Davidson, Brian Finch, Chris Kimberley, Chris McLaren, Chris Venter, Christopher Bush, Craig Ballen, Craig Else, Daniel Neville, Dave Chislett, Dave Malherbe, David Marks, Debbi Lonmon, Derek Smith, Don Bryce, Duncan MacKay, Eva Rodriguez, Garth Chilvers, Gordon MacKay, Jannie “Hannepoot” van Tonder, Jo Day, John Mair, John Samson, Jonathan Handley, Jonathan Langley, Johnathan Martin, Jonathan Selby, Julian Laxton, Karen Laxton, Karen Zoid, Kenny Henson, Kevin Kruger, Kevin Shirley, Kirster Nyeland, Konny Rodriguez, Koos Kombuis, Kurt Shoemaker, Leon Economides, Leon Rossouw, Malcolm Lombard, Marion Finch, Marq Vas, Martin Myers, Martin Probert, Michael Currin, Mick Jade, Mike Greeff, Mike McCully, Moonshine Lee, Neil Daya, Nic Martens, Nick Beck, Nick Warburton, Nielen Mirror, Nigel Berry, Nigel Walsh, Owen Coetzer, Patric van Blerk, Peter Alston, Peter Hanmer, Peter Measroch, Phil Wright, Piet Botha, Piet Obermeyer, PJ Powers, Ramsay MacKay, Regan Rodriguez, René Mullenders, Richard Bruyns, Richard Laws, Robbie Pavid, Robbie Woodward, Robin Auld, Rogan Coles, Roger Browning, Roger Lucey, Rui de Sousa, Sixto Rodriguez, Stephan Forster, Stephen “Sugar” Segerman, Steve Louw, Sue Charlton, Tertius Louw, Theunis Engelbrecht, Tim Faull, Tim Parr, Tom Jasiukowicz, Tony de Buys, Tony Groenewald, Tonya Selley, Tully McCully, Valiant Swart, Werner Regenthal, Willem Moller.
References
- The History Of Contemporary Music Of South Africa by Garth Chilvers and Tom Jasiukowicz (1994, TOGA Publishing).
- Music In The Mix by Muff Andersson (1981, Ravan Press)
- Musiek Sterre van Gister and Vandag by Danie C Pretorius (1998, JP van der Walt)
- Afropop! An Illustrated Guide to Contemporary African Music co-authored by Sean Barlow and Banning Eyre (1995, Saraband)
- Top Forty Music Annual – The First Decade (1990, Top Forty Publishing)
- A Common Hunger To Sing A tribute to South Africa’s black women of song 1950-1990 by ZB Molefe (text), Mike Mzileni (photos), Lara Allen (intro) (1997, Kwela Books)
- South African Top 20 Singles 1969-1989, an unpublished book by John Samson (2001)
- Debonaire (Teen magazine 1964-1965)
- Out Of Hiding by Suzy Bell, April 1998, an article from the Electronic Mail And Guardian.
- SA Music Explosion by Gary Baines, 1998, Catalyst or Detonator? Local Music Quotas and the Current South African Music ‘Explosion’.
- Sleeve (liner) notes from numerous album covers and CD booklets.
- The South African Rock Music Digest, a weekly, free subscription e-mag about South African rock and pop music published from 1999 to 2004.
- Brian Currin‘s personal collection of magazines, books, CDs, LPs, tapes, videos, scrapbooks and computer files.
All the quotes from the book The History Of Contemporary Music Of South Africa by Garth Chilvers and Tom Jasiukowicz (1994, TOGA Publishing) that appear on this website are reprinted here with the kind permission of the authors.
The Editorial Team