‘ZX Dan’ from Radio Rats’ album ‘Into The Night We Slide’ is a new wave space-rock classic, referencing Bowie and inspired by ‘Close Encounters’. It peaked at No. 2 in 1979, showcasing South African pop rock.
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Radio Rats: Tea With Pandora
https://open.spotify.com/album/2pROoT4B304wAkwuyjJVcw?si=BLKvMadVQvGYVfKf_JxwAA Radio Rats: Tea With Pandora Pandora’s House | JH 2017
Herbie Parkin (10 July 1958 – 28 August 2020)
Radio Rats 1978 (L-R): Jonathan Handley, Dave Davies, Julian Platt, Herbie Parkin | Springs – History of a Gold Town Herbie Parkin’s Radio Rats Site Radio Rats Radium Wreckords
Radio Rats: Killville
https://open.spotify.com/album/0aXPDcrFgd7wnU8CGOUWXZ?si=4KjqsMxIRaG83y0RwEM25Q Review Killville was released in 2019 and features 13 classic new Rats’ tracks. This is a really strong album with good songs and it is so cool to hear a group on top of their game and enjoying themselves. Drummer Riaan Esterhuisen has turned out to be a really inventive musician and he changesContinueContinue reading “Radio Rats: Killville”
Radio Rats: Live At The Radium 2019
Radio Rats: Live At The Radium 2019 Review Live at the Radium 2019 has just been released and it the first live Radio Rats album. The album was wrecorded at a live gig at the Radium Beer Hall in Springs with a Zoom Model HN2 Handy Recorder which was placed near Riaan Esterhuizen’s drums ”ThisContinueContinue reading “Radio Rats: Live At The Radium 2019”
Jive Talking & Eyeballing Mix Series
A collection of one-hour All-South African mixes by Brian Currin enhances the “Jive Talking and Eyeballing” Facebook Group, showcasing interviews with South African and international artists.
Radio Rats: Moordenaars Karoo (Concepts and Ideas)
Free & Easy [1975 to 1990] A South African Pop & Rock Mix, featuring Rabbitt, éVoid, Johnny Clegg, Clout
A curated 3-hour mix features South African pop rock tracks from the late 1970s and 1980s, including original songs and covers, highlighting artists like Rabbitt, Johnny Clegg, and Lucky Dube.
Radio Rats: Road Songs (Concepts and Ideas)
Jiving and Dying – The Radio Rats Story
A DVD documentary on the Radio Rats, produced and directed by Michael Cross. Includes a companion CD compilation. RADIO RATS FROM 1977 TO THE PRESENT THE MOVIE – Almost forty years ago, in late-1970s South Africa, there was a song on the radio about a spaceman called ZX Dan. It was by a noisy littleContinueContinue reading “Jiving and Dying – The Radio Rats Story”