BANDS ABOVE HAVE REGISTERED FOR THE GODFATHERS OF SA METAL DOCUMENTARY
Crowmaster
DarkRadio
PunkDistro - World Punk
PunkDistro - ZA Punk
*if bold then band already interviewed
HISTORY OF SA Metal
2 Dogs Funking, Abhorrence, AGRO, Aragorn, Architecture of Aggression, Axe, Azrealla's Sorrow, Black Rose, Blackcrowned, Brothering, Brutal Awakening, Cerebral Frenzy, Crowmaster, Crystal Dawn, Damnatia, Darcmoon, Debauchery, Decimated, Demacretia, Dementia, Deranged, Desecrator, Deviate, Emperium Abrubtus, Falcon, Funera, Funeral, Funeral God, Golgotha, Gorelock, Grämlich, Groinchurn, Gutted Remains, Hellsteeth, Immortal Slave, Infectious Outbreak, Ing, Insurrection, Iron Mask, Jaded Jane, Kobus!, Leviathan, Lynx, Malicious Deformity, Malignant Saviour, Mesadoth, Metalmorphosis (CPT), Metalmorphosis (JHB), Mind Assault, Misericord, Mjöllnir, Montreaux, Morthor, Necromancy, Necrosis, Nicatas Drumer, Nocturnal Dominion, Odyssey, Omen, Osiris, P.I.T.T., Pentagon, Phoenix, Pothole, Ragnärok, Rapture, Raven Wolf, Razor, Retribution Denied, Sacraphyx, Sacrifist, Scarion, Scythe, Sepsis, Slayride, Storm, Strident, Stryder, Stygian, Terminatryx, Titus, TRYST, Tyrant, Umtakati, Unchained, Urban Assault, Voice of Destruction, Volkmag, White Chapel, Xyster, Yuppie Terrorist Pigeon FeedersHISTORY OF SA Punk
Band of Oi, Braindead, Brainslaughter, Chaos S.A., Fourth Reich, Gay Marines, Hog Hoggidy Hog, jeesus khrist, Leopard, Lester’s Feeling Bilious, Mental Junto, National Wake, PowerAge, Riot Squad SA, Screaming Foetus, Skelm Helm, Surf or Die, The Reds, Toxic Death Kommando Militia, Toxic Sox, Voice of Destruction, Warspike, Wild YouthHISTORY OF SA Rock
Crowmaster, Fallout, Freedom's Children, SUCKHISTORY OF SA Gothic
Crowmaster, Darcmoon, No Friends Of Harry, Revellus, Terminatryx, The GatheringVenues
Belgium
Pouke .BE.Western Cape
Alley Cats, Arties Cellar Pub, Club Nouveau, D’Elyzium, HELL, Klein Libertas Theatre, Mowbray Town Hall, Observatory Community Hall, Raffles, RAMFEST, Subjects, The Assembly, The Attic, The Brunswick Tavern, The Crowbar, The Playground, The Purple Turtle, The River Club, The Stage, The VenueKwazulu-Natal
Berea Inn, Community Art Workshop, DLI Hall, Jewish Club Durban, Majestic Cinema, metalbeat, MOTH Club, MOTH Hall, PLAY, Smugglers Inn, The Hermit, The Shack, Vic BarEastern Cape
Jacqueline’s Pub & GrubFrance
Le Gibus .FR., Rockline .FR.Germany
Die Röhre .DE., East Club .DE., Exil .DE., Greifswald .DE., Jugendhaus .DE., Knaack Klub . DE., Schweizer Wittenberg .DE.Ireland
Charlie’s .IE.Gauteng
Alba Hotel, Cherrys Too, Club 147, Club 5, Club Alcatraz, Club Alice-D, Club Angeldust, Club Image, Club Martinique, Cross Roads, Dylans, Electric Workshop, Escape Club, Hunters, Icon, Inferno, Jaqueline’s, Lolapalooza, Metal Castle, Mondeor Civic Hall, Mzuri Underground, Omega, Pump Pub, Rose & Crown, Roxy Rhythm Bar, Stone Rose, Strange Days, T.J’s, Tattoos, Tchaikovsky’s, The Cavern, The Coffin, The Doors, The Fridge, The Golden Banana, The Irish Club, The Jolly Frog, The Jungle, The Lift, The Marquee, The Music Conservatoire, The Summit Club, The Torture Chamber, The Winton Joy Hotel, Thunderdome, Wings Beat Bar, Woodstock, Yeoville Recreational Centre, Zeplin’sNetherlands
Baroeg .NL., Berghmans .NL.South Africa
Alba Hotel, Alley Cats, Arties Cellar Pub, Berea Inn, Cherrys Too, Club 147, Club 5, Club Alcatraz, Club Alice-D, Club Angeldust, Club Image, Club Martinique, Club Nouveau, Community Art Workshop, Cross Roads, D’Elyzium, DLI Hall, Dylans, Electric Workshop, Escape Club, HELL, Hunters, Icon, Inferno, Jacqueline’s Pub & Grub, Jaqueline’s, Jewish Club Durban, Klein Libertas Theatre, Lolapalooza, Majestic Cinema, Metal Castle, metalbeat, Mondeor Civic Hall, MOTH Club, MOTH Hall, Mowbray Town Hall, Mzuri Underground, Observatory Community Hall, Omega, OppiKoppi, PLAY, Pump Pub, Raffles, RAMFEST, Rose & Crown, Roxy Rhythm Bar, Smugglers Inn, Stone Rose, Strange Days, Subjects, T.J’s, Tattoos, Tchaikovsky’s, The Assembly, The Attic, The Brunswick Tavern, The Cavern, The Coffin, The Crowbar, The Doors, The Fridge, The Golden Banana, The Hermit, The Irish Club, The Jolly Frog, The Jungle, The Lift, The Marquee, The Music Conservatoire, The Playground, The Purple Turtle, The River Club, The Shack, The Stage, The Summit Club, The Torture Chamber, The Venue, The Winton Joy Hotel, Thunderdome, Vic Bar, Wings Beat Bar, Woodstock, Yeoville Recreational Centre, Zeplin’sSpain
Garatge Club .ES.Switzerland
Café Bad Bonn .CH.United Kingdom
Bradford Rio .UK., Ruskin Arms .UK., The Borderline .UK., The Garage .UK., the Playpen @ mcMillans .UK., The Robey .UK., The White Swan .UK.
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Initially Covering
The First Wave
Looking at bands that existed from late 70’s to about 1986
The Second Wave
Bands that existed from 1986 to 1992 – early cross over and thrash/death bands
The Third Wave
Looking at bands that existed from late 1993 to 1999, e.g. Beginning of the Death Metal and Grind Scenes
after that we will continue into 2000 – 2006, 2007 – 2013, etc etc etc
- must have existed in the 1980s or 1990s (no bands in 2000s for first episodes)
- must have either performed live or released a demo/video/cd/album
- must not be a cover band
You Agree to
- be willing to do google meet/skype/zoom online interview or do WhatsApp call and discuss relevant questions
- or willing to do a self video interview on phone answering questions posed
- to submit contact info/photos/logo/flyer pics/video/mp3s etc if you want them displayed or heard
- submit contacts if u have of other or previous band members
- agree to have band logo included on possible T-shirt (only one shirt will be sent to the person who was interviewed)
124
registered bands
107 Venues 242 Gigs
What defines the SA Metal Scene?
A scene is essentially a community of musicians, artists, venues, and events within a specific geographic area that fosters a vibrant musical culture. It involves collaboration, support, and shared experiences among musicians, and includes venues, promoters, and other industry professionals, such as recording studio professionals, zine and magazine editors, record and music shops.
A scene does not operate in a vacuum, it is infintely affected by the people supporting the scene, and by surrounding and similar scenes, sometimes overlapping as in the case of punk/rock/metal and gothic scenes all share the same venues and in most cases supporters across the genres and even across musicians.
An example of this – a band cannot flourish in a scene without, supporters to play to or buy their recordings, or having no venues to play at – in effect then they remain a garage band. Live venues again could not survive if there are no live bands to paly at the venue, a metal record label cannot survive if there are no bands to record.
Bands are generally formed from people normal punters who see other bands play live or listening to recordings and then making the leap to start their own band – as said before drawing from both supporters and musicians in the scene.
In a nutshell in order to pay homage to a documentary of any scene, you need to focus on all the elements within that scene – not just the bands – e.g. prominent radio personalities, club or venue owners, promoters and key infleuncers of the time in that scene, across the spectrum of relevant genres – if not you end up with just BAND INTERVIEWS – not a history of SA Metal or Rock or Punk or reggae for that matter…