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Wild Youth

1978 - 1980

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Band Members

 

Andrew Peinke - Bass --
Michael Flek - Guitar, Vocals --
Rubin Rose - Drums --

ABOUT

Wild Youth started in March 1978 but the story began a year before. We grew up in the suburbs along the North Coast about ten miles away from Durban. Wild Youth was born out of boredom, my friend Mark Dyson and I bored out of our skulls sitting in his lounge listening to Rolling Stones records. Sometimes our friend Peter Kunst would join us but he had a girlfriend so he had less free time. Boredom is good for rock and roll. Mark and I decided to start a punk band with Peter. Peter would play bass and sing. I would play guitar and sing and Mark would play the drums. We decided to call it The Fourth Reich, a stupid name as we weren’t fascist or racist just young dumb and wanted to cause a reaction. My dad had grown up in Czechoslovakia under Nazi oppression and he has told me some horrific personal recollections from those days but that is a story in itself..

Discography

1979 - Radio Youth / Wot 'Bout Me (7" Vynil)
1979 - Six Of The Best (12" Vynil, Compilation)
1983 - K7 Afrika Corps (Cassette, Compilation)
1985 - System Of Hate (Cassette, Compilation)
1986 - This Is South Africa (Compilation)
1986 - World United (Cassette, Compilation)
2007 - Rockstar (7" Vynil, EP, Promo)
2012 - A Leopard Never Changes Her Spots (CD, Compilation)
2013 - All Messed Up (7" Vynil)
2014 - Wot 'Bout Me (7" Vynil)

GIGLIST

Fri 22 Jun 1979 - Majestic Cinema - Wild Youth
Sun 15 Jul 1979 - Jewish Club Durban - Wild Youth, Leopard
Thu 20 Dec 1979 - Mowbray Town Hall - Wild Youth, National Wake, Safari Suits, Housewife's Choice
Sat 09 Feb 1980 - MOTH Club - Wild Youth, The Gents