Years active 1981–1982 | Origin Broome, Australia | |
Associated acts Jimmy Chi, Scrap Metal, The Pigram Brothers Past members Jimmy Chi
Stephen Pigram
Mick Manolis
Garry Gower
Patrick Bin Amat Members Jimmy Chi, Stephen Pigram, Patrick Bin Amat, Garry Gower, Mick Manolis Similar Scrap Metal, The Pigram Brothers, Rachel Perkins, Ernie Dingo, Mixed Relations | ||
Kuckles (Broome kriol for cockles) is an Australian band. They formed in 1981 by students from Broome, Western Australia studying at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music in Adelaide. Their music moved from acoustic calypso toward an electric reggae/rock style. They recorded an audition tape, Milliya Rumarra, which won them a trip to Germany to the Third Annual International Cologne Song Festival in 1982. They returned to Broome in 1982 and disbanded.
Kuckles songs later appeared in Chi's musicals Bran Nue Dae and Corrugation Road with Kuckles appearing as part of the music.
Chi and Manolis later played were part of a new band called Bingurr which is moonlight in Bardi. Pigram played with Scrap Metal and The Pigram Brothers.
Discography
Kuckles
Jimmy Chi and Kuckles
Jimmy Chi, Pigram Brothers and Kuckles