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Swoop (Australian band)

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Active until
  
1999

Active from
  
1991

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Origin
  
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Years active
  
1991 (1991)–1999 (1999)

Labels
  
Freakzone, Mushroom / Festival

Associated acts
  
Professor Groove & the Booty Affair

Past members
  
Joshua BeagleyRoland KapfererFiona Ta'akimoeakaChris BrienArmando GomezAlex 'Gob' HewettsonBreadman St Ledger IIICalvin WelchTetsushi MoritaRebekah Jane

Albums
  
We Like 2 Party 2, We Gaan Ervoor, Killing Fieldz

Members
  
Joshua Beagley, Chris Brien, Roland Kapferer

Genres
  
Rock music, Funk, Disco, Alternative dance

Similar
  
Filip D'Haeze, De Deurzakkers, Baldhead Rick, Cougnut, Mac

Swoop were an Australian seven-piece rock, funk and disco band established in 1991 by Joshua Beagley on guitar and keyboards, and Roland Kapferer on lead vocals, initially as a funk and rap duo. The duo were joined by Fiona Ta'akimoeaka on lead vocals, and in 1992 by Chris Brien on drums, Armando Gomez on percussion, Alex 'Gob' Hewettson on bass guitar, and Breadman St Ledger III on keyboards. Later members include drummer Calvin Welch and keyboard player Tetsushi Morita. After Ta'akimoeaka left the band, Rebekah Jane joined the group as lead vocalist.

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Swoop signed issued three studio albums, Thriller (October 1993), Woxo Principle (November 1995), and Be What You Is (January 1999). Their most popular single, 1995's "Apple Eyes", reached No. 9 in Australia on the ARIA Singles Chart, and was certified gold by ARIA. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1994 Swoop were nominated for 'Best New Talent' for Thriller; at the 1996 awards they were nominated for 'Song of the Year' and 'Best Video' for "Apple Eyes", and for 'Best Pop Release' for Woxo Principle. Late in 1999 Swoop disbanded.

After Swoop, Beagley, Kapferer and Welch formed Professor Groove & the Booty Affair; with Sam Dixon on bass guitar and Robert Woolf on keyboards and vocals (later replaced by Richard Stanford on keyboards). They released their debut album, And so Funketh the Wise Man in 2001. Brien became a live and recording session musician, drum clinician and teacher; in November 2006 he relocated to Hong Kong.

Albums

  • Thriller – Freakzone Records (October 1993)
  • The Woxo Principle – Mushroom Records (November 1995) – AUS #51
  • Freak Fun – (compilation on Orange Records)
  • Be What You Is (January 1999)

    • Singles & EPs

  • "The Raw Funk Power EP" (Freakzone) (1994) – AUS #96
  • "Neighbourhood Freak" (Freakzone) (1994) – AUS #62
  • "Rock Dog" (Mushroom Records) (1995) – AUS #83
  • "Apple Eyes" (CD Maxi on Mushroom Records) (1995) – AUS #9
  • "(It Could Happen) Any Day Now" (CD Maxi on Mushroom Records) (1996) – AUS #74
  • "Remedy" (Mushroom Records) (1998)
  • "Blood Runs Hot" (Mushroom Records) (1998)

    • Songs

    De Sardienendans15 Jaar Swoop · 2017
    Apple EyesThe Woxo Principle · 1995
    Lailola15 Jaar Swoop · 2017

    References

    Swoop (Australian band) Wikipedia
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