Amunda
OriginAlice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
GenresReggae/Country/Rock
Years active1985–present
LabelsCAAMA Music
Larrikin
Stunt
Past membersrefer Member list

Amunda are a rock band[1] from Alice Springs formed in 1985.[2][3] The band's name is based on Mbantua, the Arrernte word for meeting place, which is associated with the spring at Heavitree Gap in the MacDonnell Ranges at Alice Springs.[4][5]

In 1992 they played at the Adelaide Fringe Festival,[6] in 1995 the Port Fairy Folk Festival[7] and in 1996 the band played at the Adelaide and Sydney legs of the Big Day Out.[8] They have supported bands including Cruel Sea, Weddings Parties Anything, Ed Kuepper and Things of Stone and Wood.[9]

Members

  • Paul Ah Chee – vocals/guitar
  • Rachel Perkins – vocals
  • Stanley Satour – vocals/bass guitar
  • Gerry Laughton – vocals/lead guitar
  • Nick Guggisberg – vocals/drums
  • Daniel Plain – drums/vocals
  • Bill Davis – keyboards
  • Kusha Homer – backing vocals
  • Rhonda Ross – backing vocals

Discography

Studio albums

  • Better Late Than Never (1989) – Amunda
  • Civilised World (1992) – CAAMA/Larrikin
  • Pedlar Ave (1995) EP – Stunt

Compilation albums (contributing artist)

  • Beat the Grog (1988) – CAAMA ("Wonder What". Also includes "Ain't No Use In That" by Paul Ah Chee and "Who's Goin' Wipe Their Tears" by Daniel Plain)
  • AIDS: How Could I Know (1989) – CAAMA ("How Could I Know")
  • Sing Loud, Play Strong (1990) – CAAMA ("1788")
  • From the Bush (1990) – CAAMA ("Alice Don't Grow So Fast")
  • From the Bush II (1992) – CAAMA ("Heart Beat")
  • Our Home, Our Land (1995) – CAAMA ("Climbing The Mountain")
  • 25th Anniversary Compilation (2006) – CAAMA ("Climbing The Mountain")

References

  1. ↑ "Outback Rockers". Herald Sun. 27 Jan 1996.
  2. ↑ Cultural Dissent, Green Left Weekly issue #85 27 January 1993 Archived 2009-01-26 at the Wayback Machine Amunda takes on the 'civilised' world
  3. ↑ Warren Bebbington, ed. (1997). The Oxford Companion to Australian Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-553432-0.
  4. ↑ "Amunda". Vibe. Archived from the original on 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  5. ↑ Peter Dunbar-Hall, Chris Gibson (2004). Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places :Contemporary Aboringinal Music in Australia. UNSW Press. ISBN 0-86840-622-8.
  6. ↑ Farrant, Darrin (16 Feb 1993). "From Alice Springs with high hopes". The Age.
  7. ↑ "Port Fairy Folk Festival : Acts 1995–1999". Port Fairy Folk Festival. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  8. ↑ "Past Big Day Out Lineups". Big Day Out. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  9. ↑ "Trio in centre of the action". Sunday Herald Sun. 10 Sep 1995.
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