The Chosen Few (1970s Australian band)
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The Chosen Few was an Australian punk band
formed by bass player
Ian Cunningham in 1978 from the remains of an earlier hard rock band known as Deathwish. The Chosen Few hailed from the Mornington Peninsula
in Victoria, Australia
, and played a combination of covers of US-influenced punk (MC5, Stooges) and hard driven original numbers, generally along the lines of the notorious Lobby Loyde
and the Coloured Balls. The Chosen Few recorded one six-track EP "The Jokes On Us", comprising all original numbers, in 1978. The band members were: Iain Weaver (vocals), Bruce Friday (guitar), Cal McAlpine (drums) and Ian Cunningham (bass). The band played regularly around the Melbourne and Adelaide punk scenes, but folded in May 1979. There was a short lived reunion in 1998 with a slightly different lineup. Two LPs were subsequently released: "Do the Manic" (Existential Vacuum Records, USA) and "Really Gonna Punch You Out"(Hate Records, Italy). There was also a compilation CD "A Root and a Beer" released by Au Go Go Records
in 1999.
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
formed by bass player
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
Ian Cunningham in 1978 from the remains of an earlier hard rock band known as Deathwish. The Chosen Few hailed from the Mornington Peninsula
Mornington Peninsula
The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geographically, the peninsula begins its protrusion...
in Victoria, Australia
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, and played a combination of covers of US-influenced punk (MC5, Stooges) and hard driven original numbers, generally along the lines of the notorious Lobby Loyde
Lobby Loyde
Lobby Loyde , also known as John Barrie Lyde or Barry Lyde, was an Australian rock music guitarist, songwriter and producer....
and the Coloured Balls. The Chosen Few recorded one six-track EP "The Jokes On Us", comprising all original numbers, in 1978. The band members were: Iain Weaver (vocals), Bruce Friday (guitar), Cal McAlpine (drums) and Ian Cunningham (bass). The band played regularly around the Melbourne and Adelaide punk scenes, but folded in May 1979. There was a short lived reunion in 1998 with a slightly different lineup. Two LPs were subsequently released: "Do the Manic" (Existential Vacuum Records, USA) and "Really Gonna Punch You Out"(Hate Records, Italy). There was also a compilation CD "A Root and a Beer" released by Au Go Go Records
Au Go Go Records
Au Go Go Records is the name of a Melbourne, Australia based independent record label.It was founded by Bruce Milne and Philip Morland from a house in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy in 1979 and is now operated by Greta Moon....
in 1999.