62-529: Mighty Kong were an Australian 'supergroup' successor to Daddy Cool , which broke up in August 1972. It was also the fifth (and technically the last) in the line of groups that featured singer-songwriter Ross Wilson and guitarist Ross Hannaford , which began with Pink Finks in 1965. Despite its all-star line-up, drawing from three of the top groups of the time, the band was short-lived and never really achieved its considerable potential, effectively relegated to being
124-446: A "Making Of ..." feature on Weis' film, a 13-minute feature "Hanna on Lead", and nearly 50 minutes of film clips and TV appearances. A new Daddy Cool album, The New Cool was released in 2006 on Liberation Records . This was their first album of new material since 1972; it also included the songs recorded in 1994 as part of the ill-fated DC / Skyhooks dual tour. There have been subsequent reformation performances, including headlining
186-541: A 27 February 2005 benefit concert for victims of the 2004 tsunami at the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne . A new Daddy Cool recording, "The Christmas Bug", was released for charity. In 2006 Aztec Music released The Complete Daddy Cool , a double DVD collection, featuring the complete video of the 2005 Tsunami Benefit performance and a 90-minute documentary on the band. The set also features Bob Weis ' 1972 documentary,
248-475: A CD format in 2008. Daddy Cool (band) Daddy Cool is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne , Victoria , in 1970 with the original line-up of Wayne Duncan ( bass , vocals ), Ross Hannaford ( lead guitar , bass, vocals), Ross Wilson ( lead vocals , rhythm guitar, harmonica ) and Gary Young (drums, vocals) . Their debut single " Eagle Rock " was released in May 1971 and stayed at number 1 on
310-411: A band to promote them, the records made no impression on the charts. In early 1973 Wilson and Hannaford bowed to financial pressures, the split of Daddy Cool had left them with large debts so they reformed Daddy Cool for what was meant to be a one-off performance at the 1974 Sunbury Festival. It was rapturously received, and prompted a full reformation, with more touring and recording; this incarnation of
372-603: A danceable sound which was accessible and fun. Their second album, Sex, Dope, Rock'n'Roll: Teenage Heaven from January 1972, also reached the Top Ten. Breaking up in August 1972, Daddy Cool briefly reformed during 1974–1975 before disbanding again. They reformed with the band's original line-up in 2005. Their iconic status was confirmed when they were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame on 16 August 2006. At
434-495: A fledgling Skyhooks and UK band Queen – the latter two were both booed off stage. In June / July, Wilson took time off from Daddy Cool to produce the recording of Skyhooks' debut album Living in the Seventies for Mushroom Records . Besides compilations, Daddy Cool provided three new singles: "All I Wanna Do is Rock (part 1)", "The Boogie Man" and "You Never Can Tell" released in 1974 on Wizard Records. After they performed at
496-461: A footnote in the story of Daddy Cool. The formative stages of the new group occurred in late 1972 – early 1973, and involved several notable players of the day. After Company Caine broke up in October 1972, singer/lyricist Gulliver Smith linked with Wilson and Hannaford. They worked for several months on getting a new band together, but Smith moved on to launch his solo career at the end of 1972. At
558-498: A founding member of Mondo Rock (1977–1991) and as a solo artist. Wilson was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame as an individual in 1989. Since 2006 he has been a regular judge on Seven Network's celebrity singing TV series It Takes Two . His solo 1989 song "Bed of Nails" was used as the theme for ABC-TV six-part series Bed of Roses starring Kerry Armstrong and broadcast from 10 May 2008. Hannaford played in other bands and
620-586: A gold album in Australia in the early 1970s had been 10,000 copies and was altered to 15,000 and then 20,000. The band toured Australia with Spectrum (led by former bandmate Mike Rudd ) on the Aquarius Tour. Their second single " Come Back Again ", also written by Wilson, was released in September 1971 and reached #3. Also in September, Jeremy Kellock (aka Jeremy/Jerry Noone) ( saxophone , keyboards (ex-Sons of
682-553: A group with an experimental Progressive rock sound. Other members included: Rudd (bass), Trevor Griffin (piano), Jeremy Kellock (Jeremy Noone) (tenor sax), Tim Partridge (bass), Ian Wallace (alto sax), Simon Wettenhall (trumpet) and Bruce Woodcock (tenor sax). Four of Sons of the Vegetal Mother's members (Duncan, Hannaford, Wilson and Young) formed Daddy Cool in 1970. All shared a love of 1950s music and initially played covers of songs from their record collections. One of these
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#1732895587886744-583: A proposed 1994 stadium tour. Together, they released a four track CD-single with two new tracks "$ 64,000 Question" and " The Ballad of Oz " by Daddy Cool, combined with " Happy Hippy Hut " and " You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed " by Skyhooks. The reformation collapsed when the single stalled at number 35 on the ARIA Charts and the tour was downgraded to the pub circuit. The band reformed in February 2005 to play at
806-595: A special that launched colour TV broadcasting on the ABC. The Aunty Jack team also undertook a successful concert tour during 1974 and, boosted by the popularity of the show, the Aunty Jack theme song (Australia's first picture disc single) went to #1 on the Australian pop chart for 3 weeks, followed by a successful LP based on the show, Aunty Jack Sings Wollongong . NSW Premier Sir Robert Askin 's retirement from politics in 1975
868-568: A stint in Goanna . In the 1990s he was at the Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda, where he had a long-running residency with his band Diana'a Kiss. Tim Partidge moved on to other bands, and became a sought-after session player. After Mighty Kong, he played with Cool Bananas and Aunty Jack & The Gong, the touring bands put together to back Aunty Jack Show members Grahame Bond and Rory O'Donoghue . From there he worked with many well known groups including
930-417: A surreal black comedy called Homesdale with an ensemble cast that included rising actress Kate Fitzpatrick . In the film Bond played Mister Kevin, the first incarnation of the popular Aunty Jack Show character Kev Kavanagh . Soon after Homesdale Bond and Weir were asked to create a children's radio series for the ABC, to replace the long-running Argonauts Club . It was for this series that Bond created
992-466: A version of Richard Berry's " Louie Louie " in 1965 which led to a recording contract and three more singles. In 1967 they formed The Party Machine, which had a more radical sound (influenced by Frank Zappa and Howlin' Wolf ), the band now including Mike Rudd (later in Spectrum ) on bass guitar. They released a single "You've All Gotta Go" in 1969; their printed songbooks were confiscated and burned by
1054-520: Is a member of Jeffrey St John & The Embers. Ross Wilson endured a hiatus in his recording career due to a dispute with the Wizard label that resulted from Daddy Cool's abortive attempt to record a new album in 1974. Late that year 1974 he launched his highly successful career as a producer. overseeing three LPs for Skyhooks , including their debut Living in the 70s , which broke the previous sales record for an Australian album, set by Daddy Cool. In 1976 he
1116-456: Is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music . They commenced in 1987. Daddy Cool were inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006. The Go-Set Pop Poll was coordinated by teen-oriented pop music newspaper, Go-Set and was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll during 1966 to 1972 of its readers to determine
1178-584: The Music Victoria Awards Hall of Fame . The band performed a greatest hits setlist, including " Cherry Pie ", 'Come Back Again', 'Eagle Rock' and 'Hi Honey Ho' amongst others at the sold-out awards night show. Wilson stated that this was the first time in over 30 years they had played those early hits. Ross Wilson said of the award: "Daddy Cool first met, played, recorded and worked together in Melbourne and since those early days we’ve been inducted into
1240-574: The Music Victoria Awards of 2014 , Daddy Cool was also inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame. Ross Hannaford (guitar, bass, vocals) and Ross Wilson (guitar, vocals, harmonica) formed pop / R&B Melbourne-based group The Pink Finks in 1964 while they were still attending high school in the south eastern Melbourne suburb of Beaumaris, Victoria ; they later attended the senior campus of Sandringham College . They recorded
1302-401: The 1950s. One of these was The Rondells, who were also the backing band for Bobby & Laurie a popular singing duo (with number 1 hit single "Hitch Hiker" in 1966). Young and Wilson met in 1969 whilst working in a book warehouse. Each had previous bandmates who were interested in forming a new group. Wilson, Hannaford, Young and Duncan formed Sons of the Vegetal Mother later that year,
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#17328955878861364-535: The 1960s as a founding student member of the Sydney University Architecture Revue, which included his university friends, then architect Geoffrey Atherden (writer Mother and Son ); director Peter Weir ; composer Peter Best ; and Rory O'Donoghue . Bond graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1967 and began tutoring in design at Sydney University in the late 1960s, although his performing career soon took over and he spent much of
1426-462: The 2007 Moomba Festival and supporting the 2007 Australian tour by Mike Love 's Beach Boys and Christopher Cross . Daddy Cool also played a one-off performance in Geelong on 31 October 2007, sharing the stage with former touring partners, Spectrum for the first time in over thirty years. On 19 November 2014, the original band reformed for what became the final time with Daddy Cool inducted into
1488-451: The 50s repertoire, and the 'zany' stage outfits), which tended to obscure the more serious side of their work. The material that they put together was a heavier, contemporary rock style, bringing in some of the progressive elements which had featured in their earlier band Sons of the Vegetal Mother, and which had resurfaced on Daddy Cool's second album, Sex Dope, Rock'n'Roll: Teenage Heaven . Mighty Kong's only album, All I Wanna Do Is Rock ,
1550-454: The ABC, particularly after the departure of Maurice Murphy, who had consistently championed and protected Bond and his colleagues from management interference. These problems culminated in a controversial incident in 1977 which led Bond and O'Donoghue to sever their association with ABC-TV. On the night of the first episode of Bond and O'Donoghue's new sketch series The Off Show , the ABC's newly appointed head of comedy Alan Bateman ordered
1612-567: The Aunty Jack spinoffs Wollongong the Brave (1974), Flash Nick from Jindavick (1974) and the ill-fated The Off Show (1977). On radio, Bond, O'Donoghue and McDonald continued their partnership with the weekly comedy program Nude Radio , which aired on the ABC's newly established rock radio station 2JJ (Double Jay) in Sydney during 1975. Bond's theatrical credits include the popular Shakespearean parody Boys Own McBeth , which toured Australia and
1674-510: The Australian singles chart for ten weeks. Their debut, July 1971's LP Daddy Who? Daddy Cool , also reached number 1 and became the first Australian album to sell more than 100,000 copies. The group's name came from the 1957 song " Daddy Cool " by US rock group The Rays . Daddy Cool included their version of this song on Daddy Who? Daddy Cool . Daddy Cool's music was originally largely 1950s Doo-wop -style cover versions and originals mostly written by Wilson. On stage they provided
1736-825: The Barry Leef Band (1976), two spells with Kevin Borich Express (1976–77, 1979–80), the Foreday Riders, Heavy Division (where he reunited him with Smith and Hannaford) and The Renee Geyer Band (1978). Partridge now teaches at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music in Hobart. Tim Partridge died in late 2020. Russell Smith went on to Metropolis, followed by the re-formation of Company Caine in 1975, then Billy T, Heavy Division and Goanna (1983). These days he resides in Perth and
1798-711: The Sky ". The single " Eagle Rock " was released before the end of May and quickly went to number 1 on the Australian charts where it stayed for a record ten weeks. The track written by Wilson, produced by Porter, was, ironically, replaced at No. 1 by a novelty version of a song from Daddy Cool's own setlist—the single " Daddy Cool ", performed in Chipmunks style by the studio band Drummond. Drummond (aka Mississippi ), which included Graeham Goble (later in Little River Band ), had performed it in tribute to Daddy Cool. "Eagle Rock"
1860-652: The Three Little Pigs". Hannaford and Wilson, who were constrained by the Daddy Cool image, formed Mighty Kong in May 1973 to play more serious music, and released one album All I Wanna Do is Rock before disbanding in December. Both Mighty Kong and Gary Young's Hot Dog had disbanded, and by early 1974 a reformed Daddy Cool (Duncan, Hannaford, Wilson and Young) played at the Sunbury Pop Festival which included
1922-617: The United States in the late 1970s. In the 1980s he wrote and directed the comedy musical Captain Bloody for the Elizabethan Theatre Trust . Although the series made him a star and Aunty Jack is now widely acknowledged as one of the milestones in Australian comedy, the Aunty Jack character became something of a burden for Bond; his TV career after Aunty Jack was also increasingly hampered by conflicts with conservative elements in
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1984-454: The Vegetal Mother, Company Caine ) joined the touring lineup of the band (he had played sax on Daddy Who? Daddy Cool ). The album, produced by Porter, who also provided piano and steel guitar, was released in the US. The band toured there in August 1971 but had little chart or radio success, although their performances were well received. In November, Daddy Cool aka D.C.E.P. , a five-track EP
2046-469: The Vegetal Mother, which subsequently dissolved. One-time child guitar prodigy Robie Porter (formerly known as Rob EG), had recently returned to Australia and established himself as record producer, purchasing a share of Melbourne independent label Sparmac Records . He saw the band's performance at a 7 May 1971 gig in Melbourne and immediately signed them to his label. Sparmac also released Healing Force's "Golden Miles" and Rick Springfield's " Speak to
2108-500: The Victorian Vice Squad for being obscene and seditious. Wilson disbanded The Party Machine in 1969 after receiving an invitation to travel to London to join expatriate Australian band Procession . After they released Procession on Festival Records Wilson returned to Australia. Wayne Duncan (bass, vocals) and Gary Young (drums, vocals) had been the rhythm section of many bands, particularly instrumental groups, since
2170-665: The band and Wilson in particular was tiring of the difficulty of presenting the more progressive material he wanted to perform within the confines of the group's entrenched "good time" image. They announced their break-up soon after their return from the US and performed their last gig at the Much More Ballroom on 13 August 1972. The entire concert was recorded and released as the double-album Daddy Cool Live! The Last Drive-In Movie Show , issued on Porter's new label, Wizard Records in September 1973 and reached #34. When asked why Daddy Cool first broke up, Wilson responded with: It
2232-632: The band lasted until September 1975. Ray Arnott moved on to a short stint in The Dingoes , replacing original drummer John Lee for several months; then followed his own bands One Nite Stand and the Ray Arnott Band, as well as a stint in Cold Chisel in the 1980s, during the period when Steve Prestwich had left the group. Ross Hannaford played with a success of fine bands through the 1970s and 1980s, including Billy T, Heavy Division (with Russell Smith) and
2294-659: The business in 1996 in order to travel. His journeys included trekking in Nepal , canoeing in Kakadu , cycling from Hanoi to Saigon , and archaeological excavations in Jordan , Cyprus and Syria . In the early 2000s Bond filmed a documentary in Papua New Guinea titled The Big Chief . In the 1990s Bond hosted the Channel Seven game show Whose House is it Anyway , and was a presenter on
2356-468: The gravel-voiced cross-dressing character Aunty Jack, who was based on an uncle whom he had disliked as a child. In 1972 Bond, O'Donoghue, Weir and Atherden were commissioned by the new head of ABC TV comedy, Maurice Murphy , to create a new short sketch comedy series, The Aunty Jack Show , based around the Aunty Jack character; it premiered in early 1972 with Bond, O'Donoghue, Sandra McGregor , John Derum (Series 1) and Garry McDonald (Series 2) as
2418-451: The group were filmed by director / producer Bob Weis for a 37-minute documentary, Daddy Cool released in 1973. The documentary includes interviews with, and performances by, the Duncan, Hannaford, Noone, Wilson and Young line-up. It also includes a song from Pat Wilson , at that time Ross Wilson's wife. By February 1972, Noone had left, feeling that he was not fully involved in the spirit of
2480-552: The group. He was replaced in March by Ian "Willy" Winter (ex- Carson ) on rhythm guitar who was recruited to enable Ross Wilson to concentrate on singing. The band undertook a third US tour from March–June 1972 and recorded several tracks including "Teenage Blues", "At The Rockhouse" and "Rock'n'Roll Lady" at Warner Bros. studios in L.A. "I'll Never Smile Again" was released in July and reached No. 16, but by this time tensions were growing within
2542-400: The industry hall of fame in Australia. As "hometown heroes", The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame means that little bit more because it's a cultural award, not a commercial one". Guitarist Ross Hannaford died on 8 March 2016 aged 65 from cancer; he had been diagnosed with the condition a year earlier. Bassist Wayne Duncan died on 4 December 2016, following a stroke. The ARIA Music Awards
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2604-483: The last Sunbury Pop Festival in 1975, Gunther Gorman joined on guitar. When Duncan was injured in a car accident, Hannaford switched to bass and guitarist Wayne Burt (later of Jo Jo Zep ) was brought in. By September 1975 the band played their final show in Prahran's Reefer Cabaret. Wilson continued as a record producer on two more albums for Skyhooks, three albums for Jo Jo Zep and for other artists; he also performed as
2666-421: The licensing of their music rights over the series. The missing episodes were found in the early 2000s, Bond and O'Donoghue reconciled with the ABC, and the complete, restored series of The Aunty Jack Show and Wollongong the Brave were released on DVD in 2005/2006. In 1990, Bond opened his own advertising agency, Bond Strohfeldt, with clients including Daihatsu , Bridgestone , Virgin and Disney . He sold
2728-636: The main performing team. Despite a rash of early complaints—notably about Aunty Jack's gender identity, her frequent use of the word "bloody" and her habit of punching everyone – The Aunty Jack Show soon found a loyal audience and became one of the most popular comedy series in ABC history. As well as writing many sketches and co-writing all the original music with Rory O'Donoghue, Bond played many recurring and occasional characters including Aunty Jack, rock'n'roll butcher Kev Kavanagh and nervous folk singer Errol. Two series of Aunty Jack were made in 1972–73 and 1973–74 and in March 1975 Bond revived Aunty Jack for
2790-552: The most popular personalities. The King of Pop Awards were voted by the readers of TV Week . The King of Pop award started in 1967 and ran through to 1978. The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005. Grahame Bond Grahame John Bond AM (born 21 November 1943) is an Australian Bachelor Architecture, actor, writer, director, musician and composer, known primarily for his role as Aunty Jack . Bond began his career in entertainment at University of Sydney in
2852-506: The next two decades writing and performing on TV, radio and the stage. Following the success of the 1967 Sydney University Architecture Revue "The Great Wall of Porridge", Bond and others (including Atherden and Weir) were invited to stage a professional revue for Producers Authors Composers and Talent (now PACT Centre for Emerging Artists) and Sydney's Cellblock Theatre at the National Art School , called Balloon Dubloon which (at
2914-530: The popular Seven lifestyle series Better Homes and Gardens for six years. Internationally, he is best known for his recurring role as The Ancient One in the first two seasons of the Beastmaster television series in 1999 and 2000. In 1977, he appeared as Aunty Jack on British television in Not The Aunty Jack Show for London Weekend Television . On 30 March 2006 he and Rory O'Donoghue undertook
2976-428: The program to be pulled from the schedule half an hour before it was due to go to air, and he then destroyed the tape, reportedly because he was offended by a Bill Harding -penned religious parody sketch entitled "Leave It To Jesus". The remaining episodes of the series were subsequently screened as The Of Show . The only surviving artefact of the erased program is the theme song for the "Leave It To Jesus" sketch, which
3038-649: The request of festival director Sir Robert Helpmann ) was also staged at the Adelaide Festival . In 1969, soon after Balloon Dubloon Bob Allnutt of the PACT Theatre Company—who was also working for the ABC's religious affairs department—he commissioned Bond and Weir to make a one-hour special, Man on a Green Bike , which was Bond's first TV appearance. In 1970 Bond wrote and performed in another successful comedy revue, Hamlet on Ice . In 1971, Peter Weir wrote and directed his first short feature film,
3100-466: The start of 1973 Hannaford and Wilson got together with guitarist Tim Gaze ( Tamam Shud , Kahvas Jute ) and drummer Nigel Macara (Tamam Shud), but after about a month of rehearsals Gaze left and Macara followed. Gaze's place was taken by Company Caine guitarist Russell Smith, who had been off playing in the touring version of G.Wayne Thomas' studio 'supergroup' Duck. For a new drummer, Hannaford and Wilson turned to Ray Arnott , who announced in March that he
3162-529: Was " Daddy Cool " (written by Bob Crewe and Frank Slay ) performed in 1957 by US Doo-wop band The Rays as the B side to their single "Silhouettes"., however Ross Wilson has stated that the band was named before he had heard the song. Daddy Cool became a popular live fixture in Melbourne . Their early 1971 appearance at the Myponga Festival in South Australia upstaged their parent group, Sons of
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#17328955878863224-548: Was a session guitarist including work for: Ross Hannaford Trio, The Black Sorrows , Ian Moss and Goanna . Young performed and recorded with numerous other bands including: Jo Jo Zep (1976–1981), The Rockin' Emus (1982), Cold Chisel (1983) and The Black Sorrows (1984–1985). His work for Jo Jo Zep provided Young with his second ARIA Hall of Fame induction in 2007. Duncan was also a session musician for various artists: Jane Clifton , The Black Sorrows and Ross Hannaford Trio. Daddy Cool briefly reformed to support Skyhooks in
3286-477: Was briefly reunited with Hannaford for the soundtrack to the Chris Lofven film Oz. In 1978 he formed Mondo Rock which became one of the most successful Australian bands of the 1980s. Wilson and Hannaford reformed Daddy Cool in 2007 to play support for Australian tour by Mike Love 's Beach Boys and Christopher Cross . Aztec Music announced that it would re-issue Mighty Kong's album, All I Wanna Do Is Rock , on
3348-471: Was greeted on This Day Tonight by the cast of The Aunty Jack Show , with a reworded version of "Farewell, Aunty Jack": Farewell Robin A, We think you've had your day Though you're four foot three You don't do much for me You're short, round and fat A pudden in a hat, There's a scream as you plummet away. Following Aunty Jack , Bond did considerable work in TV, radio and theatre. His TV credits include
3410-504: Was leaving his current gig with Spectrum to join the new band (which also reunited him with Russell Smith, his former bandmate from the last days of Cam-Pact and the early Company Caine). Unfortunately, Arnott's departure triggered the break-up of Spectrum, as founder Mike Rudd felt that it wouldn't be possible recruit a new member and maintain Spectrum's special chemistry. Spectrum played their farewell concert in mid-April 1973 and Arnott
3472-765: Was my doing. We went over to the States three times, and even though people loved us, I felt like it was taking coals to Newcastle , you know, singing doo-wop. So I'm looking around America going, 'Gee, if I brought a contemporary band over here, maybe we could really kill.' Ian Winter returned to Carson, they produced Blown in 1972 and disbanded before On the Air was released in 1973. In 1977, he rejoined Wilson in Mondo Rock . Duncan and Young formed their own boogie band , Gary Young's Hot Dog in September 1972, they released two singles in 1973 "Rock-a-Billy Beating Boogie Band" and "The Saga of
3534-407: Was named the second-best Australian song of all time at the 2001 APRA Awards with the best being " Friday on My Mind " by 1960s group The Easybeats . Daddy Cool's debut album, Daddy Who? Daddy Cool , sold an unprecedented 60,000 copies within a month of its release in July 1971, and became the first Australian album to sell more than 100,000 copies. According to Wilson, the sales required for
3596-460: Was recorded at Melbourne's Armstrong's Studios, engineered and produced by John Fischbach on Robbie Porter's Wizard label. Regrettably the group never really gelled, and Wilson stated in a 2007 interview that it lacked the chemistry that made Daddy Cool such a successful group. Mighty Kong had already split up by the time the album and its accompanying single, "Callin' All Cats" / "Hard Drugs (Are Bad For You)" were released in December 1973, but without
3658-487: Was released and reached number 12. Each group member sang a track, the most widely played being "Lollipop" with vocals by Wilson. An edited version of the song "Hi Honey Ho", their third single, written by Wilson, was released in December and reached #16. The full 6:48 studio cut of the song was released on a rare promotional single. Wilson experimented with his song writing on Sex, Dope, Rock'n'Roll: Teenage Heaven , Daddy Cool's second album. Produced by Porter again, it
3720-549: Was released in 2006 as a bonus track on the CD reissue of Aunty Jack Sings Wollongong . Although Bond returned to the ABC briefly in 1985 to host a short-lived comedy series, News Free Zone , his unhappiness over the presumed loss of several episodes of Aunty Jack , combined with The Off Show incident, effectively ended his relationship with the ABC. As a result, the ABC was for many years unable to release The Aunty Jack Show to home video because Bond and O'Donoghue refused to agree to
3782-453: Was released on Sparmac Records in December 1971 and incorporated more progressive material similar to Sons of the Vegetal Mother's music. Two of the tracks were 1950s covers "Baby Let Me Bang Your Box" and "Sixty Minute Man" and together with the album title provoked concern in the media. It reached No. 15 on the national album charts, and was released in USA as Teenage Heaven . At about this time,
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#17328955878863844-421: Was then able to join the new group, Gaze and Macara hitched up with the remaining members of Spectrum (Rudd and Bill Putt) to form Ariel . With the final addition of bassist Tim Partridge (also ex-Company Caine) the new band was complete and was launched in May 1973 under the name Mighty Kong. After the break-up of Daddy Cool, Wilson and Hannaford were keen to get away from that band's stylistic restrictions (i.e.
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