The History of Jupiter ……….so far

Jupiter formed in 1976 in Sydney Australia

Ron Mazurkiewicz and Philip Edwards had played together for many years in a well respected band called Elmtree. The band had been through many incarnations and was heading towards a more Jazzier Fusion focus and so needed the talents of a great guitarist which led them to Dieter Kleeman who was playing with local band “Forever”.

It certainly was a meeting of the spirits for these 3 musicians who quickly realised that they were well suited to be playing together. Next they needed that special bass player…………..

By placing an advertisement in the paper they thought there would be a line a mile long of talented bass players eager to join this new outfit…..

The one and only Bass player who answered the advert was Phil Laycock, which in hindsight was a great relief to the other members as he was perfect for the job of completing the new line up now called Jupiter.

It didn’t take long to have a wide ranging repertoire of tunes drawn from their musical influences. This included the likes of Chick Corea, John Mclaughlin, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, to name a few. Eventually the list would include some memorable original tunes like Full Moon, Camellia and much more.

Gradually, after being isolated for months in a small house on the outskirts of rural western Sydney the band ventured out to hit the traps with their new and innovative style of music.

Jupiter didn’t fit into the normal jazz scene, they were to rocky, they didn’t fit into the rock scene as they were to jazzy. They had to forge ahead by astounding people at places like French’s Wine bar in Oxford Street, and the Pinball Wiz at Circular quay.

Once at one gig out of town they were told they would not get the full fee promised as their singer had not turned up…… these early days of Jazz/Fusion instrumental music were tough but the band continued to develop a strong loyal following of people who needed more than the usual 3 chords, without the tradition of some Jazz gigs.

The band contributed to the sound track of a surfing film called ‘Drift Away” and played live at the old Regent theatre in George St Sydney. One of the last bands to play there.

The ABC radio station “JJ” as it was then called were having a series of live performances and were inundated with requests for Jupiter to play a “Live to Air” concert. This occurred in late 1976 and was a wonderful night for all concerned this helped the band to develop a wider audience.

The band recorded reel after reel at Atlantic studios in Sydney’s Earlwood with a goal of releasing an album. Unfortunately trying to get backing to release this material proved all to hard and eventually the band broke up with members going in vastly different directions.

Now the band has come full circle and May 2010 had a 30 year reunion at Atlantic studios where they had spent so much of their formative years, playing, recording, rehearsing and generally developing their musicianship. Jupiter will explore its universe and seek to play again.

The journey continues….

Members

• Ron Mazurkiewicz – Keyboards
• Phil Laycock – Bass
• Philip Edwards – Drums
• Dieter Kleeman – Guitar

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About Jimmy And The Boys

Sydney based band. 1976-1982

“Outrageous and often obscene shock/horror group led by Ignatious Jones, who pioneered the use of theatrical trappings for Australian bands.”
From the Who’s Who of Australian Rock

“I’m not like everybody else” – 1979

History

“Jimmy and the Boys were an Australian New Wave band, active from 1975 to 1982, best known for their incredibly violent stage shows. The act revolved around vocalist Ignatius Jones and keyboard player Joylene Hairmouth – a couple of friends from Cranbrook and Riverview, exclusive private schools. Since 1976 the duo had been surrounded by various combinations of backing musicians, the constant guts and gore probably accounting for at least some of the member turnover. Their performance, their visual image, their on and offstage behaviour were all carefully designed to elicit the maximum level of shocked outrage from a public long since bored with the standard media fare of moral decadence. Sadomasochism, transvestitism, self-mutilation, drug abuse, inebriation, simulated sex and mock rape all took starring roles in Jimmy And The Boys’ blisteringly paced tribute to cultural degeneracy. The band was known for often causing audience riots in the more homophobic venues they played.”
From Wikipedia

Members

• Ignatius Jones – Vocals
• William O’Riordan aka Joylene Thornbird Hairmouth – Keyboards
• Scott Johnson – Drums
• Michael Vidale – Bass
• Stephen Hall – Lead Guitar
• Rick Sutton aka Joe P. Rick – Guitar
• Danny Damjanovic – Sax, Flute
• Barry Lytten – Drums
• Michael Parks – Bass, Guitar

Recordings

Albums

• Not Like Everybody Else – 1979
• Teddy Boys Picnic – 1981
• In Hell With Your Mother – 1982
• Out Of Phase – 1988

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About

Sydney based band, Jonah’s Road, has developed a significant following in the Australian music scene over the past few years. The contemporary sound is a feature gaining them many new fans and the respect of their peers thanks to fantastic live shows, tight vocal harmonies and great songwriting.
The highly anticipated new album, Counting Down The Days, was released in January 2007 and is expected to repeat the success of the band’s multi-award winning first album Hold On. Jay, John & Rodney spent most of 2006 writing and recording the album. It was recorded and co-produced by Matt Fell at Love Hz studios and mixed by Robbie Specogna
at Main Street Studios. The result is a collection of upbeat songs and soaring ballads highlighting the harmony-driven, country-pop sound for which the band is becoming well known. The first radio single is the title track Counting Down The Days which is an upbeat song written by Jay & Jasper Somerville-Collie in collaboration with Travis List.
from Jonah’s Road Bio

Counting Down The Days – Accoustic

History

The debut album Hold On was released in September 2004 and received great feedback from fans, music industry personnel and the media. The release of the album led to several awards and host of nominations for the band:

• Won the Best Country Album in the 2006 US based Independent Music Awards for their debut album Hold On.
• Won Best Group in the 2006 TIARAs (Tamworth Independent Artists Recognition Awards).
• Winners of the Best Independent Release at the Victorian & National Country Music Awards in Feb 2005, where they also had Top 5 finalist nominations for Best New Talent and Song of the Year.
• At Tamworth in 2005 they were nominated for 2 Golden Guitar Awards for Best New Talent and Best Vocal Group/ Duo, a TIARA for Best Group/ Duo and a Top 10 Golden Guitar nomination for Best Album.
• In addition to their success at Musicoz in 2003 (won Mark Holden Producer Prize), Jonah’s Road was named in the Top 5 for the Country category in the 2004 Musicoz Awards and was named as finalists in the Pop category in the 2005 Musicoz Awards.
• The writers of the first Jonah’s Road single, Getting By Without You (Jay Collie, John Kater & Jasper Somerville-Collie) were also nominated in the Top 12 of the Country section of the International Songwriting Competition.
• Jonah’s Road was nominated as finalists in the 2005 Telstra Southern Stars Australian Independent Country Music Awards for Single of the Year and Album of the Year and were nominated in 2006 for Best Group.

from Jonah’s Road Bio

Jonah’s Road Showreel

Members

• John Kater – Vocals/Bass
• Jay Collie – Vocals/Guitar
• Rodney Auld – Vocals/Guitar

Recordings

Albums
• Hold On – 2004
• Counting Down The Days – 2007

Other Resources

• Jonah’s Road Website
• Jonah’s Road on MySpace
• Interview on AMO

Hear Jonah’s Road on internet radio station AllAustralianMusic.com

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About

Judge Mercy was formed in 1991 by Andy Cichon, a former bass player for Swanee.

History

The band’s first product would be the live EP ‘Live With It’, recorded at The Venue in Sydney’s northern beach suburbs on 9th May 1991 and released that June. A full length album, ‘Protocol So Holy’, arrived in late 1993. JUDGE MERCY garnered an enviable live reputation and such was the band’s standing they landed the prestigious support slot to AC/DC’s ‘Razor’s Edge’ Australian dates. Other noteworthy guest spots saw the band opening for IRON MAIDEN, MEGADETH and IAN GILLAN.

JUDGE MERCY was set to record a follow up during 1994 but a protracted legal battle with Management ended the bands career. With the band’s demise drummer Mick O’Shea teamed up with the final line up of Kiwi act DRAGON in 1996. Cichon relocated to New York where he came to the fore as touring bassist for Pop-Rock diva SHANIA TWAIN as well as working for BILLY JOEL.
From Rock Detector

Video

Members

• Andy Cichon – Vocals and Guitar
• Ismet Osmanovic – Guitar
• Craig Forster – Bass
• Mick O’Shea -Drums

Recordings

• EP “Live With It” – 1991
• Album “Protocol So Holy” – 1993

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