Underbelly

Underbelly formed in 2001 in Witbank with Etienne Olivier on vocals, Graham Calderhead on guitars, Graeme Collcut on drums and Emma Collcut on bass (the band was then known as “Papercutâ€?). Most of this year was spent on playing local rock shows... More »

Novacaine

Novacaine was started in 2003 originally as Tokyo Frank, a project that evolved from the remains of the defunct Four Ounce Freedom. After vocalist Dino Giovanoni contacted drummer Janlo van den Heever (ex-Maywar) via Hanu de Jong, they started working on... More »

10c Short

After playing with various bands, members of 10c Short, Abe and Nathan Houck, Wayne De Sousa and Dylan Bolton got together on May 1, 2003 for a jam for the opening of the Nelspruit Crossing... More »

Sugardrive

Along with the likes of Squeal, Urban Creep, Springbok Nude Girls, Lithium and Nine, Sugardrive were the face of new South African rock as the country became a democracy ten years ago. Between then and now, Sugardrive released 5 albums, headlined the major SA festivals, spawned a crop of radio hits, toured Australia on the Big Day Out tour and picked up a couple of SAMA awards... More »