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 »

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 »

Pestroy

Jo'burg five piece fires off a wicked second salvo of rap-metal ordnance. Pestroy may well be the best rock band in SA, generating a live buzz unrivalled since the Nudies' heyday, when every second babe wanted to gargle Arno's DNA. They capture the live... More »

Toxic Shame

Toxic Shame is certainly a talented and prolific duo that came together to record the music that they love. The band started out in 1995 as an avenue for Deon Du Toit and Jon Buckley to record rock music in their spare time for relaxation. By 1999... More »