Roaring Jack | |
Background: | group_or_band |
Origin: | Sydney, Australia |
Genre: | Celtic punk |
Years Active: | 1985 - 1992 |
Label: | Mighty Boy |
Past Members: | Alistair Hulett Rod Gilchrist Dave Williams Rab Mannell Steph Miller Steve Thompson Hunter Owens |
Roaring Jack was an Australian Celtic punk/folk punk band of the 1980s and 1990s. The band was nominated for two ARIA Music Awards during their career.[1]
The band's singer Alistair Hulett died at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow of liver failure and cancer on 28 January 2010.[2] [3] Rod Gilchrist died in 1998 and Steve Thompson in 2000.[4]
Roaring Jack played all over Australia from 1985 to 1992 and developed a huge cult following.[3] Their debut EP Street Celtability was recorded and produced at Studios 301 in Sydney in July 1987. First album The Cat Among the Pigeons was released in November 1988.[3]
Title | Details | |
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Street Celtability |
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The Cat Among the Pigeons |
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Through the Smoke of Innocence |
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Roaring Jack - The Complete Works |
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Year | Title | Album | |
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1988 | "The Thin Red Line" | The Cat Among the Pigeons | |
"Destitution Road" | |||
1989 | "The Swaggies Have All Waltzed Matilda Away" | ||
1991 | "Framed" |
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Roaring Jack were nominated for two awards.[5]
|-| 1989| The Cat Among the Pigeons| Best New Talent| |-| 1991| Through the Smoke of Innocence| Best Independent Release| |-