Culture Clash (band)
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Culture Clash is the Harare Jit
band, led by ex-Bhundu Boys
guitarist/vocalist Rise Kagona and Champion Doug Veitch
(guitar, vocals), who is credited with bringing the Bhundu Boys to the attention of British audiences. The band is based in Edinburgh
, and has performed throughout the UK
.
Although Kagona and Veitch are the listed band members, the line-up also includes drums
and bass guitar
.
Jit
Jit is a style of popular Zimbabwean dance music. It features a swift rhythm played on drums and accompanied by a guitar. Jit evolved out many diverse influences, including domestic chimurenga, Congolese rumba and Tanzanian guitar styles...
band, led by ex-Bhundu Boys
Bhundu Boys
The Bhundu Boys were a Zimbabwean band that played a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco, country, and pop influences...
guitarist/vocalist Rise Kagona and Champion Doug Veitch
Champion Doug Veitch
Douglas Veitch, better known as Champion Doug Veitch is a Scottish musician and songwriter.-Biography:The self styled 'King of Caledonian Swing' rose to some prominence in the mid 1980s. A favourite of John Peel, for whom he recorded two radio sessions, he holds the record for having most ...
(guitar, vocals), who is credited with bringing the Bhundu Boys to the attention of British audiences. The band is based in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, and has performed throughout the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
Although Kagona and Veitch are the listed band members, the line-up also includes drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
and bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
.