Kuckles is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n band. They formed in 1981 by students from Broome, Western Australia

Broome, Western Australia

Broome is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, north of Perth. The year round population is approximately 14,436, growing to more than 45,000 per month during the tourist season...

 studying at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music in Adelaide. Their music moved from acoustic calypso toward an electric reggae/rock style. They recorded an audition tape, Milliya Rumarra, which won them a trip to Germany to the Third Annual International Cologne Song Festival in 1982. They returned to Broome in 1982 and disbanded.

Kuckles songs later appeared in Chi's musicals Bran Nue Dae

Bran Nue Dae

Bran Nue Dae is a 1990 musical set in Broome, Western Australia that tells stories and of issues relating to Indigenous Australians. It was written by Jimmy Chi, his band Kuckles and friends and was the first Aboriginal musical. The musical was originally directed by Andrew Ross, a prominent...

 and Corrugation Road

Corrugation Road

Corrugation Road is an Australian musical set in a mental hospital, about an Aboriginal schizophrenic patient. It was written by Jimmy Chi, his band Kuckles and friends, the creators of Bran Nue Dae. It was produced by Black Swan Theatre and had a successful theatre run after premiering at the 1996...

 with Kuckles appearing as part of the music.

Chi and Manolis later played were part of a new band called Bingurr which is moonlight in Bardi. Pigram played with Scrap Metal and The Pigram Brothers

The Pigram Brothers

The Pigram Brothers are a 7 piece Indigenous Australian band from the pearling town of Broome, Western Australia formed in 1996.They were heavily involved in Broome's musical and theatrical exports - forming the original backing band for Jimmy Chi's Bran Nue Dae in 1990 – a musical that received...

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Discography

Kuckles

• Milliya Rumarra: Brand New Day (1981) - Imparja
• Songs from Bran Nue Dae (1990) - Bran Nue Dae Productions

Jimmy Chi and Kuckles

• Bran Nue Dae: Original cast recording (1993) - Polygram

Jimmy Chi, Pigram Brothers and Kuckles

• Corrugation Road (1996) - Angoorrabin Records