Scrap Metal were a band from Broome

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...

, Western Australia

Western Australia

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 who played rock music with elements of country and reggae. The members had Aboriginal

Australian Aborigines

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, Irish, Filipino, French, Chinese, Scottish, Indonesian and Japanese heritage. The band toured nationally as part of the 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...

 musical and with Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil , were an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie...

, and were the first Aboriginal band to sign an international publishing deal. An ABC tv

ABC Television

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 documentary From Broome to the Big Smoke was made about them. Scrap Metal won the 'Best Indigenous Act' award at the 1992 West Australian Music Industry Awards

West Australian Music Industry Awards

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After Scrap Metal Alan, Stephen and Phillip Pigram joined up with their brothers David, Colin, Gavin and Peter to create 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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In 2006 Stephen and Alan Pigram were inducted into the Western Australian Music Hall of Fame.

Albums

• Just Looking
• Broken Down Man (1988) - Jigil Records
• Scrap Metal (1990) - ABC Records
  ABC Records
  ABC Records was an American record label, founded in New York City in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records. It originated as the main popular music label operated the Am-Par Record Corporation, the music subsidiary of the American Broadcasting Company . ABC-Paramount Records' first president was Samuel H....
  
  
• Pub Sweat 'n' Tears (1992) - Jigil Records

Singles

• Broken Down Man / Caught in the Wheel (1988)
• Nimunburr / In the Night (1989)
• Make It Work (1990)
• Howling at the Moon (1991)

External links

• [ Scrap Metal at allmusic]