Description
103-page hard cover book with CD.
Explore Zambia's liberation and its impact on the country's rock revolution. The book, written by Eothen Alapatt and Leonard Koloko is the first investigation into the Zamrock scene, and is filled with original record artwork and rarely-seen photos of Zamrock's best ensembles. By the mid-1970s, the Southern African nation known as the Republic of Zambia had fallen on hard times. Though the country's first president Kenneth Kaunda had thrown off the yoke of British colonialism, the new federation found itself under his self-imposed, autocratic rule. Conflict loomed on all sides of this landlocked nation. Kaunda protected Zambia from war, but his country descended into isolation and poverty. This is the environment in which the '70s rock revolution that has come to be known as Zamrock flourished. Fuzz guitars were commonplace, as were driving rhythms as influenced by James Brown's funk as Jimi Hendrix's rock predominated. Musical themes, mainly sung in the country's constitutional language, English, were often bleak. In present day Zambia, Zamrock markers were few. Only a small number of the original Zamrock godfathers that remained in the country survived through the late '90s. AIDS decimated this country, and uncontrollable inflation forced the Zambian rockers that could afford to flee into something resembling exile. This was not a likely scene to survive - but it did. Welcome To Zamrock!, presented in two volumes, is an overview of its most beloved ensembles, and a trace of its arc from its ascension, to its fall, to its resurgence.
1 Crossbones (7)– Really
2 Amanaz– History Of Man
3 Witch (3)– Strange Dream
4 Rikki Ililonga– Stop Dreaming Mr. D
5 Five Revolutions*– Poor Man
6 Keith Mlevhu– Love And Freedom
7 Born Free*– Mad Man
8 Dr. Footswitch– Otenta
9 Tinkles*– Mpundu
10 Salty Dog (3)– See The Storm
11 Fire Balls*– Umwana Wakusanga Mung'Anda
12 Peace*– Umbwalwa Ne Chamba
13 Oscillations*– Request To God
14 Musi-O-Tunya*– Katonga
15 Ngozi Family– Hold On
16 Chrissy Zebby Tembo– I'm Not Made Of Iron
17 Jesper Siliya Lungu*– Hot Do
18 Mike Nyoni– SM
