SA Music Blog

How’d you come up with your name and what does it mean? Band named after the two Lancaster brothers Harry and Robin … no real meaning other than it was voted for … I think both Harry and I voted against it … 5 peice band at the time so 3 votes to 2 meant that it stuck … goes back to about 1971 !

How long have you guys been playing together? Since early 70’s

How’d you meet? At school .. Bergvliet in Cape Town

Where are you based? Cape Town

What is your favourite song of yourselves? We usualy wrap up our set with Modern Science .. the only hit from our 1981 LP – ‘Comic Strip Heroes’

Who is your biggest fan? Phew … hope we have one?

Do you have groupies? Yes .. our wives and girlfriends I suppose.

What is the best place to gig? Open air concert

What was your best gig and why? Freedom Farm festivals in Hermanus during the 80’s. What a jol. Great crowds great vibes.

Who is single in the band and who is in relationships? All are in relationships or married

Care to share anything that what funny that you experienced on tour or at a gig? Waking up on the earth in the middle of a wine farm after a gig at Stellenbosch’s De Akker and not knowing how we got there.

Which part of being in a band do you most enjoy? Best De-stress around.

And which part do you enjoy the least? Packing up after a gig… no roadies yet!

How often do you Practise? Every fortnight.

What do you do for a living if the band isn’t your living?
We all have careers. We all make a living from this. The band is just a hobby I suppose.

Do you make money? Enough from gigs to make it fun and worthwhile.

What cds do you have out and where can we buy it?
We have a re release of our 1981 LP ‘Comic Strip Heroes – re-worked and re-issued’ … much better mix than the vinyl version, and an EP with current material (5 songs) called Eden Sessions. All for R 50.00 a pop each. Available at gigs and from web site orders.

How do you experience the scene? We all ove the fact that current young bands have welcomed us back and are enthusiatic to share gigs with us. Young crowds also seem to dig the music even though much of what we do was written as early as 1970!

Do you read books and stuff? We are all readers yes.

Where do you hang out? Wherever the music is good.

Where do you get lunch? ???? Self catering.

What does the future have in store for you, like the 3 or 5 year plan for the band? We will probably stop playing when we start to look like the Rolling Stones do now. OUCH!!!!

Any plans on touring? Yes we hope to do some festivals this year and will do some stop over gigs arund the country if we do.

Any new albums being recorded or released soon? We are aiming to upgrade the EP to a full disc this year.
Working title ‘Loop’

Do you listen to your own music in the car? Yes

What’s playing in your car? Elbow

What do you do for fun? Play music, eat & drink.

Who is your fav SA Artist? Our fave mates are Captain Stu and the Llamas. But we love all of the bands currently playing. Our favorite genres are Ska-Rock, Pop and Indie stuff. Not much into Death though … were getting old I know but we do appreciate good metal … it just need not be f….d up like it is sometines.

Which SA artist do you dislike the most and why? Steve Hofmeyr … need I say why?

And if you wanna add something else please do so?
Yes … you and everyone else who has the balls and energy to contribute and do something for the SA music scene have our total support and respect. Keep it up – spread it far and wide – and lets try to create a music scene where it is viable and possible for those hardworking bands and musicians out there to make an income and grow as musicians and not have to resort to money driven careers as we had to. We love you all!