Granite

 

Granite -1977 - at Redcliffe Sound Shell

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Granite

         This Band was formed in 1977 and was based in Redcliffe, Qld, Australia . We did the local circuit, some places I remember were out of the Brisbane area, such as "Lowood" and "Toowoomba".

        We mainly played covers but we did write some songs and had them recorded as a demo tape at "Multimedia Studios" in Brisbane . The tracks are below if you care to listen, They are a bit raw and a several mistakes are obvious but overall, they are worth a listen. They where recorded in a four hour session in one take, we walked in , played and walked out, no re-recording was done and only the vocals and the acoustic guitar where over-dubbed. Pritty good for a band who had never been in a studio before. We reached the finals in the "Battle Of The Bands" in 1978  but the Band broke up in 1979, Vince is a family man now and has a bob-cat hire opperation down the coast. Alan, Clint and I moved on to help form the Band "STREET RATS".

        I am still in contact with all the members to date, and I get to see them now and again, Alan is into the violin and is a school teacher, Clint wants to do something more original (has worked professionally as has Alan) and Vince seems content to be a family man after "Granite" broke up but we have been in contact!

The Band     -     1976 -1979

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 Alan Kroll - Lead Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitar

 

 

 

 

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Rodroger (AKA Rod Burgess) Me :) - Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Vocals.

 

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 Vince Sawyer - Bass Guitar & Vocals.

 

 

 

 

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Clint Little - Drums, Vocals.

 

 Have Re-Mastered The Tracks Below for a better Sound Quality for this site.

All are 160kb MP3's

The Music

The original material was acquired from an old Cassette copy I have, so I can only do so much as in fixing any problems with the recordings as such as well as any mistakes which are evident. We wanted to call our first Album "Stoned Again" so I have named this compilation as was intended.

Granite - "Stoned Again"

"Life's No Illusion" - Music By Rod Burgess, Words by Alan Kroll - ©1978 Rodney K. Burgess

"Broken On The Surface" - Music By Rod Burgess, Words by Alan Kroll - ©1978 Rodney K. Burgess - probably the best track here

 

 

"Hiking" - Opening Track -- Music and words by Alan Kroll,   - ©1978 Alan Kroll

 "Sick Of Your Ways" - Music By Rod Burgess, Words by Vince Sawyer - ©1978 Rodney K. Burgess

Photo's

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 Clints Drums Miked up For Recording

 

My Ibanez SG and Fender 12 String

 

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Local Advert for one of our first Gigs

 

 At The Redcliffe Sound Shell - 1977

 

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  At Multimedia Studios - Brisbane - 1978

 

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Granite And Friend (holding my guitar)

 

 Alan at Multimedia Studios

 

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Getting Our Tacks Mixed Down

 

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