THE DUGITES

The Dugites formed in Perth in 1978 with the line-up of Lynda Nutter (ex-Tarzans Grip) on vocals, Peter Crosbie on keyboards (ex-Tarzans Grip), Gunther Berghoffer on guitar, Phillip Bailey on bass and Clarence Bailey on drums. In 1979 The Dugites released a single "Hit Single / Bruce" and toured as the backing band for Dave Warner. The single had been self-financed, but that year they were signed by the now defunct Deluxe label distributed by RCA Records.

In 1980 Paul Noonan (ex-Dave Warner's from the Suburbs) replaced Phillip Bailey. Their first album 'The Dugite's was released in August 1980 and reached #22 on the Australian Album charts. It went on to attain gold status (35 000 copies sold). Three singles were issued from the album, "In Your Car / 13 Again" in May 1980, which reached #34 on the Australian Singles charts in July, "Goodbye / No God, No Master" in July and "South Pacific" in October, which reached #90. At the 1980 Countdown Music Awards both The Dugites and Nutter received nominations for 'Best New Talent' (Johnny O'Keefe Memorial Award) and 'Most Popular Female' respectively. In December the band were the opening act for Elton John's concert at the Perth Entertainment Centre.

The band's second album, 'West Of The World', produced by Bob Andrews (Graham Parker and the Rumour), was released in July 1981. The album peaked at #33 on the Australian album charts and saw the release of two singles, "Waiting", in May 1981, which reached #40 and "Part of Me / Never Touch" in September. In mid 1982 Berghoffer left the band and was replaced by guitarist Andrew Pendlebury (ex-The Sports), following which the band issued a single, "No Money / Decide" in July on the Rough Diamond label, and the related mini album, 'No Money' in August. Pendlebury was then replaced by Bob Fallovic (aka Boris Garter; ex-Stockings) and Paul Williamson also joined on saxophone. By mid-1983 however the line-up was reduced to Nutter, Crosbie, Bailey and Noonan.

The Dugites signed to Mercury/PolyGram and released their third album, 'Cut The Talking', in April 1984. Three singles were released from the album, "Cut the Talking" which peaked at #47, in November 1983, "Juno and Me" in April 1984, which reached #60 on the Australian Singles charts, and "It Ain't Like Thatv/vAll That I Want" in August. Following the release of the album the band added Peter Kaldor on saxophone and John Crosbie on trombone and trumpet to the line-up for touring purposes, but by the end of 1984 the group disbanded. When Double Jay switched bands to FM in 1980, The Dugites' "Gay Guys", which had also been banned by commercial radio, became the first song to be played by Double Jay's successor, 2JJJ-FM Triple J. A compilation album 'Hisstorical: The Best of the Dugites' was released in 2004 on the Half Baked/BMG label.

Members

Lynda Nutter (vocals, percussion), Gunter Berghofer (guitar), Peter Crosbie (keyboards),
Clarence Bailey (drums),Paul Noonan (bass), John Crosbie (trombone), Phillip Bailey (bass),
Andrew Pendlebury (guitar), Bob Fallovic (guitar), Paul Williamson (sax), Peter Kaldor (sax)

SINGLES

In Your Car

16 JUN '80

#34

South Pacific

29 DEC '80

#90

Waiting

22 JUN '81

#40

Cut the Talking

21 NOV '83

#47

Juno and Me

7 MAY '84

#60

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dugites

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/