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Sunday, 20 October 2013

VEGIMITE REGGAE



 Vegimite Reggae was a reggae / ska band out of Newcastle. Formed in the 80s they recorded on Confidential Records. Their only album 'Ex Trendy Hippies' was released in 1987. They also released a number of singles with ''Send It Out'' being the most successful. They did a cover of Led Zeppelin's ''Stairway To Heaven'' on the ABC TV Show The Money Or The Gun. They appeared at plenty of Sydney venues: Hotel Manly, Bondi Tram, Epping Hotel, Feathers Crows Nest Hotel etc

 Members

Tony Boyd (drums), Tony Heaney (keyboards/vocals), Richard Morrison (guitar/vocals), Martin Mclaughhlin (trumpet/percussion), Jason Nelson (trombone/percussion), Kim Pink (sax/Percussion) Chris Steines (bass), John Nicols (guitar), David Cunningham (guitar), Chris Lee (bass), Rebecca Johnson (bass)


SINGLES
''Send It Out (#80) / Faces'' 1987 Confidential 
''I Need You / Innocent Party'' 1988 Confidential 
''Rude Boy, Rude Girl / For Love'' 1988 Confidential 
''Too Many Years / Love Is Gone'' 1989 M.A.X. 

ALBUMS
'Trendy Ex-Hippies' 1987 Confidential 






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  1. Unknown7 May 2015 at 20:09

    Vegimite reggae (with an 'i') released an album called trendy Ex-Hippies' in 1987.

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    1. Anonymous28 November 2023 at 15:33

      They also payed a gig at the Kurri Hotel. What a great blast.Marty McLaughlin's trumpet featured big time. His rendition of Tequila was the theme song on a mini-bus trip Stoney organised to Aberdeen for the local footy final. What a wierd, wild & wonderful time.. We were all lucky to get out of there with our lives relatively unscathed and intact. Still have their wonerfully coloured t-shirt. Whatever happened to Vegimite Reggae?

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  2. Anonymous27 July 2022 at 21:01

    I first herd their "Stairway to heaven" cover on a CD that had 22 version of SWTH sometime in the mid 90s, love the reggae version So I did a cover of their cover! lol

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