What we do know about the band members: well the rhythm section of were previously in the 1989 version of The Party Boys, a well known Aussie band featuring a who's who of Australian rock n roll, plus invited guests such as The Eagles Joe Walsh, and Status Quo's Alan Lancaster. Singer Noel Zammit and guitarist Jeff Lenham had played in various spin-off bands related to longtime blues/jazz outfit Beachhead, while Keefe West Jnr has played with numerous top international artists as a guitarist. The album, over the last few years as it has become better known among collectors and file share seekers, has been labelled as a poppy AOR set of tunes.
Members
Members
Dorian West (bass) Adrian Cannon (drums), Noel Zammit (vocals) Jeff Lenham Keefe (guitar), Keefe West Jnr (guitar)
References
http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/
SINGLES
One for Unity
| 7 AUG '89 | #75 |
References
http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/
Saw Wildland when they supported Joe Satriani and I was so impressed I bought the album. Shame they didn't last, there are some excellent songs on it.
ReplyDeleteAn amazing album still listen to it every day thats music should be,real great sound awesome musician ship🎤🎸🎶🤟🔥albert mallia
ReplyDeleteWas working in radio at the time and spent a fair bit of time interviewing / promoting and playing some of their tracks, was a big fan at the time too.
ReplyDeleteWildland were actually put together by Sony music, their label at the time, big $$$ spent on their debut album + promotion.
Sony billed them as the next big thing, the single 'The Sun' was to be their big push, after the first single 'Unit's which saw them feature on countdown at the time.
Lovely bunch of blokes, who worked hard to get themselves established, but it wasn't to be, when critics canned them and many didn't like the idea they hadn't done the hardwork to get their record label deal they ended up with. This resulted in a big push back from critics and many in the industry.
I was doing a lot of record company liaison at the time and remember Sony pushing them like mad.
There was a lot of talk regarding their follow up album, etc.
Then on one visit to Sony in Melbourne I asked how they were doing and the new album progress.
Sony were cold, very cold...they had dumped Wildland, I was told in no uncertain terms that the tracks they had written for the follow up were no good (record company speak of course).
And that was it, their time had come + gone.
A real shame, as they certainly had great potential, Noel had a great vocal talent, Jeff + others great energy when playing live.
I still have a bunch of pics from some of their live shows.