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'''''Zamrock''''' (Zambian rock) is a music genre derivative of Western psychedelic rock re-innovated by [[Zambia]]n youth in the early 1970s.<ref name=ok>[http://www.okayafrica.com/culture-2/film-culture-2/zambian-music-zamrock-survivors-documentary/ Documentary: ‘Zamrock Survivors’ w/ Emmanuel Jagari of WITCH & Rikki Ililonga] Okayafrica, 8 June 2013</ref> It was a | '''''Zamrock''''' (Zambian rock) is a music genre derivative of Western psychedelic rock re-innovated by [[Zambia]]n youth in the early 1970s.<ref name=ok>[http://www.okayafrica.com/culture-2/film-culture-2/zambian-music-zamrock-survivors-documentary/ Documentary: ‘Zamrock Survivors’ w/ Emmanuel Jagari of WITCH & Rikki Ililonga] Okayafrica, 8 June 2013</ref> It was a mix of local sounds with funk rhythms and heavy, bluesy and psychedelic rock, usually sung in English. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Zamrock was considered as aggressive and came to embody the economic despair that followed the 1973-1974 oil crisis, which flung Zambia into recession and exacerbated a wide range of social tensions.The music style also captured the controversy of wider politics in Africa and the world. [[Paul Ngozi|Paul Dobson Nyirongo]], one of the founding members of [[Musi-O-Tunya (band)|Musi-O-Tunya]] – believed by many to be the first ever Zamrock group – and a member of the band [[Ngozi Family (band)|Ngozi Family]], for example, went by the stage name 'Paul Ngozi', meaning "danger". Meanwhile, one of the most loved bands of the era was called [[The Witch|The W.I.T.C.H.]], an acronym for 'We Intend To Cause Havoc'.<ref name=guardian/> | Zamrock was considered as aggressive and came to embody the economic despair that followed the 1973-1974 oil crisis, which flung Zambia into recession and exacerbated a wide range of social tensions.The music style also captured the controversy of wider politics in Africa and the world. [[Paul Ngozi|Paul Dobson Nyirongo]], one of the founding members of [[Musi-O-Tunya (band)|Musi-O-Tunya]] – believed by many to be the first ever Zamrock group – and a member of the band [[Ngozi Family (band)|Ngozi Family]], for example, went by the stage name 'Paul Ngozi', meaning "danger". Meanwhile, one of the most loved bands of the era was called [[The Witch|The W.I.T.C.H.]], an acronym for 'We Intend To Cause Havoc'.<ref name=guardian/> | ||
Zamrockers were considered hippies and eccentrics: One legendary gig by the band Amanaz in 1974, reportedly saw the singer jumping out of a coffin wearing a skeleton suit with flared trousers.<ref name=redbull/> | Zamrockers were considered hippies and eccentrics: One legendary gig by the band Amanaz in 1974, reportedly saw the singer jumping out of a coffin wearing a skeleton suit with flared trousers.<ref name=redbull>[http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2014/01/zamrock-introduction-feature Zamrock: An Introduction] Red Bull Music Academy Daily</ref> | ||
==Decline== | ==Decline== | ||
