SA Alternative Music Hall of Fame

07/09/2013

Its only rock n roll, but I like it!
http://www.davidchislett.co.za/hello-toulouse/

Picking a soundtrack for the nearly 5 hour trip from Figueres to Toulouse I of course plumped for The Stranglers… Just because of Goodbye Toulouse really.

12/08/2013

OK, so there are 50 people on this page. How about starting a list of the people (not JUST bands) that helped create and sustain the underground as we knew and know it?
Just as Barney Simon was presented by a lifetime achievement award, maybe there are people who should be recognised from amongst us too? What do you say?

22/07/2013

A big thank you to the man who kick-started a lot of this, mr Barney Simon!
http://www.davidchislett.co.za/thanks-for-the-music-psycho-simon/

By the time I hit my teens, I had already discovered so-called alternative music and culture through my siblings and my friends. But we were a bunch of alien

23/10/2012

Young black artists doing punk rock classics: why isn't there more? Read on!

Have you seen this video by Spoek Mathambo? It’s a brilliant reworking of an English punk classic. Joy Division’s She’s Lost Control. Watching

31/08/2012

Here's an article about the New Wild Youth Album, one of the key featured bands in the movie Punk In Africa:
http://www.davidchislett.co.za/?p=1187

14/06/2012

So I took some pics of the recording session yesterday. Click on the link to go and have a look!

So, Wednesday 13 June was spent in Open Room Studios recording the last of the tracks for the bonus CD that will be available with For Your Or Someone Like You…

20/04/2012

Fantastic Friday blog post is up and running! Check it out at:

Today brings down the curtain on an interesting week! As you have all seen, it’s been quiet around here while I met a big deadline. Well, Sunday saw me back…

21/02/2012

If you've been wanting to read my piece from the Red Bulletin on Punk in Africa but can't get your hands on the magazine, read it online here:

Punk, It burned brightly for a few years and then disappeared without accomplishing too much, right- Not in South Africa says South African author, band manager and musician DAVE CHISLETT. He was there at the start and has helped document punks inadvertent role in this countrys social change.

26/08/2011

if I manage to spare up some time I will go through the posts and select the top ten most suggested bands..

10/05/2011

My off the cuff choice..bands
Dog Detachment
Asylum Kids
Wild Youth
Psycho Reptiles
No Friends of Harry
Dynamics
Tribe After Tribe
No Exit
The Dyslexics
Radio Rats..still thinking..wait..
Ok!
Personages
Benji Mudy
Barney Simon
Alison Geduldt
mmm....give me a mo..

10/05/2011

just to repeat a comment....
what do you guys think of trying to compile an album featuring people nominated by vote?
perhaps the list of possible candidates can be collated by each person nominating their top 10 choices and then having a look at the first and most obvious popular choices.
any suggestions comments welcome..

28/03/2011

Hello everyone!
Who would you nominate for the hall of infamy and why?