Fraternity (band)
Encyclopedia : F : FR : FRA : Fraternity (band)
Fraternity was an Australian rock band active in the early 1970s. They are notable mainly for their lead vocalist Bon Scott who was later to join AC/DC.
Fraternity were formed in 1970 by some members of the recently-split Levi Smith Clefs. They were without a regular vocalist until Fraternity's bass player Bruce Howe decided to call upon Bon Scott, whose group The Valentines had just disbanded.
Fraternity released two albums and a few singles, which enjoyed moderate success in their native Australia. However, an attempt to find success in the UK was not fruitful and in early 1973 the band changed its name to Fang. By mid-1973 the group had stalled and gradually disintegrated, and the members returned to Australia. Some members formed the loosely-knit Mount Lofty Rangers with whom Bon Scott recorded a couple of songs before being seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in early 1974. When he had recovered, Scott joined AC/DC and Fraternity later reformed with a different line-up and continued until about 1976.
Personnel
1970-73
- Bon Scott - Vocals, Recorder
- Mick Jurd - Guitar
- John Freeman - Drums
- John Bisset - Keyboards
- Bruce Howe - Bass Guitar
- "Uncle" John Ayres - Harmonica, Vocals
- Sam See - Slide Guitar, Piano
- Tony Buettel - Drums (1970)
1974-76
- Bruce Howe - Bass Guitar
- "Uncle" John Ayres - Harmonica, Vocals
- John Swan - Drums, Vocals
- Peter Bersee - Violin
- Jimmy Barnes - Vocals (1975-76)
- Maurice Berg - Guitar (1975)
- Naele Johns - Vocals
Discography
Albums
- Livestock (1971)
- Flaming Galah (4/72)
- The Complete Sessions 1971-72 (3/97) ~ Double CD
Singles
- Livestock / Why Did It Have To Be Me? / Cool Spot (1/71)
- Seasons Of Change / Sommerville (5/71)
- The Race Pt. 1 / The Race Pt. 2 (9/71)
- If You Got It / Raglan's Folly / You Have A God (9/71)
- Welfare Boogie / Getting Off (3/72)
References
- "Highway To Hell - The Life and Times of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott", Clinton Walker, 1995.
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.