The Chosen Few (1970s Australian band)

The Chosen Few
Origin Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
Genres Punk rock
Years active 1978 (1978)–1979 (1979), 1998 (1998)–1999 (1999)
Labels A Few, Buckwheat Headlock/Existential Vacuum, Au Go Go, Hate
Associated acts Deathwish, Bohdan and the Instigators
Past members
  • Ian Cunningham
  • Cal McAlpine
  • Iain Weaver
  • Bruce Friday
  • Bill Blanche
  • Jeff Hussey

The Chosen Few were an Australian punk band which formed in 1978. Three founding band mates were all from an earlier hard rock band, Deathwish: Ian John Cunningham on bass guitar (later on lead vocals), Calum "Cal" McAlpine on drums and Iain Weaver on lead vocals (died 1995).[1] They were soon joined by Bruce Friday on lead guitar.[1] The Chosen Few formed in the Mornington Peninsula and played a combination of covers of United States-influenced punk (MC5, Stooges) and hard driven original numbers inspired by Lobby Loyde and the Coloured Balls and The Saints.

In 1978 The Chosen Few released a six-track extended play, The Jokes on Us.[1] It was recorded in a studio in Smith Street, Collingwood,[1] with Baron Rolls as audio engineer. The band played regularly around the Melbourne and Adelaide punk scenes but disbanded in May 1979. They joined Bohdan X (ex-JAB) as Bohdan and the Instigators but they broke up by late 1980.[2]

There was a short lived reunion of The Chosen Few in 1998 with a new line up: Cunningham, now on lead vocals, and McAlpine, were joined by Bill Blanche on bass guitar and Jeff Hussey on lead guitar. Two albums were released in that year: Do the Manic (Buckwheat Headlock Productions/Existential Vacuum Records, US) and A Root and a Beer (Au Go Go Records).[1] They were followed by a double-CD album, Really Gonna Punch You Out (Hate Records, Italy), in 2001.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Li, Simon. "Reviewed". I-94 Bar. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  2. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'JAB'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 23 August 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
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