Zambia’s 70s Psych Rock Scene Produced The Catchiest Rock Anthems

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Zamrock thrived for only a few years in the mid-70s, but it's bands produced some incredibly catchy rock anthems. Taking influence from a diverse range of sounds like Jimi Hendrix, The Velvet Underground, afrobeat and Zambian folk, Zamrock is an incredibly rich and fun genre to sink your teeth into.
Check out a playlist of songs in this video + more artists: open.spotify.com/playlist/7gJ...
All songs featured in this video (in order):
0:00 WITCH - "Living In The Past"
0:40 Keith Mlevhu - "Love and Freedom"
1:05 Paul Ngozi - "Bamayo"
3:11 WITCH - "Introduction"
4:19 Musi-O-Tunya - "Mpondolo"
4:32 Musi-O-Tunya - "Dark Sunrise"
5:28 Rikki Ililonga - "Sheebeen Queen"
5:37 WITCH - "Lazy Bones"
6:00 Paul Ngozi - "Anasoni"
6:16 The Peace - "Black Power"
6:46 Keith Mlevhu - "Ubuntungwa"
7:06 Amanaz - "Khala my Friend"
7:24 WITCH - "Living In The Past"
8:19 The Blackfoot - "When I Needed You"
8:39 Salty Dog - "See The Storm"
9:30 Salty Dog - "Fast"
10:42 Rikki Ililonga & Derick Mbao - "Madzi A Moyo"
10:54 Paul Ngozi - "Nshaupwa Bwino"
11:43 Amanaz - "Sunday Morning"
12:38 The Blackfoot - "Lonley Highway"
Zamrock LP & Book Boxset from Now-Again Records: www.rappcats.com/shop/welcome...
Zamrock Reissues from Strawberry Rain: www.strawberry-rain.com/site/?...
WITCH Bandcamp (w/ LPs for sale): witch-zambia.bandcamp.com/
Highway Hi-Fi Podcast: sites.google.com/view/highway...
A special thanks to 'We Intend To Cause Havoc,' an upcoming doc about WITCH and Zamrock, for sourcing rare photos. Find more info on their future release here: weintendtocausehavoc.com/

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@alexeltroll 4 года назад

This is why the internet was created! To share knowledge like this.

@andrewisaac9599 4 года назад

I could not agree more

@onesyphorus 4 года назад

word

@craggerrs 4 года назад

fuckin aye dude!

@zakadams762 4 года назад

truest thing I heard today

@kiekz369 4 года назад

Yesssss

@thebeatnumber 4 года назад

Fun Fact: WITCH is actually an acronym for "We Intend To Create Havoc"

@fire34084 4 года назад

I love that

@user-pf4sk8im4b 4 года назад

That's actually really cool!

@concepcionhidalgo1750 4 года назад

*cause

@suejackson2566 4 года назад

no jonny welfare its called hamock.🤣

@camilmeguedad7714 4 года назад

They say it in the beginning of their song "Introduction" (live version)

@MwelwaOnCos 4 года назад

Hey Bandsplaining. I'm a young Zambian in my 20's and so many in my generation have no clue about the zamrock era in our country. Thank you very much for this short documentary and helping us preserve a piece of our history that was soon to vanish and be forgotten

@annied1997 3 года назад

Haha I've found you here my fellow rock music lover

@MwelwaOnCos 3 года назад

@@annied1997 Glad to know I'm not the only one Annie

@GreezeXzone 3 года назад

And what about nowadays? What’s interesting is in the underground?

@cenzoredworld 3 года назад

Some of the bands from then are on youtube also, check them out! Sick guitar work all over. Maybe some of the young artists can bring this music from the past back. Great samples for house, hip hop, other contemporary styles ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DLhloZ-m5AI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JjEnjX-4EDI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZYvMcpYeM7o.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2QxeDecgNWg.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6T4OlQO56O8.html

@hakalumbwedexter5511 3 года назад

Bro not even the museum has a section to honour great musicians and artists 🤦🏾‍♂️

@ercm2393 4 года назад

Man Jimi Hendrix didn’t realize just how much of influence he was going to have on the world. Crazy how some poor black kid from Seattle could influence so many.

@markclipsham9199 4 года назад

Have you ever heard the Hendrix jingle for Radio one? It is my fav after "If 6 turned out to be 9". Jimi having some fun.

@ercm2393 4 года назад

Mark Clipsham Yes I know almost everything about Jimi.

@markclipsham9199 4 года назад

@@ercm2393 Eric - he is the best. I have a three album set of really obscure stuff I'm going to transfer to digital - talking to space people smoking colored cigarettes and such. Ever hear of Kevin Ayers? He and Hendrix are tied for my fav musical artist. The confessions of dr dream and the document series are my favs of his. Can't wait to dig into the Zambian tunes. I go on safaris hunting for music for my DJ shows. If the music is well composed and well crafted i will listen to it. Keep on rockin' my friend! Auto tuner - bah!

@darriusbeal7953 4 года назад

Black people are the pioneers they see what we create and they copy it 🤷🏾‍♂️

@tbz1551 4 года назад

...and to think he was heavily inspired by the likes Terry Kath who’s unknown to many.

@michael9308 4 года назад

My grandfather was actually part of this movement. His music name was Dr. Footswitch. Man, you have bought back memories. I still have two vinyl records of his greatest hits.

@themoe.1 4 года назад

Wow, as a kid, I remember Dr Footswitch, though I cannot recall any of his music. However I do remember he was one of the leading lights of the Zamrock era. Is it true that he left Zambia and moved to live in South Africa?

@michael9308 4 года назад

@@themoe.1 I'm so honored that someone remembers him. Yes he did move to South Africa, and just like most Zamrock champions of that day, his life was short-lived. I still own his guitar to this day. Though he only used this specific one once.

@themoe.1 4 года назад

@ Michael, great to know you have 2 vinyl records of his hits plus his guitar. I don’t think any of his albums or collection of his hits have ever been re-issued, I’m hoping that day will come sometime soon.

@isyourclaminajam 4 года назад

Oh wow, he also called himself Ted Jagger for some time i think! Some of his music has actually been reissued in compilations, I have lots of photos of his that I dug up in the ZANIS archives, while making the documentary on Jagari Chanda and WITCH if you like I can send them to you!

@stevenc8717 4 года назад

Michael That’s amazing. I’m happy to have come across this music

@lanchesternaanyane 4 года назад

Sounds like a Netflix series to me.

@williamsichone8591 3 года назад

Truee

@JohnMoseley 3 года назад

I was thinking feature film.

@WildxChiild 3 года назад

Definitely

@bigsantosa 3 года назад

Good idea, netflix series about music from all country.

@orinburnham4388 3 года назад

@@williamsichone8591 8

@ReddoFreddo 4 года назад

This is an example of how we do well when others do well. If it wasn't for that brief window of prosperity we would've never had Zamrock, now imagine if that brief window of prosperity happened in every African country, now imagine if that brief window was a large window, and imagine how aside from music, what other things could have developed in a stable and relatively prosperous Africa, More game studios? More biochemists? More middle class people to do business with? Less refugees? We do well when others do well. I believe Orwell said something about asking himself how many Einsteins and Newtons of the world spent their days slaving away on a field somewhere.

@romz5330 4 года назад

ReddoFreddo most elected leaders and those who call the shots on a global scale dont have such enlightenment or wisdom.

@Dr.TJ_Eckleburg 4 года назад

There is no profit in poverty for anyone. Fact is capitalist prosperity if properly applied will lift people out of poverty and create a bountiful and creative society if given a chance. The problem is many people are more interested in abusing these systems and implementing political authoritarianism, which kills the human spirit. In the 1970s, much of Africa and the Middle East were on track to becoming modern, prosperous, liberal nations. If you look at pictures of Iran and Iraq and Turkey and even Afghanistan during that time period you can see free and open people enjoying a society on the upswing. But then the mullahs and authoritarian dictators took over and wrecked it all.

@ark570 4 года назад

@@Dr.TJ_Eckleburg true but you have to acknowledge the role that other nations played in this period. Cold war was still going, US and Soviets fighting over resources, implementing authoritarian regimes all for the sake of stable resources. Mainly oil. Those regimes did not appear by themselves. Capitalism and authoritarianism sadly don't exclude one another

@jamiami3804 4 года назад

That could be if we didn't have 50 different tiny countries alover the continent. If western countries leave us alone instead of creating those tiny countries which are no more than military outposts that they use to loot the continent of its niches. If were one country we could pool our talents and say no with one voice to those who seek to exploit us. Yes we could. But as long as we have all these resources that others want, they will forever destabilise us and turn around and tell us we can't run our country while having their tum pressing down on the destabilizing scale. China, India the USA is great because they one country. If you had to pick one thing that make those country great it's their unity. Unity is the greatest wealth, without it you will be alwsys poor and powerless.

@kevingonzalez9191 4 года назад

@EVOCATEUR I think you clearly have not studied Zambia or even the other nations you mentioned during those times.Zambia was ruled by a pro soviet government during this time that was not a traditional liberal democracy.Turkey saw its growth during the authoritarian Kemalist periods and is still quite rich today but with the Islamic buffoonery that came in the 90’s,same for Iran though their Islamism came earlier.And Iraq never had a liberal democracy like ever(except today),it was a monarchy until 1958 and then a socialist Pan Arabist republic,first under Qasim who was a communist type,then the Nasserist and then the Baathist who would lead to the rise of Hussein.Same for Afghanistan Which was a monarchy,then a modernist authoritarian republic and then a communist nation,things would go downhill once the Islamist took over.

@KaumbaChingonyi 3 года назад

Am Zambian and I didn’t know this. This should be in our history books.

@AnythingAnythingPodcast 3 года назад

Dude am wondering what they are teaching in music classes not cool man i have learnt more zambian history than my history teacher ever taught me

@joe_lubinda 3 года назад

Our education system needs a face lift

@KaumbaChingonyi 3 года назад

Joe yeah definitely we need to learn more about our culture and not western bullshit. This is something to be proud of.

@KaumbaChingonyi 3 года назад

Tell me about it all they teach is how to read music I guess.

@joe_lubinda 3 года назад

@@KaumbaChingonyi exactly. It's annoying me how people from western countries tell me my own history like wtf is our ministry of education doing? In 2017 a Belgian told me about mama Lenshina and I was shocked cause I had never heard of the woman before and I had to do some research. Being a rock and alternative fan, now I discovered that some covers I've heard online are actually songs from Zambia.!! 😑

@felix-barth1279 7 месяцев назад

I saw witch last night. There were only between 50 and 70 people at the show but the atmosphere was amazing. It was so great to see a band who helped creating a whole new genre almost 50 years later. Their Music is timeless 😍

@the5th2000 4 года назад

This is the best youtube recommendation I've had in a while

@snigdhajyotidas3057 4 года назад

Damn 8:10 straight up sounds like the coolest place ever to hangout... Imagine the pioneers of rock in your country playing out their innovative stuff for you while you catch fish, bbq or take a leisurely swim in the lake instead of going to sweaty drug fueled nightclubs...My God

@samsonchaziya5568 4 года назад

It's still a cool place to hangout to this day though there are not so many live band performances that take place there now.👍🏾

@thezedplug 3 года назад

Mindolo dam still is an interesting place. My parents took me there as a kid in ther early 2000s

@margaretg8982 4 года назад

I'm a Trinidadian 🇹🇹 who had the fortunate opportunity of meeting Emmanuel last year, at the screening of a film based on the band W.I.T.C.H. An amazing film. An amazing man🇿🇲

@iorhansouza9665 4 года назад

I used to consider myself an adventurer on music genres and styles Now I see, I don't know shit about good music.

@Cmack6025 4 года назад

brëu ditto

@aidanoreilly7861 4 года назад

That’s the best part is it a endless trip

@john-tr8jy 4 года назад

this is the type of humility I like to see...

@priyas.8141 4 года назад

Haha same! You ought to check out some of the contemporary Moroccan musicians too. They're taking the traditional gnawa music to great heights by incorporating elements of fusion, jazz and rock. Similarly, you might like Egyptian jazz. Next level music.

@bawsack69 4 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zeAsSgPBmO0.html surely you must be familiar with bagpipe jazz?

@alinjavwamutembo4880 3 года назад

I learn more off of RU-vid than I do in school, as a Zambian I didn't even know about zamrock until now and I love rock music so much now that I can actually listen to rock music from Zambia it really makes me happy, thank you for the video❤️

@Leveezy 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2C84koMOUng.html 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@WmG2004 3 года назад

I'm Zambian too and I found out about Zamrock on Wikipedia but this documentary dove much much deeper than that article.

@Cedric_Chuuma 3 года назад

I AM A ZAMBIAN JUST UNDER 25 AND I WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO, I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THIS AND IT HAS MADE ME VERY PROUD.

@jamesc.e.s.4551 2 года назад

I learned about Zamrock from the Movie *The Comedy* where they play Amanaz. I've listened to that album so much that I'm now tired of it, but damn is it a good album.

@apothecide.1 4 года назад

Here I am, a Zambian kid trying to write djent and dark heavy industrial metal and had no idea that we had a dense rock scene back in the day. Edit: when I said I was trying to write "djent", I really didn't mean the typical "djent" style associated with the likes of Periphery or Animals As Leaders(?), what I really meant was just ridiculously low tuned guitars with primal/primitive riffage that is carried by hypnotic drums and dense, ominous cinematic atmosphere, like bands like Humanity's Last Breath and Fractalize.

@milhouse777 3 года назад

So go find your roots brotha, we already has ton of this globalized metal, but not the type of creative and regional stuff that only Afrika provides

@andreo.7633 3 года назад

Plz dont disgrace ur ppl with djent🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ Djent is trash n predictable and just lame. U can do better im sure buddy lol

@AnythingAnythingPodcast 3 года назад

Dude am Zambian and if you into this music keep on and maybe bring it back to life tired of this rap scene we could use some different sounds

@apothecide.1 3 года назад

@@andreo.7633 yeah well I'm not writing typical djent, I'm going with thall riffs and building them around traditional African/Zambian style rhythms in double drop E and double drop G

@apothecide.1 3 года назад

@@AnythingAnythingPodcast I'm trying my best to do that, man. Gonna be focusing on traditional rhythms and themes but with darker progressions and harmonies. Kinda like a Zambian version of Meshuggah or Humanity's Last Breath.

@ghostphoto1789 4 года назад

I saw WITCH recently and they were incredible. Emmanuel was the only original member, the rest were all from Europe. Still a great show. I asked him after if he was influenced by James Brown, because he played a cover and had a similar stage presence. He said that he saw James Brown in Zambia in 1970 and was instantly hooked on him. So grateful that they came here.

@gravelevel3084 4 года назад

ghostphoto i saw them at DesertDaze last year and they blew me away. His presence onstage, still, was exhilarating. And those songs are great so yah, much love for these people!

@ghostphoto1789 4 года назад

@@gravelevel3084 I've seen people 1/3 his age perform with 10% of the energy. It was insane. He also told a story about how they played a show once and they were all arrested for loudness. They went to prison and were each given a pack of cigarettes and some sugar. Somehow that was the most rock n roll shit I've ever heard.

@deanjgn666666 4 года назад

we intend to cause havoc

@damienjones3099 4 года назад

Where do you see it at? Like what streaming company?

@BG-it7hb 4 года назад

Great. Also:James Brow actually performed in Zambia? Didn't know that.

@TheNickLeez 4 года назад

This is the kind of classic rock doc I want to see.

@ck-qc3jf 11 месяцев назад

Am Zambian and these songs Make my Psychedelic trips better 🔥🔥🔥* in my own language😭

@FrozenAfricaPrincess 10 месяцев назад

lmao 😂😂😂

@KaYuLa1 3 года назад

As a Zambian, I appreciate your research into this part of our history. My mother confirms that you actually got your facts right. Thank you so much.

@YesNo-hm8hj 4 года назад

I’ve always wanted to learn more about Zambia but I didn’t think I’d relate to the culture too much. Never been more proud of my Zambian Heritage 🇿🇲🤘🏿

@jeromelj1010 4 года назад

I'm a South African who loves African music so this discovery adds to my love. My uncle worked in Zambia and Zimbabwe in the 70s. I'd love to hear the younger musicians sample these songs and preserve a part of this history.

@afkatoka 3 года назад

Exactly!!! They (new generation musicians) want to sound anything but Zambian and it’s so cringe

@nohappypills 4 года назад

''They are singing in their own tongue, they are not trying to sound like anybody else but themselves'' - what a sentiment. Amazing video, thank you for this.

@BukataEddieMIII 3 года назад

As a Zambian living in Zambia, this gave me so much joy to watch. It also enlightened me on a lot I didn't know about our Zamrock era. Big ups to you lot for this one.

@BavonWW 4 года назад

Thank you! Well researched. It was a golden era and I loved every minute. I was a guitarist for the band Musi O Tunya (Wayne Barnes) Rikki Illilonga, Brian Chengala, myself, and Jasper are still going. I no longer play due to illness but the others are doing it. Brian is now Shakarongo and a public figure, as is Rikki. RIP Paul, Aliki, and Ndara. And all other sisters and brothers who fell along the way. (Edit: I know I was the worst guitarist in music history, but did you cut me out of 4:27 intentionally?)

@WmG2004 4 года назад

Hey man. Do you by any chance have a collection of songs or albums you guys did?

@arandomkenyan 3 года назад

We need the music !!

@ochiengolum2808 3 года назад

Hey Wayne..I've just bumped into this report and mentioned that I knew you guys in Nairobi in 1973. I only remembered Rikki and Brian(drummer) who became my buddy. When Mosi O Tunya band was in Nairobi, you guys hung out at Arcadia Restaurant and Nightclub. It was owned by Jack "the Jew". Early 1973, a Kenyan musicologist from London negotiated and bought the venue from Jack and I remember you guys playing there before you left for Zambia. The Kenyan who bought the club was my father who, thereafter, really rocked Nairobi for four years. Please give a big hug to the guys....you may not remember for I was small but I played acoustic guitar(classic) on nylon. I came to school in San Diego and Los Angeles, California in 1979 and have done alot of music concerts of Afro rhythms...Congo, Brazil, Cuba and more. I'm doing biz back in Kenya and am planning to go back to Afrika. Stay in touch, I still have Afrisa(Tabu Ley's band) to work with in LA and my network and we may hookup after all these years and rock the John Anson Ford theatre. Ahsante sana.

@BavonWW 3 года назад

@@ochiengolum2808 Thank you That info cheers me up Jack was a real character and also a brave war hero. His belief in African music was important. Can't remember your dad but I will. I'm very old with bad memory.

@BavonWW 3 года назад

Ahh, I remember him now.

@carolemuntemba9510 3 года назад

Beautiful, grew up listening to these, my father Norman C Muntemba was a founding member of Salty Dog, a talented bassist who passed in 2017, listening to their music here is sooo heartwarming❤❤❤❤

@indiehipstervibe 4 года назад

Wow Zambian here. I didn’t even know they had a large psych rock scene. That’s my favourite music genre

@Halleellah880 3 года назад

Best RU-vid recommendation this week🙂

@edsheeren8601 3 года назад

True❤

@Leveezy 3 года назад

🔥 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2C84koMOUng.html 🔥

@jadepattenden8447 4 года назад

I’m half Zambian on my mother’s side. I sent my parents this video and it made them and myself so happy to hear about this Zamrock scene :) thank you for creating this

@ozzyfromspace 3 года назад

Seeing someone talk about Zambia in a generally positive light was nice. Thank you Bandsplaining 🙌🏽☺️🎊

@astromida6621 2 года назад

Man, please revive any form of African rock and guitar music, especially rock. This is so monumental.

@katrinaswanson2900 4 года назад

Khala My Friend is a masterpiece. Spotify recommended a Zamrock compilation to me a few years back and I've been listening ever since! Thanks for the history behind such amazing music!!

@mozdickson 4 года назад

I wonder if the musos and writers are getting any pennies from Spotify?

@spinblade6459 4 года назад

It's very Zambient.

@hmm2928 3 года назад

Could you share the playlist?

@schnauzer360 4 года назад

Glad to see people are still talking about zamrock

@UserName-ii1ce 4 года назад

You left this comment just to feel like u knew about it before us

@FumblsTheSniper 4 года назад

*Zamorak

@thenapalmgiraffe 4 года назад

@Reginald Brent did you watch the video....? all the music was inspired by each other. the zamrock movement was started after the beatles and whatnot lmao

@shuji558 4 года назад

clicking on rocks zamorakian rock

@YesNo-hm8hj 4 года назад

Reginald Brent bud... he didn’t say anything racist. I agree that Rock n Roll has black roots but races don’t own genres. Zamrock was inspired by the Beatles the same way the Beatles were inspired by Chuck Berry and so on. And this is coming from a Zambian African-American too before you start calling me racist.

@thomasmoore1015 3 года назад

I feel like we've lost a piece of history. I lived in Zambia as a kid and never heard any ZamRock,. It's sad that I never heard it then, but I glad I got to hear it now.

@calebacquah292 4 года назад

The crazy thing is my dad is from Ghana and grew up in the 1960s - 1970s listening to Zamrock and I found them years later looking for new music and now we're both listening to Zamrock

@nineinchrails3361 4 года назад

We Intend To Create Havoc “Hometown” is such a damn good song.

@karllarsson4996 4 года назад

Hometown is an amazing song! *We Intend To Cause Havoc

@nineinchrails3361 4 года назад

Skal Man right, and thank ye for that. Been a while since I said that.

@ralphedwards7803 4 года назад

nah one of their best is "strange dream."

@karllarsson4996 4 года назад

@@ralphedwards7803 yea, they have a lot of catchy songs, strange dream must have been one of the biggest songs from the lazy bones album.

@Leveezy 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2C84koMOUng.html 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@thelegendstrueform 4 года назад

Amanaz is great. I stumbled on them last year and fell in love with their sound instantly.

@wellreadbull3740 4 года назад

RU-vid knows what to recommend when I'm high.

@jaykratosleonidas1xbox180 3 года назад

Same bro

@WmG2004 3 года назад

I see a robot violating a crab in your profile image. 😂

@davidhaseyes 3 года назад

@@WmG2004 It's an upside-down Chicago Bulls logo, but I'll now never look at it the same way.

@Whatshisname346 3 года назад

@@WmG2004 Dude!!😂

@WmG2004 3 года назад

@@davidhaseyes lol

@TarantinosCat 2 года назад

Loved how he was not critical of his fellow people who died of aids, rather he just regrets the loss of the musical talents his country had. Great man and a great musician.

@dls3939 4 года назад

Oh man I remember witch. My Dad was born in Zambia and I must have heard of them through him. Well most of my childhood memories regarding music centers around my Dads album collection. Thank god it was a good one. Really cool vid man.

@Bandsplaining 4 года назад

Thank you! Does he/you still have any of those records? Those original pressings are worth hundreds, sometimes thousands.

@dls3939 4 года назад

@@Bandsplaining No unfortunately not. Its a crying shame but that was about 28 years ago or so. Some records survived and some just vanished over time

@R107 4 года назад

Absolutely fantastic video man, loved it. You dug up some great historical facts and got me eager to check out more Zamrock. You might also enjoy Cambodia's rock music during the 60's and 70's which was sadly abruptly crushed by the Khmer Rouge, with several musicians dying in the genocide. They had some outstanding music. "Cambodian Rocks" is a great compilation album to start with if you're interessted.

@Bandsplaining 4 года назад

Thank you! Definitely will check this out

@JamesTownsend 4 года назад

I actually came into the comments to suggest the same thing. I would be super interested to hear a discussion of this!

@daskalbdashupfte 4 года назад

Same thing goes for south Vietnam. They also had some realy dope music during the 60-70!

@iliv4disc77 4 года назад

I will check out some Cambodian music from that era and curse evil Pol Pot right as I push the play button for each song.

@R107 4 года назад

@@daskalbdashupfte oh yeah! I bought myself this 50 CD collection from the record company "Sublime Frequencies". Havent nearly got half way through, but one I did listen to and which stuck out was an album called "Saigon Rock". They had this fascinating mix of cool as hell oriental female singers with somewhat Jimi Hendrix influenced funk rock.

@369ZIR 4 месяца назад

Now it’s gained a new listener in 2024!!! My kind of music! All the way from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬

@jasonmjkruger 3 года назад

I know Jagari from Witch well. We've done a radio show together. In the 70s and 80s it was very expensive and hard for musicians to get instruments and sound gear so my grandfather John Kruger and his partner Hendrik Garson started making guitars, drum kits, mixers, speakers etc for all of these guys. The business was called Piano House and was an institution in Zambia. I have many many fond memories of playing in the shop as a kid and think that listening to Zambian musos practicing there is what inspired my passion for music.

@gevse 4 года назад

It's crazy how AIDS could just wipe out a whole movement of trailblazing musicians like this... makes you wonder what the world has missed out on because of the harm that disease inflicted...

@torimchugh5469 4 года назад

More like racism n colonization

@yannikkissa9419 4 года назад

Yeah, and not just colonialisms and racism, but you can even go back to neighborhoods in my part of the country and you just think how can society systematically drain itself from so many potential Einstein's, Beethoven's etc. Kind of offtopic here thougj

@NizaSiwale 4 года назад

As a Zambia, not only did Aids wipe out our music but also a large number of our educated population

@DanielSwartfiguer 4 года назад

If by "racism and colonization" you mean technological, medical and social advancement, then you are correct.

@KhayJayArt 4 года назад

@@DanielSwartfiguer I doubt technology and medical advancements spread AIDs, genius.

@Rayji10 4 года назад

Zamrock is a pretty good discover for any music lover.

@sammyhawkins5590 8 месяцев назад

I was there when this was all going on, the copper belt was alive with great music, I also had the honour of meeting the band "the witch" when I was in livingstone , what a great band they were.loved the Ngozi family also had most of these records. I expect there worth a fortune now! Great days. Long live zamrock!

@musaka15 3 года назад

I just love how this popped up in my recommendations ❤ Also I'm glad I now know the history of Zamrock 🇿🇲🇿🇲

@JM-pm3ob 4 года назад

The RU-vid algorithm gave me this video despite me knowing nothing about Zamrock or this channel and I have to say it’s fantastic, both the music and the video. Subscribed!

@jimbobur 4 года назад

I don't know why this was in my recommendations but I'm so glad it was, I was captivated from start to finish! I'd never heard of Zamrock before. So sad that the scene didn't survive for longer.

@Mortarion6666 3 года назад

Something about this music is so beautiful, yet so tragic. The idea of young Zambians trying to escape from their bad hand they've been dealt in life, through music, and then succumbing to a horrible disease and then having their music largely forgotten, even by their own countrymen (no disrespect intended, I am just going off some others comments written here). I don't know, the whole story fills me with joy that they were able to do what they loved, but at the same time I can't help but feel sad that it was cut short by something ultimately out of their control. What could have been, yknow? Love and respect to Zambia and Zambians, thankyou for the music, and please don't let this beautiful piece of your culture be forgotten.

@siphomoyo36 2 года назад

Many are the afflictions of the righteous but God delivers them all #zambiakuchalo 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲2022

@pAnYapakO 11 месяцев назад

Yeyeyeye❤‼️‼️‼️‼️

@BababooeyGooey 4 года назад

First you got me into Sahara/Taureg rock, now you hooked me on Zam rock. You're the GOAT.

@littleking1412 4 года назад

So interesting to find these new types of music as a songwriter for inspiration! Thank you very much

@hofmdnt 4 года назад

Ryan Billing i know right! Found out about sahara rock and now this. So cool

@sugarlove 3 года назад

well done guys what a great documentary! thanks for sharing it 😍😍😍😍

@bigcheese2128 11 месяцев назад

To anyone coming back to this video, Witch came out with a great new album this year and you should definitely check it out. if you like their old stuff even better, but it’s a great rock album on its own regardless of the tremendous struggle and perseverance it took to get here

@apricotcomputers3943 3 года назад

After being in Zambia i had no earthly idea they shaped music history. Beautiful. There should be a museum in Zambia for this.

@zambiakid 4 года назад

I grew up in Zambia in the 70's and 80's, but was too young to experience Zamrock originally, , but I do remember the curfews. So glad to be able to experience it. Thanks for exposing it to more people..

@kaboomerty1638 4 года назад

this is like a whole new world opening, this kind of sound is my favorite kind of music and to like discover a whole new world of psych garage rock is amazing

@wazaDev 3 года назад

I'm zambian and this is so great to see, I can't say how much I appreciate this video. Thank you

@StillDSG 3 года назад

Just wanted to say thank you for making this, I’m a young Rap artist based in the UK and I’m of Zambian heritage. My Dad always used to tell me that he was in a bad grouping up and this allowed me to get a glimpse of what this era of music looked like

@saint_silver 4 года назад

Those kind of stories makes me so happy! The human spirit and creativity is incredible

@chikondikaluba8814 4 года назад

Am happy to see documentaries like this, being from Zambia I didn't know we had such rich history

@teddysaineti 4 года назад

I’m Zambian and this is so beautiful to watch.

@capriliii 2 года назад

For once I appreciate my insomnia...randomly turned the channel to ZNBC and they were discussing zamrock...something I've never heard about! Which is sad. I appreciate this video so much, it truly has educated me on something I should have known. Definitely gonna do more research on this

@DRUNKBEATZ 4 года назад

10:49 and believe it or not, they also invented the DAB way before the migos!! Dope music. Blessing to all the bands 💯

@RobHollanderMusic 3 года назад

Thank you for doing this, great stuff! My son worked for part of a year in a medical clinic in Burundi and he said the local folks he met there were among the best folks he has ever known and maintains long distance relationships with them to this day. He also saw the famous Drummers of Burundi perform while he was there.

@morningdew2309 3 года назад

Zamrock is on every Sunday afternoon on radio Phoenix. Best day of the week for me. Thanks for this short documentary.

@omega1231 3 года назад

For anyone wondering Rikki Ililonga is alive and well, living on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark and still works as a musician.

@ewanmcgillan3821 4 года назад

My dad worked on the copper belt in Zambia in the 70s! I’ve heard all his stories about Zamrock scene in the mines, cool to see it on a video!!

@Joe3Jae 4 года назад

I had read in a comment from your excellent Sahara music post (I've been rocking out to Mdou Moctar, Tinariwen, Tamikrest, etc for over a week now) that mentioned Zamrock, which I had been completely unaware of and I started checking out WITCH and some others. I was hoping you would do a post on them. Well done! I can't believe all the stuff I've missed! I guess I will be looking forward to Soviet Post-Punk and Cambodian (check out Dengue Fever from San Francisco) music next ;). Life without exploring is just existing.

@NXMWILA 3 года назад

As a Zambian who does / LOVES music this is so enlightening and amazing to hear. Thank you so much for sharing 💛

@hadisasa417 3 года назад

You have no idea the Joy in my heart to hear someone dig into the positive of my Country,Zambia!! I'm happy!!! Thanks Bandsplaining!

@mikefinney423 4 года назад

7:54 Sounds like one grand hell of a great time! What more could a person want?

@MODIRWA 4 года назад

I’m glad someone is documenting how much of music culture really comes from Africa. The level at which music culture is generated here is surreal. Thousands of music genres, a wealth of sounds and very original creative ideas exist here, safe from gentrification and idea thieves.

@Djinner13 4 года назад

Did you even watch the video? Zamrock literally started by 60s British cover bands...

@Southforthewinter 4 года назад

Miss T it’s hard to appreciate differences when their identity is hijacked and then covered in the history books. Why is Elvis the king of rock n roll when it should be chuck berry? America has done that with rock, jazz, and tried it with hiphop. It’s not that their racist at heart, but rather they want to cash out, a white musician makes more and sells more than a black musician, but the black musicians where creating the cool shit, cool and black go hand in hand. There was once a joke on the tv the office on how to star a business. “ you get the black people to start doing it, then the white people will do it too, then you get the blacks to stop doing it” There’s some serious truth in that joke. American pop culture starts in the black community trickles down from those who take ( the gays) they bring it to white girls then it becomes mainstream. The easier way to trace his pattern is through slang and popular music.

@MrFreeGman 4 года назад

@@Southforthewinter American pop culture is nothing but garbage these days. Not something to be proud of. You want to know why Elvis was the king of rock n roll? Because he had the charisma and sex appeal that Chuck Berry didn't have. His image was more important than his music in regards to his success. Jimi Hendrix on the other hand had it all, and is regarded as one of, if not the greatest guitar player of all time. Was he just an Uncle Tom? By your logic all music that blacks make using instruments invented by whites should be credited to whites. Did blacks invent the acoustic guitar? I guess Robert Johnson doesn't get credit for his work then, oops! Nothing but idiotic racist nonsense.

@Southforthewinter 4 года назад

MrFreeGman everything would be fine and dandy if credit was given to the originator that’s all. Everyone borrows from everyone the difference is Europeans have a tendency of lying, plain and simple.

@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134 4 года назад

@@misst7923 No, they literally stole it. Early Stones, tons of Zeppelin songs that made them rich while they didn't pay royalties for decades to people like Willie Dixon, and that hambone beat that Bo Diddley popularized and you find throughout rock and pop from the 1960s to present was carried here from Africa and perpetuated by slapping the body when their drums were banned to oppress their culture. Once you hear it in African music you hear that clave in all musics of the Americas. If it wasn't for Africa you'd be listening to Victorian parlor music. Please.

@phangirlable Год назад

Storming off to Spotify to listen to Zamrock right now!

@alexindustrials8742 3 года назад

oh how refreshing to hear africans playing rock, beautiful collection, its all on spotify, checkit out, great music Zambia

@UberLummox 4 года назад

I bet you're a record collector. You guys do a lot for us musicians and other music fans that live for obscure music. Thank you!

@bedoubleene3297 4 года назад

Am a Zambian here. I endorse this Video.

@TheMightyKingzuru Год назад

Let's not forget that Dr Kenneth Kaunda himself is a complete musician, a guitarist, a pianist, a vocalist and a songwriter. Just that politics took a higher precedence in his life calling.

@wileyfloprods 3 года назад

I'm the director/filmmaker of "Terra Pesada," a feature documentary on Mozambique's metal musicians. After 500 years as a Portuguese colony, followed by 30 years of revolution and war, these tech-savvy urban African millennials are the first generation of Mozambicans to grow up in peace. Mozambique remains one of the world's poorest countries, with no recording industry. Some of these kids would be rock stars if they had been born in the U.S. I asked if I could hang out with them and follow them around with a camera after going to a show and seeing they were playing original music, not covers.

@skitkreket 4 года назад

Thank you for enlightening me to all this great music I've probably never would have come across. Love all of your videos, keep it up!

@louisetien3870 4 года назад

YES i love the witch and it's really hard to find info about zamrock tank you

@soulsunshine108 3 года назад

Zambia has a culture that really encourages musical creativity. Living there, it's overwhelming how much talent there is, from the smallest urban compound to the churches, to the big artists of Lusaka.

@RalphColmar 4 года назад

Loved listening to Zamrock on the radio during my visits to Mufulira and Luanshya during school holidays in the 1970's. Guess I have One Nation One Zambia President KK to thank for insisting local radio promoted local talent and introducing me to Amanaz, Ngozi, The Peace and We Intend To Cause Havoc, thanks for making and sharing this video (y)

@Luna-ic6ke 4 года назад

Wow thank you for introducing me to this music, it's really great.

@leakeice 4 года назад

Amazing episode. Classic music. I'm from Namibia and this made me appreciate Zambia more...

@jessiegondwe9761 3 года назад

I am 4 months late but am glad RU-vid recommended this for me am so proud to be zambian and I didn't know Zambia had this type of influence God bless Africa 🤗❤

@ziyoghoyengesoko4503 4 года назад

Wow!! Thanks I've always been a rock fan because of Paul ngozi..... Proud Zambian 🇿🇲

@TinyBubbleExtreme 4 года назад

This is such an amazing channel!

@Rand0mGypsy 4 года назад

Now i'm waiting for an ethio jazz and/or Peruvian Chicha ones hahahaha

@jorgewashoreynarojas1790 4 года назад

Los Saicos too.

@To.Si.Ma. 4 года назад

Yes chicadelic psych-cumbia. Mixture of Santana - Surf - and Cumbia!

@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134 4 года назад

Yessssss

@ajude234 3 года назад

Vale to all the Zamrock musicians who have died. I am loving your music right now.

@josephkalula2214 3 года назад

Wow am from Zambia 🇿🇲 thanks for this knowledge...

@tbz1551 4 года назад

3:48 Although too old now Don Cheadle would have been perfect for the Biopic.

@DanielGonzalezC 4 года назад

This man looks more like Don Cheadle than Don Cheadle looks like Don Cheadle.

@julianisaac6004 3 года назад

One of the reasons I am in YT comments so much is to see how long it takes me to scroll and find the SAME thought...you win...

@geephlips 4 года назад

Listened to a couple of the compilations and it’s the best music I’ve heard in while. I was expecting an interesting cultural artifact, but it’s so much better than that. Reminds of the Seattle music scene of the late 80s.

@annied1997 3 года назад

Oh wow as a Zambian Ive always loved rock music for some reason 💕

@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134 4 года назад

I love all African psychedelia. I love hearing African musicians take all the American genres from blues to Cuban to reggae, hip hop and everything else that were inspired by W. Africa and bring them full circle like the call and response tradition writ large, putting their masterful touch on it. West Africans were already amazing with string instruments so guitar was a natural fit here. Psychedelia from all over the world was amazing, check out the tropicalia movement in Brazil if you're not familiar and someone mentioned cumbia and chicha, love that electrified. Excellent work, thanks :-)