His Majesty | |
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| Also known as | Good Time Charlie |
| Genres | Hard rock [1] [2] |
| Years active | 1983–1987, 1992–1998 |
| Labels | Regal, MCA |
| Past members |
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His Majesty were an Australian hard rock group which formed in 1983 by two brothers, Colin (ex- AC/DC) [3] on drums and Denny Burgess (ex- The Throb) [1] on bass guitar. Both were former members of the Masters Apprentices. [2] His Majesty also included Yukiko Davis on lead vocals, Mitch Smith on keyboards and Colin Williams on guitar. [2]
History
The band recorded a string of unsuccessful singles. One track, "C me comin'" (February 1985), was used throughout Australia as the opener for the United States feature film, Ghostbusters, a historical first for an Australian group. The group disbanded in 1987. [2] They reformed in 1992 with a new line-up, they changed their name to Good Time Charlie by 1998 but disbanded late that year.
In 1986 and again in 1992-93 His Majesty were the Australian backing band for Tiny Tim, with whom they recorded two albums, Tiny Tim - Rock (1992) [4] and Tiny Tim's Christmas Album (1993). The 1992 line-up includes two new members, American keyboardist Claude Woodward formerly of Perth band, Visitor, and a new lead guitarist in John Botica formerly of the United Kingdom post punk band, The Labrats. [4]
The band went through a number of line-up changes throughout the mid-1990s eventually changing its name to Good Time Charlie. This band released an album, Adults Only, in October 1998, [5] which they had begun recording in the late 1980s at Alberts Studios in Sydney with original guitar tracks performed by John Robinson (ex- Blackfeather). Robinson was the producer for those original tracks, although later tracks were added by guitarist John Botica and were produced and engineered by Tom Kazas (ex- The Moffs). The Burgess brothers were both seriously injured in a car accident in November 1998; Denny's wife, Clare, described their condition in December, "We're certainly off the road for a while now ... We're just so glad they're kicking and should recover fully. It will be a long hard haul for them. Denny and Colin are both pretty smashed up." [5]
References
- General
- McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2015. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- Specific
- ^ a b McFarlane, 'The Throb' entry. Archived from the original on 19 April 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d McFarlane, 'The Masters Apprentices' entry. Archived from the original on 18 June 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ McFarlane, 'AC/DC' entry. Archived from the original on 6 August 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ a b Tiny Tim (1993), Rock, Regular Records. National Library of Australia, retrieved 2 April 2015
- ^ a b Johnson, Murray (6 December 1998). "Star Cheats Death". Sunday Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. MilesAgo. Archived from the original on 23 June 2003. Retrieved 2 April 2015.