Tribute Band History
Here is the story of how this Rolling Stones Tribute Show came to be.
John van Zyl (taking on the role of Mick jagger) has been a Rolling Stones fan since he was a skinny 15 year old kid, he was introduced to the Rolling Stones by another kid that had just arrived in Australia from London, looked like he belonged in the Beatles and was armed with the first Rolling Stones album. John recalls, ‘ Ron was a very average bass player but he looked great in all his Mod clobber, his Beatle ‘mop top’, and he had that cockney accent, all the girls were asking about him . We couldn’t resist, we had to have him in the band and under his direction we all started dressing more like an English band.
The fact that Ron had bought the Rolling Stones album with him (not released in Aust at the time) really got me excited and we (the band) had added most of the songs from the album to our song list within a month.
I had seen Mick Jagger on TV and was trying to copy his movements, we started getting better crowds, mainly girls coming to check out our ‘Mod’ bass player and this guy pretending he was Mick.
The fact that the tabloids were calling the Stones dirty, disgusting undesireable louts with unkemp greasy hair made them all the more appealing to me and set our band apart from a lot of others that were playing Beatles music..
I loved the Beatles but so did my parents, the Fab Four were squeaky clean, well mannered and neatly dressed but they just stood there playing their guitars and sang.
The Stones on the other hand were grungy, arrogant, rebellious and parents hated them, they were my kind of band. The ‘Untamed’ as we called ourselves were my first ‘sort of’ trbute to the greatest rock n roll band in the world, we lasted for about a year and went our separate ways.’
It’s been roughly forty years since that first band and I’m still as excited about playing the Stones music as I ever was, so about 18 months ago I thought, well, what’s stopping me from doing this again ……nothing’.
I started gathering anything and everything I could about the Stones, dvds, books, vidoe clips, interviews, and started putting together a show aimed at giving an audience the experience of ‘almost’ being at the real thing.
Now 18 months later the show is together featuring John van Zyl (Mick Jagger), Wayne Harvey (Ronnie Wood), Geoff Taylor (Bill Wyman), John Condon (Keith Richards), Josh Griffin (Charlie Watts), and Paul Middlebrook ( Chuck Leavell).
So, if you love the Rolling Stones music, want to feel the energy of the greatest rock n roll band in ther world and have a great time singing along to all your favourite Stones classics,’
come and experience……………
THE ROLLING STONES TRIBUTE SHOW EXPERIENCE
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I’ve been a constant Stones fan for 33years seen 4 times the first time at Wembley twice in Brisbane once in Sydney on 20 April 2006 (I think). Have a self designed Rolling Stones tattoo on my arm and have been collecting Rolling Stones items for over thirty years.So you could say the Stones are the only band I talk about.Everyone who knows me knows which band I love. I would love to see you go on for many more years and keep the band authentic and realistic. Well done!
Hi Lynden, we were there in Sydney also, and it WAS April 2006, great show wasn’t it? Hope we’ll see you at one of this tribute band’s gigs!
Thanks for your comment. Regards from Julieanne
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