After the success of last year’s partnership with British India, Coopers After Dark has become an annual event bringing together crafted Australian music with crafted Australian beer. It’s a celebration of Australian music and everything it stands for. It’s for the musicians, rhymers, writers, and all the midnight marauders who truly love what they do.
To celebrate Coopers and their support for Aussie music, we decided to shine a spotlight on the home state of Coopers – South Australia and some of the incredible music that has come for the underrated music state.
The Angels
Led by the inimitable Doc Neeson, Adelaide legends The Angels have one of the most far-reaching legacies in Australian music, having influenced the likes of Guns N’ Roses and Nirvana. Forming in 1970, The Angels got their start by performing at university campuses around Adelaide.
Cold Chisel
An Adelaide institution on par with The Angels, Cold Chisel are Australia’s quintessential pub rock band, having bestowed the Aussie musical canon with some of its most timeless tunes. What other Australian city could have given us our most iconic band besides Adelaide?
Paul Kelly
Australia’s songwriter laureate, Paul Kelly, who legend tells was born in a taxi outside North Adelaide’s Calvary Hospital, is an Adelaidean treasure with roots in the city that go all the way back to 1852, when his great great grandfather, Jeremiah Kelly, settled in Clare, South Australia.
Hilltop Hoods
It’s not just legendary rockers and iconic songwriters that hail from the South Australian capital. Adelaide is a veritable breeding ground for all sorts of talented musos, including Australia’s biggest hip-hop export, Hilltop Hoods, who met at Blackwood High School in Eden Hills.
Sia
Australia’s very own golden girl. International super-hit machine Sia Furler may be a household name overseas, with home base in Los Angeles, but she’ll always be an Adelaide girl at heart, getting her start as a singer in local acid jazz band Crisp before dropping her debut solo LP.
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Orianthi
Australia’s resident guitar goddess, Orianthi now jets around the globe to jam with the likes of Richie Sambora and Alice Cooper, but she got her start in Adelaide, receiving her big break when guitar legend Carlos Santana asked her to join him on stage during an Adelaide show in 2003.
Dave Graney
Dave Graney has been a fixture on the Australian music scene since 1978 and while he may call Melbourne his home now, this Mount Gambier-born singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and author got his start playing in an Adelaide ensemble, and his since gone on to acclaim and countless collabs.
The Masters Apprentices
One of the most underrated groups in Aussie rock music, The Masters Apprentices formed in Adelaide in 1965 before making the move to Melbourne later on. The band’s output was profoundly influenced by The Beatles who were greeted by the largest crowd ever seen in their touring career when they touched down in Adelaide.
KINGSWOOD NATIONAL TOUR DATES
Thursday, 28th May 2015
The Factory, Sydney
Friday, 29th May 2015
Shadow Electric, Melbourne
Thursday, 4th June 2015
Jimmy’s Den, Perth
Friday, 5th June 2015
The Gov, Adelaide
Wednesday, 10th June 2015
The Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay
Thursday, 11th June 2015
Triffid, Brisbane
