GANGgajang Respond After 'Sounds Of Then' Used In 'Hateful Racist' Video
“The band deplores the sentiment in the video and what the organisation stands for," GANGgajang wrote on social media.
GANGgajang
Gang Gajang (styled as GANGgajang) are an Australian pop rock band which formed in 1984.
The four founders are frontman Mark 'Cal' Callaghan (ex-Riptides) on guitar and lead vocals, Chris Bailey on bass guitar, Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup on drums (both ex-The Angels) and Kayellen Bee vocals and percussion. They were soon joined by Geoffrey Stapleton (ex-Aliens] on keyboards, guitar and vocals, and Robbie James on lead guitar.
Their most popular song, "Sounds of Then (This Is Australia)", was issued in December 1985 and peaked in the top 40 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. It gained further exposure in Australia ten years later when it was used on TV in a Coca-Cola ad and then for the 1996 Nine Network station ID promotion.
Their highest selling album was GANGgajang, which was released in November 1985. They have issued three other studio albums, Gang Again (as gangAGAIN) (1987), Lingo (1994) and Oceans and Deserts (2002).
Albums
1985
GANGgajang
1988
gangAGAIN
1994
Lingo
2002
Oceans and Deserts
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