Sunrize Band

Origin: Maningrida (about 486 kms east of Darwin), Northern Territory, Australia
Genre/styles: Blues, Rock

Band members: Marrjarra Pascoe, Ben Pascoe (lead guitar, lead vocals), Terry Pascoe (bass, vocals), Wayne Kala Kala (drums), Horace Wala Wala (didjeridoo, vocals, tamborine, clapsticks), Kenny Smith (guitar), Jimmy Djamunba.

The band’s name is often misspelt as ‘Sunrise’ instead of Sunrize.

The Sunrize Band’s name comes from the Aboriginal Dreamtime legend which sees the two women creators emerging from where the sun rises, where they made the rivers, the creeks, the people’s traditional names, ancestral beings and Aboriginal totems.

Discography

Sunset to Rize!

Released	1992
Tracks	S-U-N-R-I-Z-E Bugula Gun-Bachirra Lembana Mani Mani Jim-Ngardapa Gamu Land rights (live) Take me back to Arnhem Land (live)

Lembana Man

Released	1993
Tracks	Lembana Mani Mani (Farewell Maningrida) S.U.N.R.I.Z.E.

Lunggurrma

Released	1993
Tracks	Lembana Mani Mani (Farewell Maningrida) Pollution free zone Wak wak (Black crow) contemporary version Wak wak (Black crow) traditional version Arafura battlefield Land rights Love song Power of the fire Jin-Ngardapa Gamu (One girl) Ngukurr sunrize Black boy rock'n'roll The Mimi Mimi man Killer sorcerer Kill the beast

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