The Springbok Nude Girls (a.k. a the Nudies, or the Nude Girls) is a rock band from Cape Town, South Africa. The band is named after the glamour models that graced the covers of a series of compilation albums of covers of top 40 hits known as the 'Springbok' albums. (They were not linked to Springbok Radio). These models were fairly scantily clad and titillating for the time, and considered to be mildly shocking in the Calvinistic and social climate of 1970s South Africa.

PropertyValue
dbpedia-owl:Artist/genre
dbpedia-owl:MusicalArtist/background
  • group_or_band
dbpedia-owl:Person/activeYearsEndDate
  • 1994-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:Person/activeYearsStartDate
  • 1994-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:Person/homeTown
dbpedia-owl:Person/otherName
  • Nudies, Nude Girls
dbpedia-owl:activeYearsEndDate
  • 1994-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:activeYearsStartDate
  • 1994-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:background
  • group_or_band
dbpedia-owl:genre
dbpedia-owl:homeTown
dbpedia-owl:otherName
  • Nudies, Nude Girls
dbpprop:abstract
  • The Springbok Nude Girls (a.k. a the Nudies, or the Nude Girls) is a rock band from Cape Town, South Africa. The band is named after the glamour models that graced the covers of a series of compilation albums of covers of top 40 hits known as the 'Springbok' albums. (They were not linked to Springbok Radio). These models were fairly scantily clad and titillating for the time, and considered to be mildly shocking in the Calvinistic and social climate of 1970s South Africa. An alternative rock band, the Nude Girls introduced punk, ska, acid jazz and metal into their songs, introducing a new world of music to the youth of South Africa in the early 1990s. The Nudies became not only favourites in South African households, but stars and influences in the South African music industry at large. They played their first big gig in September 1994 to a full house at a local venue in Stellenbosch. At the time the South African music scene was in the process of transformation, as was much of rest of post-Apartheid South Africa. They were hailed as a breath of fresh air and one of the country's most promising new bands. The Nude girls have toured extensively all over the world and recorded an international album in New York in April 1999. Minor success in Europe kept them touring but their popularity was still unequalled compared to South Africa. In 2000, the band received a South African Music Award for Best Rock Album (Surpass The Powers). The Nude Girls were voted the Best South Africa rock band in a poll conducted by South African radio station 5FM.
  • Springbok Nude Girls (également surnommé les Nude Girls ou les Nudies) est un groupe de rock alternatif sud-africain originaire de la ville de Stellenbosch. Fondé en 1994, il mêle influences funk, ska, punk, metal et emprunte également à la musique psychédélique et à l'acid jazz. Le groupe est considéré comme l'un des pionniers de la nouvelle vague musicale qui déferle sur l'Afrique du Sud dans les années de l'après Apartheid. C'est en septembre 1994 - l'année même de la fondation du groupe - que les Springbok Nude Girls donnent leur premier concert à Stellenbosch. Acquérant en quelques années une certaine notoriété auprès de la jeunesse sud-africaine, la formation entame par la suite une tournée dans plusieurs pays du monde. En 1999, le groupe enregistre un album à New-York. L'année suivante, il est récompensé par le South African Music Award du meilleur album rock pour « Surpass The Powers », un album sorti en juillet 1999, et se voit gratifier de plusieurs articles dans des revues musicales telles que le magazine Rolling Stone. À la fin de l'année 2000, le groupe est élu « Meilleur groupe de rock sud-africain » par les auditeurs de la radio 5FM. En 2001, le groupe décide cependant de se séparer. Le leader du groupe Arno Carstens s'essaie à une carrière solo puis monte une nouvelle formation baptisée Nude Porn, laquelle remporte également un certain succès. En 2006, le groupe annonce néanmoins sa reformation et sort quelques mois plus tard un nouvel album, « Peace Breaker ».
dbpprop:alias
  • Nudies, Nude Girls
dbpprop:background
  • group_or_band
dbpprop:currentMembers
  • Arno Carstens - Vocals
    Francious Kruger - Drums
    Theo Crous - Guitar
    Arno Blumer - Bass
    Adriaan Brand - Synthesizer, Trumpet (joined 1995)
dbpprop:genre
dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
dbpprop:label
dbpprop:name
  • Springbok Nude Girls
dbpprop:origin
dbpprop:reference
dbpprop:url
dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbpprop:wordnet_type
dbpprop:yearsActive
  • 1994–2001, 2006-Present
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • The Springbok Nude Girls (a.k. a the Nudies, or the Nude Girls) is a rock band from Cape Town, South Africa. The band is named after the glamour models that graced the covers of a series of compilation albums of covers of top 40 hits known as the 'Springbok' albums. (They were not linked to Springbok Radio). These models were fairly scantily clad and titillating for the time, and considered to be mildly shocking in the Calvinistic and social climate of 1970s South Africa.
  • Springbok Nude Girls (également surnommé les Nude Girls ou les Nudies) est un groupe de rock alternatif sud-africain originaire de la ville de Stellenbosch. Fondé en 1994, il mêle influences funk, ska, punk, metal et emprunte également à la musique psychédélique et à l'acid jazz. Le groupe est considéré comme l'un des pionniers de la nouvelle vague musicale qui déferle sur l'Afrique du Sud dans les années de l'après Apartheid.
rdfs:label
  • Springbok Nude Girls
  • Springbok Nude Girls
owl:sameAs
skos:subject
foaf:homepage
foaf:name
  • Springbok Nude Girls
foaf:page
is dbpedia-owl:MusicalArtist/associatedBand of
is dbpedia-owl:MusicalArtist/associatedMusicalArtist of
is dbpedia-owl:MusicalWork/artist of
is dbpedia-owl:artist of
is dbpedia-owl:associatedBand of
is dbpedia-owl:associatedMusicalArtist of
is dbpprop:artist of
is dbpprop:associatedActs of
is dbpprop:redirect of
is owl:sameAs of