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Cortina Whiplash is the most popular all-female rock ‘n roll band in South Africa and one of a few committed all-female rock bands in the world. Unlike many of their all-female counterparts they refuse to use this fact as an excuse for poor musicianship and pride themselves on building their reputation as talented musicians and performers. They are renowned for their energetic live performances, complete with lead vocalist Loandi’s high heel stage acrobatics and stage dives. In short they keep up with the boys.
Cortina Whiplash’s music is rock ‘n roll at its core but represents elements of their individual musical backgrounds. Guitarist Tessa completed her National Diploma of Music at the Tshwane University of Technology where she met vocalist Loandi and their shared love of jazz has definite reflections in their music. Completing the trio is self-taught drummer Nanas Diamantes whose background in percussion lends an unconventional drumming approach to their musical style.
All three members have been performing live together for the past five years and were previously part of South Africa’s most controversial; all-female Afrikaans rock band Rokkeloos; who ended up in court for pushing the boundaries of the Afrikaans language, culture and perception of women and thus paved the way for a radical new wave of South African music. The band reformed and started writing in English in 2009 with the aim to reach bigger audiences.
Cortina Whiplash draws inspiration from the 1970’s rock and roll and punk scenes, Patti Smith, Black Sabbath and Mötorhead with a touch of Jazz guitar and some incredible vocal harmonies. As Sergio Pereira from Muse Magazine so poignantly described: “Imagine if Mötorhead, Wolfmother and the HorrorPops fornicated in a musical orgy? The result would be a zany bastard child, equally adept in punk, rock and psychobilly. That’s pretty much the best way you can describe Cortina Whiplash’s Queen Hyena. Ignoring nearly every single convention their contemporaries use today, Cortina Whiplash dig through the archives and deliver the purest type of rock ‘n roll known to mankind..”
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Auriel Lefebre from ARCANGELMUSIC:
082 774 4611 / arcangelmusicsa@gmail.com
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