While browsing through cds in a record store in Indonesia, I stumbled upon this gem. It's a recording from 1976 by Indonesian band Superkid. Great fun.





They also do HTW, but I'll save that one for later.

Thanks for this one Thijs. Maybe a reissue is due!
Now i know where the New Barbarians got the inspiration for their title of the album.

that was awful!

but there was this indonesian group the tielman brothers who i think played the
same german circuit as the early beatles, and are also said to have inspired
hendrix with their truly wild guitar playing. this is not awful at all:

The Tielman Brothers - Andy Tielman the uncrowned king of Indo-Rock.

In 1957 came the Tielman Brothers to the Netherlands. Andy Tielman and his
brothers Reggy, Ponthon and Loulou played already together in Indonesia as The
Timor Rhythm Brothers. In Breda they started as The Four T's. They secured a job
at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair in the "Hawaiian Village" section of the Dutch
pavilion. Hired to play for only fifteen minutes when the Hawaiian band took
their break, the Four Tielman Brothers stole the show with their wild
rock'n'roll songs and acrobatic antics. They tossed guitars across stage, played
the guitar and the bass with their toes and teeth, and played their instruments
behind their heads and upside down.

It was the start of their club career in Germany (they started in the
Ringstuben -Sputnik- at Mannheim). They first played on Egmond guitars and also
had Egmond amps, but since 1958 they were the first owners of imported Gibson
Les Paul models in Holland. Their professional show with speedy light-fingered
guitar-tricks, gentle smiling to the girls in the audience and swinging
top-down, became the start of the Indorock scene in Germany. Many Dutch Indo
groups got contracts in Germany during the early 60s. In the Netherlands at that
time, bands could only play on weekends for little or no money at all; in
Germany bands could get a contract for a month or at least a couple of weeks and
make scandalous much money.

(Much more here, including technical discussion about how Andy Tielman changed
guitar history with how he customized his guitars: )

[indorock.pmouse.nl]



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2012-05-07 10:14 by superrevvy.

andy tielman, last year, age 75, still slaying

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superrevvy


The Tielman Brothers - Andy Tielman the uncrowned king of Indo-Rock.

In 1957 came the Tielman Brothers to the Netherlands. Andy Tielman and his
brothers Reggy, Ponthon and Loulou played already together in Indonesia as The
Timor Rhythm Brothers. In Breda they started as The Four T's. They secured a job
at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair in the "Hawaiian Village" section of the Dutch
pavilion. Hired to play for only fifteen minutes when the Hawaiian band took
their break, the Four Tielman Brothers stole the show with their wild
rock'n'roll songs and acrobatic antics. They tossed guitars across stage, played
the guitar and the bass with their toes and teeth, and played their instruments
behind their heads and upside down.

It was the start of their club career in Germany (they started in the
Ringstuben -Sputnik- at Mannheim). They first played on Egmond guitars and also
had Egmond amps, but since 1958 they were the first owners of imported Gibson
Les Paul models in Holland. Their professional show with speedy light-fingered
guitar-tricks, gentle smiling to the girls in the audience and swinging
top-down, became the start of the Indorock scene in Germany. Many Dutch Indo
groups got contracts in Germany during the early 60s. In the Netherlands at that
time, bands could only play on weekends for little or no money at all; in
Germany bands could get a contract for a month or at least a couple of weeks and
make scandalous much money.

(Much more here, including technical discussion about how Andy Tielman changed
guitar history with how he customized his guitars: )

[indorock.pmouse.nl]

wow, great story!