Preserving South African Musical History
Johannesburg group formed in 1986. Rob McLennan (vocals), Dave de Vetta (bass), Ian Wiggins (guitar) and Annette McLennan (drums).
Released the EP One Came Running in 1987 followed by the albums Into The Valley (1989) and Fifteen Seconds (1991).
Grew up in Kwazulu-Natal and began to learn the guitar in the late 1950s. In the early 1960s he started performing as a session musician and performing in shabeens.
He also learnt to play the violin. Over the next thirty years he played on sessions with a wide variety of musicians including the Boyoyo Boys, West Nkosi, Robart Bopape and the Mohatella Queens.
In 1986 he recorded the Grooving Jive No. 1 EP (with Shifty Records) as a member of the Jo’burg City Stars.
In 1989 he recorded his first solo album with Shifty Records, The Art of Noise.