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Goanna is tagged as: australian, rock, aussie, political, singer-songwriter

Goanna is an Australian folk-rock band, notable for integrating social protest with popular music.
Formed by singer-songwriter Shane Howard in the late 1970s, they produced three full albums, and a very rare four song EP. The original name of the band was “The Goanna Band”, which was the name used on the EP release in 1979. However, the original name was soon shortened to “Goanna” by the time that the album Spirit of Place was released in the early 1980s.
Goanna’s debut album Spirit of Place won the ARIA Best Album of the Year for 1982, with their first major hit, “Solid Rock”, winning Best Single of the Year. This song touched on the displacement of aboriginal tribes by the encroaching European settlers. It became a worldwide hit, and was the first rock record to feature extensive use of an Australian didgeridoo, one of the world’s oldest wood instruments. Goanna also recorded “Let the Franklin Flow”, a song about the ecological damage caused by damming Tasmania’s Franklin River for hydroelectricity, and “Sorry”, a song about Australia’s stolen generation of aborigines.
Shane Howard and his bandmates, including sister Marcia Howard and friend Rose Bygrave, have all recorded solo projects...
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Solid Rock
Razor's Edge
Children of the Southern Land
On the Platform
Four Weeks Gone
Cheatin' Man
Borderline
Factory Man
Scenes
Solid Rock (Sacred Ground)
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Top 10 Goanna Albums
Spirit Of Place
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