Freedom's Children was a
rock band from
Durban
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,
KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa
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. It was founded in 1966 and lasted until 1971. Its style was
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...
,
psychedelic rock, and
acid rock
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. In the center of the band was songwriter and bass player Ramsay MacKay.
Discography
Albums
* 1969: ''Battle Hymn of the Broken-Hearted Horde'' (
Parlophone
Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German–British record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 192 ...
)
* 1970: ''Astra'' (Parlophone)
* 1971: ''Galactic Vibes'' (Parlophone)
External links
South African Rock Encyclopediadiscogs.com
South African rock music groups
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