John Justin & the Thunderwings were an Australian rock band formed by John Justin (guitar, vocals), Paul Hines (keyboards), Gordon Pitt (bass, vocals), Carl Manuel (drums) in 1985. In 1987, Tony Featherstone (bass) replaced Pitt and Robert Wodrow (drums) replaced Manuel. They released one full length album, ''Justice'', in 1986.
Debbie Cameron of ''
The Canberra Times
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'' described the impact of the album, "I am not wildly enthusiastic about this type of music so I do not want to be unduly unfriendly about it. All I will say is that Justin appears to be a competent exponent."
Australian musicologist,
Ian McFarlane
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, felt "
twas brimming with swaggering glam-pop material."
Their debut single "Flash King Cadillac" (1986) was co-produced by Ross Fraser. Fraser was nominated for
Producer of the Year
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at the
ARIA Music Awards of 1987
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for his work on this single and an album, ''
Whispering Jack
''Whispering Jack'' is the twelfth studio album by Australian adult contemporary pop singer John Farnham. It was produced by Ross Fraser, and released on 20 October 1986, peaking at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Album Charts. NOTE: ...
'', by
John Farnham
John Peter Farnham Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British born Australian singer. Farnham was a Teen idol, teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed then as Johnny Farnham, but has since forged a career as an Adu ...
.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
References
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Australian rock music groups
Musical groups established in 1985
Musical groups disestablished in 1987
1985 establishments in Australia