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on lead guitar (ex-

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). Greening was soon replaced on drums by John Lee (also ex-the Dingoes). They issued a single, " All Fired Up", in 1987 which had been written by Tolhurst. It peaked in the lower reaches of the

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's top 100 singles chart.

History

In 1986

returned to Australia after working in the United States as a songwriter. He had been the lead guitarist of country rockers, Country Radio (1972–73), and the Dingoes, (1973–78).

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entries: * Chong Lim: – * Robert Price: – * Kerryn Tolhurst: – In 1986 Tolhurst formed another country rock group, Rattling Sabres, with Leyton Greening on drums, Lindsay Hodgson on bass guitar, Robert Price on lead vocals (ex-Riverina Playboys, Strange Idols Band,

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Band). Later members included

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(ex-Gospel Jubilee, Yu-En) and Bruce Nightingale. The short-lived group's major claim to fame was a single released in 1987, " All Fired Up", which charted nationally, peaking at No. 94 on the

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. It had been written by Tolhurst and later rewritten and therefore credited to

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and Myron Grombacher and Tolhurst. Benatar released her own version of "All Fired Up" as a single, a year later, which reached No. 2 in Australia, and was a top 20 hit in the

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and United Kingdom.

Afterwards

Former members of Rattling Sabres worked as session and tour musician in various groups. Chong Lim joined

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's backing band on keyboards from 1993. Tolhurst briefly worked in

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(1994) and

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(1998) before forming Quill-Tolhurst with former bandmate

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on vocals, acoustic guitar and percussion (ex-Country Radio), which issued a studio album, ''So Rudely Interrupted'', in 2003. In December 2002 ScreenSound Australia and the National Screen and Sound Archive released an Australian various artists compilation album, ''All Fired Up – Lost Treasures of Australian Music'', which was assembled by Paul Conn. According to music commentator, Duncan Kimball, it "presents an eclectic sampling of OzRock from the 70s to the 90s." The title track was described by Kimball, " tis best known from the version recorded by US singer Pat Benatar, which was a Top 20 hit for her in the US and Top 5 in Australia. The original version was written and produced by Rattling Sabres' founder, Kerryn Tolhurst." Kerryn Tolhurst Band, with Robert Price aboard, issued an album, ''Out of the Shadows'', in 2011. Robert Price is currently performing with his own band Flip Your Wig. They have released two singles on Belmar Records with an album due for release in late 2018.

Members

* Robert Price: – lead vocals *

: – lead guitar * Leyton Greening drums * Lindsay Hodgson bass guitar * John Lee drums *

* Bruce Nightingale * Ivan Kral * Tony Shanahan

Discography

Singles

References

{{reflist

External links

* http://www.Belmarrecords.com.au
Kerryn Tolhurst Profile
Australian country rock groups