Scrap Metal were a band from Broome,

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who played rock music with elements of country and reggae. The members had Aboriginal, Irish, Filipino, French, Chinese, Scottish, Indonesian and Japanese heritage. The band toured nationally as part of the ''

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'' musical and with

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, and were the first Aboriginal band to sign an international publishing deal. An ABC TV documentary ''From Broome to the Big Smoke'' was made about them. Scrap Metal won the 'Best Indigenous Act' award at the 1992

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. After Scrap Metal Alan, Stephen and Phillip Pigram joined up with their brothers David, Colin, Gavin and Peter to create

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. In 2006 Stephen and Alan Pigram were inducted into the Western Australian Music Hall of Fame.Message Stick Online
Hall of fame honour for musical Broome brothers

Discography

Albums

* ''Just Looking'' (1987) * ''Broken Down Man'' (1988) – Jigil Records * ''Scrap Metal'' (1990) –

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* ''Pub Sweat 'n' Tears'' (1992) – Jigil Records

Singles

* "Somewhere in the Distance / Magdalene" (1988) * "Broken Down Man" / "Caught in the Wheel" (1988) * "Nimunburr" / "In the Night" (1989) * "Make It Work" (1990) * "Howling at the Moon" (1991)

References

External links

* Scrap Metal at allmusic {{DEFAULTSORT:Scrap metal Western Australian musical groups Indigenous Australian musical groups Musical groups established in 1983 Musical groups disestablished in 1995