South Africa is known as the "rainbow nation", with diverse cultures and people. That aspect is displayed in the South African music industry, with great SA bands such as Freshly Ground, The Parlotones, The Dirty Skirts, Zebra and Giraffe to name but a few. SA bands suck? Are you insane? SA bands rock! (thank you Rudolf).
Have any of you actually taken the time to listen to Prime Circle or Crash Car Burn? Now that's good quality South African music.
We as South African's have the tendency to compare our local music to that of the international acts. There is no comparison. Had Freshly Ground not proven that? Staying true to their African roots, they won Best African Act at the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards. What more do these bands need to do in order to prove, to the rough SA crowd, that they are of the best?
We don't always appreciate anything 'Proudly South African'. Besides SA rock bands, how many of us can honestly say we religously or even seldomly listen to kwaito? Kwaito is SA at it's best, and in my opinion, doesn't receive the credit it deserves. If any of you can honestly say that you knew Arthur Mafokate was one of the founding fathers of kwaito, I'd be very impressed.
SA bands have a tendancy to be compared to international bands. Perhaps it is because there is no hype around SA bands like there is around international bands. This could be for the simple reason that they are not being promoted enough.
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