| His Majesty | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Good Time Charlie |
| Genres | Hard rock |
| Years active | 1983 (1983)–1987 (1987), 1992 (1992)–1998 (1998) |
| Labels | Regal, MCA |
| Past members |
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His Majesty were an Australian hard rock group which formed in 1983 by two brothers, Colin (ex-AC/DC) on drums and Denny Burgess (ex-The Throb) on bass guitar. Both were former members of the Masters Apprentices. His Majesty also included Yukiko Davis on lead vocals, Mitch Smith on keyboards and Colin Williams on guitar.
History
The band recorded a string of unsuccessful singles. One track, "C me comin'" (February 1985), was used throughout Australia as the opener for the United States feature film, Ghostbusters, a historical first for an Australian group. The group disbanded in 1987. They reformed in 1992 with a new line-up, they changed their name to Good Time Charlie by 1998 but disbanded late that year.
In 1986 and again in 1992-93 His Majesty were the Australian backing band for Tiny Tim, with whom they recorded two albums, Tiny Tim - Rock (1992) and Tiny Tim's Christmas Album (1993). The 1992 line-up includes two new members, American keyboardist Claude Woodward formerly of Perth band, Visitor, and a new lead guitarist in John Botica formerly of the United Kingdom post punk band, The Labrats.
The band went through a number of line-up changes throughout the mid-1990s eventually changing its name to Good Time Charlie. This band released an album, Adults Only, in October 1998, which they had begun recording in the late 1980s at Alberts Studios in Sydney with original guitar tracks performed by John Robinson (ex-Blackfeather). Robinson was the producer for those original tracks, although later tracks were added by guitarist John Botica and were produced and engineered by Tom Kazas (ex- The Moffs). The Burgess brothers were both seriously injured in a car accident in November 1998; Denny's wife, Clare, described their condition in December, "We're certainly off the road for a while now ... We're just so glad they're kicking and should recover fully. It will be a long hard haul for them. Denny and Colin are both pretty smashed up."
References
- General
- McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2015. Note: Archived copy has limited functionality.
- Specific
- ^ McFarlane, 'The Throb' entry. Archived from the original on 19 April 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ McFarlane, 'The Masters Apprentices' entry. Archived from the original on 18 June 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- McFarlane, 'AC/DC' entry. Archived from the original on 6 August 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ Tiny Tim (1993), Rock, Regular Records. National Library of Australia, retrieved 2 April 2015
- ^ Johnson, Murray (6 December 1998). "Star Cheats Death". Sunday Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. MilesAgo. Archived from the original on 23 June 2003. Retrieved 2 April 2015.