Peter Head is no stranger to musical success with his band Headband! The Ordior team has been successful in recovering unclaimed YouTube and performance royalties, and payments are already flowing to the Headband rights holders. Their catalogue is now under our best protection, and Ordior has done their best to give the band a big push and grant it new life. Rest assured that Headband’s rights are completely protected, thanks to Ordior! This is a brilliant opportunity, and will lead to a new golden era for Ordior and Headband – the chance to spread some of the greatest music on the planet even further to the audiences that deserve to hear it! Headband became one of Australia’s most popular progressive, blues rock bands that formed in early 1971 by bass guitarist Chris Bailey; drummer Joff Bateman; singer-songwriter and keyboardist Peter Beagley (later known as Peter Head); and singer-songwriter and guitarist Mauri Berg. Headband played progressive blues rock with symphonic, country, and pop influences. They had a strong work ethic, rehearsing and performing constantly, including three shows a week in high schools across Adelaide.

“We did modern jazz at nightclubs, rock’n’roll for discos, J.S. Bach for pleasure, barbershop quartet stuff for laughs, electronic music at jam sessions, blues when feelin’ low, and country and folk for interest. A combination of these influences comes out in our original material,” explains Peter Head.

The band practised “group indoctrination” in all types of music, even attending chamber music concerts together. The four-piece group has supported musical legends such as Elton John in 1971 and The Rolling Stones in 1973. They also finished third in the 1972 Hoadley’s Battle of the Sounds – a national performance competition between the best groups representing each state. The band then went on to release their debut album, “A Song for Tooley”, in 1973, which featured album artwork by internationally renowned Adelaide artist Vytas Šerelis.

Headband disbanded a year later. After Headband had separated, Bailey joined the Australian rock group “The Angels” in January 1977, he was later a founding member of GANGgajang. Berg joined a new line-up of Fraternity in late 1974, it included John Swan on drums and vocals and his brother Jimmy Barnes (Cold Chisel) on vocals. Head formed a loose musical collective, The Mount Lofty Rangers, in 1974, which began with various musicians from Fraternity and Headband. It included Bon Scott, who left to join AC/DC before year’s end. The Mount Lofty Ranges spawned the musical “Lofty” produced by The Circle Theatre Company. By the early 1990s, the original vinyl pressing of “A Song for Tooley” became a collector’s item for psychedelic and progressive rock fans. Several of Headband’s physical releases can sell for $500… if you can even find them!

Fast-forward to 2011 and Peter Head and his record label Head Office records have now signed to our partner company Blue Pie Records to remaster and digitally distribute all the psychedelic rock material from Australian icon, Headband, and we at Ordior work as guardians of their excellent music. You can check out all the history here www.headbandmusic.com

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