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. Their music moved from acoustic calypso toward an electric reggae/rock style. They recorded an audition tape, ''Milliya Rumarra'', which won them a trip to Germany to the Third Annual International Cologne Song Festival in 1982. They returned to Broome later that year and disbanded. Kuckles contributed to Chi's musicals ''

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''. Chi and Manolis later were part of a new band called Bingurr which is moonlight in Bardi. Pigram played with

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Discography

Studio albums

Soundtrack albums

Awards and nominations

Deadly Awards

The

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, ''Corrugation Road'' (with Jimmy Chi and The Pigram Brothers) , Excellence in Film or Theatrical Score , , -

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knuckles Indigenous Australian musical groups Western Australian musical groups Musical groups established in 1981 Musical groups disestablished in 1982 People from Broome, Western Australia