Just Jinjer (formerly known as Just Jinger) is a contemporary
rock
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group hailing from
South Africa.
Just Jinjer is one of the top-selling rock bands in South African history, with over 250,000 units sold. Over the last decade, the band has performed and toured with
U2,
Counting Crows, and
Def Leppard among many others, performing both locally and internationally in the United Kingdom and Dubai, and released six critically acclaimed albums.
The band's debut album, ''
All Comes Round'', became the best-selling rock album in South African history.
Their second album, ''Something for Now'', was
certified gold in only three weeks from release.
Both albums achieved platinum certification.
In 2004, they performed several arena shows with
Counting Crows and completed their own tours in London and Dubai. In 2005, the band recorded their international debut album with
Grammy Award–winning producer
David Bianco in
Los Angeles.
In 2006, Just Jinger changed the spelling of their name to 'Just Jinjer', to avoid having the second word in their name mispronounced or instead of .
They released a new eponymous album in 2006 with this new spelling, consisting of 13 songs including both new and old material.
Band members
Current members
*
Ard Matthews (
vocals,
acoustic guitar
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)
* Brent Harris (
drums
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, vocals),
*
Denholm Harding (
bass
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, vocals)
Former members
*
Sandy Chila (
guitar,
producer
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) (2005–2009)
* Simon Bailey (guitar) (2003–2005)
*
Alec Bridges (guitar)
*
Danie Van Rensburg (guitar)
*
Anthony Galatis (
keyboard
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)
*
Verny Scholtz (guitar, keyboard,
brass, vocals)
*
Tuxx Mothomme (bass)
Discography
*
All Comes Round (1997)
*
Something for Now (1998)
*
Here's to You (1999)
*
Strange World (2000)
*
Greatest Hits (2001)
*
Collectors 2003 (Limited copies) (2003)
*
Howzit (Limited copies) (2003)
*
Bootleg Album (2004)
*
Just Jinjer
Just Jinjer (formerly known as Just Jinger) is a contemporary rock group hailing from South Africa. Just Jinjer is one of the top-selling rock bands in South African history, with over 250,000 units sold. Over the last decade, the band has perfo ...
(2006)
* Milk & Honies EP (2009)
* Just Jinjer (2010)
*
Everything Since Then (2015)
References
External links
Official siteMyspace site
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South African rock music groups