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Taxi Violence
12+ albums
rockAllhard rocksouth africarock artist
about
Taxi Violence was born in Cape Town in the spring of 2004 when best friends Rian Zietsman, Loedi van Renen and Louis Nel approached George van der Spuy with an invitation to a jam session. Rian, Loedi and Louis had played in a band called 508 in high school, while George was the drummer for their rival band, Drain (there was a famous spitting incident to which both parties claim innocence). After finishing school, both bands ceased to exist and the members went their separate ways, but staying involved in creating music. In 2003, George and Rian played in the band, Multistate, in which George had thrown away his drum sticks and focused on vocal duties, but this was short-lived. A period started in which Rian, Loedi and Louis had conversations about creating music together again. They wanted a new project. One with substance and something that stood out above the rest of what South Africa had to offer its Rock and Roll lovers. They had a clear mission, a boiling passion and needed to find a front-man who would share this with them. George came highly recommended by Rian, and so the first get-together came to fruition… at a military base. “When I heard Queens of the Stone Age for the first time, I knew that I wanted to play in a band again” - Rian Zietsman Taxi Violence spent the rest of 2004 perfecting a set to unleash upon a virgin Cape Town audience. After the first show (March 2005) at a packed Mercury, the band and its newborn fans could sense that this was going to be a
