There are at least two artists by this name: 1) A Canadian rock band formed in 1970. 2) A grunge band from the Netherlands. 1) Formed in London, Ontario, their origins began in 1970 when high school friends guitarist/singer Joe de Angelis and Bill Durst on keyboards/guitars began jamming together in the garage, quickly recruiting bass player James Corbet and Ed Pranskus on drums. They began playing the local scene as Pink Orange, doing mostly Beatles/Stones/Led Zeppelin covers, all the while 'getting it together'. They soon graduated to the Toronto bar circuit where they developed a loyal cult-like following. After changing their name, they were noticed by manager Wyn Anderson one night while playing, who secured them a deal with Greg Hambleton's local Axe Records. With Hambleton and Terry Brown (most noteable for his production work later with Rush and Klaatu) behind the controls, they went into Toronto Sound Studios in the spring of '72. Their debut THUNDERMUG STRIKES was released that summer with their cover of The Kinks' "You Really Got Me" as the first single. But when radio stations began playing "Africa" off the lp as well, direction changed. They left the confines of headlining with The Srawbs across central Canada to their own smaller venues across the country. Soon after management released it as a single, "Africa" cracked the national top 30, with the energized-blues flip side "Jane J James" becoming a programmer's favourite as well. Their infectious groove had

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