Shiraz (band)

Shiraz (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Shiraz


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Origin = South Africa
Genre = Hi-NRG
Years_active = 1984 – 1985
Label = Man Alive Productions
Siversong
Trutone Music
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Current_members = Marshall Harmse
Grant Fisher
Paul Crossley
Terry Owen
Julian Laxton
Fransua Roos
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Shiraz was a South African group from the 1980s best known for their song "Fighting For Our Lives".

History

Shiraz was a mostly studio outfit that was the brainchild of producers Paul Crossley and Terry Owen. The singer of the band was Marshall Harmse, who currently works for Mathambo Productions, and who was involved with South Africa’s official presentation video for the winning 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer bid. The song "Fighting For Our Lives" addressed the HIV/Aids pandemic that was starting to become a widespread disease during 1984 when the song was released. It was saidwho|date=June 2008 that Passion Records did not want to push the band because of Marshall’s heavy South African accent, and Crossley and Owen later started another South African outfit People Like Us specifically to deal with this issue. In 1987, People Like Us covered the Shiraz song "Fighting For Our Lives".

References

* [http://www.mathambo.com/composers.html Biography of Marshall Harmse]
* [http://www.bassplayers.co.za/interviewgrant-f.html Interview with Grant Fisher]


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