Dynamic Hepnotics

Dynamic Hepnotics
Origin	Sydney, New South Wales,  Australia
Genres	Soul Blues Funk
Years active	1979–1986
Associated acts	The Mighty Reapers Continental Blues Party The Necks The Catholics The Doodaddies The Moods Seriously Cool
Past members
Robert Susz Andrew Silver Bruce Allen Robert Souter Allen Britton Tim Martin Manuel Patty Richard Ruhle Mark Simmonds Peter Bishop Dave Brewer Mike Gubb Duncan Archibald Chris Pascoe Lloyd Swanton

The Dynamic Hepnotics were a successful Australian soul/blues/funk band during the 1980s. They had major success with their chart topping song Soul Kind Of Feeling in 1984 and 1985, followed up by Gotta Be Wrong (Way To Love) later that year.

Frontman "Continental" Robert Susz went on to form the band The Mighty Reapers after the split of The Dynamic Hepnotics in 1988. Susz still performs today in the group Continental Blues Party.

Robert Susz and members of The Dynamic Hepnotics came together in 1998 to perform at the Mushroom 25 Live concert, celebrating the 25th anniversary of Mushroom Records.

Discography

Albums

• Shakin' All Over 7" EP (1980)
• Strange Land 12" EP (1982)
• The Dynamic Hepnotics Live (1984)
• Take You Higher (1985)

Singles

• "Hepnobeat" (1981)
• "Hepnobeat" 12" remix UK & USA (1982)
• "Gotta Be Wrong" (1984)
• "I'll Make You" (1984)
• "Soul Kind Of Feeling" (1984)
• "Believe Me" (1985)
• "Whenever You're Ready" (1985)
• "On Our Way Now" (1986)

Band Personnel

Vocals

• Robert Susz (1979–1986)

Guitar

• Andrew Silver (1979–1985)
• Dave Brewer (1985–1986)

Bass

• Manuel Patty (1979–1980)
• Allen Britton (1980–1986)
• Lloyd Swanton (1986)

Drums

• Richard Ruhle (1979–1980)
• Robert Souter (1980–1986)
• Duncan Archibald (1986)

Saxophone

• Tim Martin (1979–1980)
• Bruce Allen (1980–1985)
• Mark Simmonds (1985–1986)

Trumpet

• Peter Bishop (1985–1986)

Keyboard

• Mike Gubb (1985–1986)
• Chris Pascoe (1986)

References

Trivia

• Mike Gubb has worked with a number of high-profile Australian bands, including Mental As Anything, Ganggajang, The Whitlams and Dog Trumpet.
• Dave Brewer has worked with The Catholics (formed by Lloyd Swanton in 1991) and currently performs with Perth-based blues band The Doodaddies. In late 2008, Brewer released a solo album titled Life Of Riley.
• Richard Ruhle performs with Sydney-based jazz 4-piece Seriously Cool.
• Robert Souter performs with Mental As Anything.
• Duncan Archibald performs with Sydney-based band The Moods.

External links

• The Dynamic Hepnotics Discography at Discogs
• Complete Dynamic Hepnotics Discography
• Continental Blues Party (Entertain Oz)
• Dave Brewer (Solo To Symphony)
• Diamond Dave & The DooDaddies
• The Catholics (Bugle Records)
• Seriously Cool
• The Moods