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Cortina Whiplash

Cortina Whiplash

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“The simple fact is that Cortina Whiplash are not just three hot chicks on stage. They’re awesome performers and natural musicians. They rip through the stage and crowd with abandon, without sacrificing a note, with balls, bad boy energy and sheer style” – Nathan Zeno, Levi’s Original Music Magazine
Cortina Whiplash were born out of the revolutionary spirit of Afrikaans girl band Rokkeloos who were often hailed as the “female Fokofpolisiekar” for their outspoken and insightful lyricism and also for their part in changing the face of the Afrikaans rock circuit. As motherhood beckoned for one of the Rokkeloos members the remaining three decided to re-form as Cortina Whiplash and branch off into the English market.
A proverbial melting pot of influences, Cortina Whiplash are like a good curry, many different flavours but at the end of the day its all about the chemistry and with a dash of Lebanese, a touch of farm-girl, and a drummer who at 16 learnt to play whilst hitching across the country, these girls definitely have the flavour, as for the chemistry, well that dear reader is all in the tasting. Picture the monotony of yet another slicked up, emo-haired, boy-youth strumming open chords on his guitar, broken by the sight of a leopard-print clad vixen singing about burying her ex-lover on a desert back-road whilst she strums her bass nonchalantly.
Their debut EP entitled ‘Queen Hyena’ is a tribute to the matriarchal hyenas which they emulate and admire. It was created with the support and enthusiasm of some of the South Africa music industry’s most talent minds, produced and engineered by Brendan Jury, mixed by Neal Snyman and mastered by Peter Pearlson “Queen Hyena” is destined to be one of the most interesting and anticipated releases of 2010.

“The simple fact is that Cortina Whiplash are not just three hot chicks on stage. They’re awesome performers and natural musicians. They rip through the stage and crowd with abandon, without sacrificing a note, with balls, bad boy energy and sheer style” – Nathan Zeno, Levi’s Original Music Magazine Cortina Whiplash were born out of the revolutionary spirit of Afrikaans girl band Rokkeloos who were often hailed as the “female Fokofpolisiekar” for their outspoken and insightful lyricism and also for their part in changing the face of the Afrikaans rock circuit. As motherhood beckoned for one of the Rokkeloos members the remaining three decided to re-form as Cortina Whiplash and branch off into the English market. A proverbial melting pot of influences, Cortina Whiplash are like a good curry, many different flavours but at the end of the day its all about the chemistry and with a dash of Lebanese, a touch of farm-girl, and a drummer who at 16 learnt to play whilst hitching across the country, these girls definitely have the flavour, as for the chemistry, well that dear reader is all in the tasting. Picture the monotony of yet another slicked up, emo-haired, boy-youth strumming open chords on his guitar, broken by the sight of a leopard-print clad vixen singing about burying her ex-lover on a desert back-road whilst she strums her bass nonchalantly. Their debut EP entitled ‘Queen Hyena’ is a tribute to the matriarchal hyenas which they emulate and admire. It was created with the support and enthusiasm of some of the South Africa music industry’s most talent minds, produced and engineered by Brendan Jury, mixed by Neal Snyman and mastered by Peter Pearlson “Queen Hyena” is destined to be one of the most interesting and anticipated releases of 2010.