Name: Please the Nation
Brand: Eye Q

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

NA5225-CD

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-03-04

Signed copies

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Supplier US

Traff­ic

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

659457522520

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Eye Q

Genre US

African

Label US

Now Again Reserve Series

The Effect Of Heavy Music: Rock Music And Revolution In 70s Zimbabwe. Eye Q’s music has never been collated and issued outside of its country of origin. Now, as part of the Now-Again Reserve series, their rare singles and even rarer album are presented in full. 

Just as the hippie era came to an end in America, a second 60s was beginning: in what is now Zimbabwe, young people created a rock and roll counterculture that drew inspiration from hippie ideals and the sounds of Hendrix and Deep Purple. The kids in the scene called their music “heavy,” because they could feel its impact, and it resonated from Zambia to Nigeria. 

At its peak in the mid-70s, the heavy rock scene united tens of thousands of young progressives of all racial and social backgrounds. The country was called Rhodesia then, one of the last bastions of White rule in Africa, and heavy rockers defied segregation laws and secret police to make a stand for democratic change. 

Eye Q is one of the greatest bands of the scene: their rock stands on par with the early Zamrock of WITCH and Ngozi Family. Please The Nation encapsulated Eye Q’s desire to forge forth, in a new, free country, and this set collates their 7” singles, ultra-rare album and songs from master tape and presents their music for the first time outside of Zimbabwe.

Please the Nation

Music US

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