Wonderboom (band)

Wonderboom
Wonderboom
Origin	Johannesburg, RSA
Genres	Rock, Alternative Rock, Funk Rock, Kwaito Rock, Afro Pop rock, Ska, Hip Hop
Years active	1996–present
Website	www.wonderboom.co.za
Members	Martin Cito Otto; Martin Schofield; Wade L Williams; Jonathan Bell
Past members	Danny de Wet; Garth McLeod

WONDERboom is a 4 piece South African rock band from Johannesburg.

They formed in 1996 when Martin, Wade and Cito, originally in an underground band called "The Eight Legged Groove Machine", were approached by Danny, the drummer for the popular rock band, "The Electric Petals" and their manager, Patrick Horgan.

Originally they formed a funk-rock supergroup "The Electric Petal Groove Machine". Two weeks after the combination of the two groups, the band then still known as "The Electric Petal Groove Machine", opened for Simple Minds on their South African tour.

Not completely happy with their temporary name, in the Summer of 1997, a sign caught Cito's eye, just outside the Freestate town of Kroonstad, pointing to a little town called "Wonderboom". In 2009, Danny de Wet left the band and was replaced by Garth McLeod, formerly of respected South African rock band Sugardrive. In 2013 Garth McLeod was killed in a motorcycle accident and was replaced by Jonathan Bell.

Members

Martin Cito Otto – Lead vocals, Penny whistle, Guitar, Harmonica, multi instrumentalist.
Martin Schofield – Guitar, Backing vocals, multi instrumentalist.
Wade Williams – Bass
Jonathan Bell – Drums

Discography

Title	Year	Track listing
Is It?	1996/1997	1. She Cries 2. Smile Pantsula 3. Bang 4. Jafta Rebel 5. Green Fever 6. No Left Turn Unstoned
Never Ever	2000	1. Never Ever 2. Big Bash 3. Something Wrong 4. Running On Empty 5. Don't Do Crime 6. Never Ever (remix)
Rewind	2001	1. Charlie (Ain't Slavin' 2 Da Habit) – Rabbit 2. Shadows 2001 – éVoid 3. Kiss Or Kill – B World 4. Africa – Johnny Clegg 5. Johnny Calls The Chemist – Falling Mirror 6. Sunday Morning (Coming Down) – Kris Kristofferson 7. Shadows (remix) –. Multimedia EPK track
Tell Someone Who Cares	2003	1. Dead Right 2. Wild Sunshine 3. Sun Of A Gun 4. Trippin' 5. Night Falls Like A Grand Piano – The 6ths 6. Slow 7. Soul Doubt 8. White Lines 9. Rise And Walk 10. The Dear Hunter 11. That Girl 12. House Of Cards
Hoekom?	2004	1. Royal Hotel – David Kramer 2. Eyeshadow – Valiant Swart 3. Engel – Karen Zoid 4. Johnny Is Nie Dood Nie – Koos Kombuis 5. XIXIXI – Nina Hagen 6. Harlekyn – Anton Goosen –. Multimedia photo gallery
All The Hits?	2005	1. Charlie 2. Love Crash 3. Jafta Rebel 4. Shadows 5. Never Ever 6. Something Wrong 7. Engel 8. Africa 9. White Lines 10. Dead Right 11. Four Keen Girls 12. Rise & Walk 13. Soul Doubt 14. Green Fever 15. Smile Pantsula 16. Graffiti Love 17. Eyeshadow 18. Son Of A Gun 19. Johnny Is Nie Dood Nie 20. She Cries 21. Turning 22. Night Falls Like A Grand Piano
City Of Gold	2006	1. It's Great To Be Alive 2. Best Side 3. Brain 4. Take Me Home 5. City Of Gold 6. Loose End 7. Fireball 8. Nice Try 9. Lovestruck 10. E'Loop 11. Come On 12. Waited So Long
The Automatic Shuffle	2011	1. Can You Feel It? 2. Animal 3. On The Radio 4. Here I Am 5. Riot 6. Falling 7. I Fought The Devil 8. Karaoke Bar 9. Superhuman 10. Slowburn 11. The Automatic Shuffle
Rising Sun	2017	1. Humans 2. Southern Light 3. Northern Light 4. Great Escape 5. Hell 6. In Place Of Something 7. Rising Sun 8. Ooh La La 9. Praying Mantis 10. Digital Dan 11. Shark Bite

Santana Sessions

Awards and Accolades

Year	Organisation	Award	Nominated	Result
1997	SAMA	Rock Album of the year	Is It?	Nominated
2000	SAMA	Rock Album of the year	Never Ever	Nominated
2001	SAMA	Rock Album of the year	Rewind	Nominated
2003	People Mag Crystal Award	SA's Hottest band	WONDERboom	Won
2004	SAMA	Rock album of the year	Tell Someone Who Cares	Nominated
	KANNA Award	KKNK Toekenning Beste Rock, Pop & Jazz	WONDERboom	Won
	Global Battle Of The Bands	Astoria London	WONDERboom	2nd Place
2007	SAMA	Rock Album Of The Year	FCity Of Gold	Nominated
2017	Silk Road Indie Music Festival	Sichuan Province	WONDERboom	Gold Award

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gollark: The median isn't just a list of 4 and 5 then because that would be stupid. If you have two values in the middle, it's the *mean* of them.

gollark: 5+5+3+4 would be a sum of things, not a list.

gollark: No, they are the middle of a sorted list.

gollark: (the brackets are significant)

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