Janine Hall

Janine Hall
Birth nameJanine Margaret Hall
Born1952 or 1953
New Zealand
OriginSydney, Australia
Died (aged 55)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)Musician, naturopath
Instrument(s)Bass guitar, vocals
Years active1977–1992
Formerly of

Janine Margaret Hall (1952 or 1953 – 20 May 2008) was a New Zealand-born musician who played in early proto punk, punk rock and rock groups in Australia. On bass guitar she was a member of Rowland S. Howard's Young Charlatans (1977–1978), the Saints (1979–1982, 1984–1985) and Weddings Parties Anything (1986–1987). After her music career she practised as a naturopath.

Biography

Janine Margaret Hall was born in 1952 or 1953 in New Zealand.[1][2][3] After moving to Australia, Hall became an part of the emerging Australian punk music scene.[4]: 355–356 [5] In December 1977 Young Charlatans needed a bass player. Ollie Olsen (guitar, vocals), Rowland S. Howard (guitar) and Jeffrey Wegener (drums) had travelled from Melbourne to Sydney to rehearse; after Hall sat in she joined as their bass guitarist.[4]: 355–356 [6] The band returned to Melbourne in January 1978,[6] but before they could release any music, they broke up in May.[4]: 355–356 

In 1979, Hall joined a reformed version of Australian punk group the Saints in England alongside founding mainstay Chris Bailey on lead vocals, Mark Birmingham on drums, Bruce Callaway on guitar and Barry Francis on guitar, releasing their music on the punk rock record label, New Rose Records. She replaced the previous Saints bassist, Algy Ward, who had left to play with British punk rock band, the Damned and to work with Lemmy and Fast Eddie Clarke of Motörhead.[4]: 33–34, 411–412  After recording their extended play Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow (March 1980), she returned to Australia.[4] There, she recorded on the band's follow up album The Monkey Puzzle (February 1981) and continued performing with the Saints until 1985.[7]

She was an original member of the short-lived Wolfgang (a.k.a. Wolf Gang), with Mick Medew and Michael Charles, which formed 1983 and performed alongside Medew's other band the Screaming Tribesmen.[4]: 422 [8] The band played songs Medew had written for his other band, and their own debut single "Shadow in the Hall" was intended for release in March 1984 by Citidel Records. During this period, Hall took a break from touring with the Saints.[9]

Hall had joined Weddings Parties Anything (WPA) in 1986 on bass and vocals; she was recorded on their debut album, The Scorn of the Women.[4]: 507–508  She left in August 1987 as the band were in the process of recording their next album, and joined King of the World.[4]: 507–508  From the early 1990s Hall worked in naturopathy.[3] She died on 20 May 2008, aged 55, in Melbourne.[2][3] In 2012 Hall was inducted into the EG Hall of Fame at The Age 2012 EG Music Awards.[10] Together with former WPA band mate Jen Anderson, Hall was one of the first two women in that Hall of Fame.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Song Catalogue Search Results for 'Beginning of the Tomato Party'". APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society). Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "The Ryerson Index". Ryerson Index Inc. Retrieved 5 May 2023.. Note: User must add 'Hall' into the Surname search parameter and 'Janine' into the Any Given Name(s) parameter.
  3. ^ a b c Eliezer, Christie (27 May 2008). "Christie Eliezer's Music Business News". The Music. Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h McFarlane, Ian (2017). The encyclopedia of Australian rock and pop (2nd ed.). Gisborne, VIC. ISBN 978-0-9953856-0-3. OCLC 972477458.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Walker, Clinton (2005). Inner city sound : punk and post-punk in Australia, 1976-1985. Verse Chorus Press. ISBN 1-891241-18-4. OCLC 1001828822.
  6. ^ a b "Mods'n rockers". Roadrunner. 1 (4): 12. July 1978.
  7. ^ Holmgren, Magnus (20 December 2003). "Australian Rock Database - The Saints". Archived from the original on 20 December 2003. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  8. ^ Gardner, Steve. "Noise for Heroes - Screaming Tribesmen". Divine Rites. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  9. ^ Dodshon, Mark (1 February 1984). "Wolf Gang single debut soon". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 10.
  10. ^ Hayden, Chris. "Live Review: The Age 2012 EG Music Awards". themusic.com.au. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Thanks for the Parties". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2023.