Rattling Sabres
| Rattling Sabres | |
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| Genres | Country rock |
| Years active | 1987–1987 |
| Labels | Mighty Boy |
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Rattling Sabres were an Australian country rock group formed in 1986 by Leyton Greening on drums, Lindsay Hodgson on bass guitar, Robert Price on lead vocals and Kerryn Tolhurst on lead guitar (ex-the Dingoes). Greening was soon replaced on drums by John Lee (also ex-the Dingoes). They issued a single, "All Fired Up", in 1987 which had been co-written by Tolhurst with Pat Benatar and Myron Grombacher. It peaked in the lower reaches of the Kent Music Report's top 100 singles chart. Benatar released her own version of "All Fired Up", in the following year, which reached No. 2 on the Australian chart and the top 20 in America, Canada, New Zealand and United Kingdom. Rattling Sabres had already disbanded.
In 1986 Kerryn Tolhurst returned to Australia after working in the United States as a song writer. He had been the lead guitarist of country rockers, Country Radio (1972–73), and the Dingoes, (1973–78). In 1986 Tolhurst formed another country rock group, Rattling Sabres, with Leyton Greening on drums, Lindsay Hodgson on bass guitar, Robert Price on lead vocals (ex-Broderick Smith Band, Renée Geyer Band). Later members included Chong Lim (ex-Gospel Jubilee, Yu-En) and Bruce Nightingale.
The short-lived group's major claim to fame was a single released in 1987, "All Fired Up", which charted nationally, peaking at No. 94 on the Australian Singles Chart. It had been co-written by Tolhurst with Pat Benatar and Myron Grombacher. Benatar released her own version of "All Fired Up" as a single, a year later, which reached No. 2 in Australia, and was a top 20 hit in the United States,Canada,New Zealand and United Kingdom.
Former members of Rattling Sabres worked as session and tour musician in various groups. Chong Lim joined John Farnham's backing band on keyboards from 1993. Tolhurst briefly worked in Black Sorrows (1994) and Goanna (1998) before forming Quill-Tolhurst with former band mate Greg Quill on vocals, acoustic guitar and percussion (ex-Country Radio), which issued a studio album, So Rudely Interrupted, in 2003.
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