Since they first burst onto the Australian music scene in 1984 with their debut album, Big Name No Blankets, the Warumpi Band has been at the forefront of the Australian Aboriginal rock movement. The band plays a hard-driving blues-rock in both English and their native language. They often use their music to promote Aboriginal rights and causes.
The group was formed on the Aboriginal settlement of Papunya in Australia's Northern Territory. In their early years, they spent most of their time touring remote communities in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. With the ...