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 of the Freestate town of Kroonstad, pointing
to a little town called "Wonderboom".
Wonderboom
Who would have thought Cito, the Wonderboom vocalist
would land the lead role in the Pieter Torien
production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ with Andrew
Lloyd Webber, the show’s mastermind, on viewing
Cito’s audition film saying “One of the best I’ve
seen, since Ian Gillian (Deep Purple)”
So Wonderboom recorded their new album “City Of
Gold” in a way they never have before – apart from
themselves, their talent and instruments they had ….
time! No gigs for four months, the first break the
band had in nine years.
With all the media exposure Cito and the band have
enjoyed of late – especially TV (e.g. Top Billing)
the demand for the new CD as well as to see Cito,
Martin, Danny and Wade live in concert has reached
an unprecedented high.
Wonderboom
At the end of 2005, Wonderboom released “All The
Hits”, a ‘best of CD’ featuring 3 brand new singles
including current hit “Love Crash”, and again cement
themselves as South Africa’s sure-fire
crowd-pleasing funk rock outfit.
Formed in the late nineties from members of
already-popular bands The Electric Petals and
Eight-Legged Groove Machine, this high-energy
foursome pumps our unique original music that has
made Wonderboom the highlight of many a music
festival, a crowd-pulling solo act at every major
live music venue in the country, and the natural
choice to open for the top international touring
bands like Live and Simple Minds.
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