Eye Q - Please The Nation

The Effect Of Heavy Music: Rock Music And Revolution In 70s Zimbabwe
Just as the hippie era came to an end in America, a second 60s was beginning: in what is now Zimbabwe, young people created a rock and roll counterculture that drew inspiration from hippie ideals and the sounds of Hendrix and Deep Purple. The kids in the scene called their music “heavy,” because they could feel its impact, and it resonated from Zambia to Nigeria.
At its peak in the mid-70s, the heavy rock scene united tens of thousands of young progressives of all racial and social backgrounds. The country was called Rhodesia then, one of the last bastions of White rule in Africa, and heavy rockers defied segregation laws and secret police to make a stand for democratic change.
Eye Q is one of the greatest bands of the scene: their rock stands on par with the early Zamrock of WITCH and Ngozi Family. “Please The Nation” encapsulated Eye Q’s desire to forge forth, in a new, free country, and this set collates their 7” singles, ultra-rare album and songs from master tape and presents their music for the first time outside of Zimbabwe.
A trio of authors collaborate here to tell the Eye Q story, and to investigate the genesis of the heavy rock scene under Ian Smith's racist, oppressive government, and its dissipation after Zimbabwe's liberation.
This film was created by Bennett Piscitelli
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[@dinizulumasuku2324]

Those were the happy years back then. Yes the Eye Q were a super band from Fiyo. Loved the whole rock vibe & swagger they brought onto the music scene. 😅😊❤

[@louisasamsonnjolomole3831]

Thanks for the memories

[@getsugaallen6612]

Watch a documentary by benyahah Israel called the jews of west Africa and a channel called truthunedited and Dante fortson

[@brianmuyengwa]

This is awesome

[@Gmfm20011]

Awesome stuff. I have always been reminiscing about these guys, they used to stay down the road from me in the township of Highfields. I remember Cuthbert and his gang (band members) walking down the road past my house with their bell-bottomed jeans and high "platform" shoes, and the girls calling out their names and singing "Please the nation". Sometimes I would see them playing mini soccer table soccer whilst their debut album would be playing though the speakers of the shop they were playing the game in.

[@Jamluji]

Do you have any records? I would love to talk to you about music from back in the day. As a millennial just discovering this old rare stuff, I am amazed by how capable and brilliant we have always been. Must be nice to have been so close to pre-independence musicians like this. Can I e-mail you just to talk about music? I don't find many repositories of our own experiences in the past back in the day.

[@louisasamsonnjolomole3831]

​@@Jamluji...I can connect you to one guy who has loads of music from yesteryear..

[@Jamluji]

@@louisasamsonnjolomole3831 absolutely. That would be great. Is there a way to connect with you.

[@giovannilucchetta7794]

Here we go.... Thanks E

[@eliasmapongamakhate4022]

Original rock band from Zimbabwe

[@LotusFlyer]

Amazing

[@dravor1]

Incroyable découverte

[@blessingssithole3314]

❤️❤️❤️

[@MikaelLewisify]

This is awesome