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The Dukes formed in early 2003 as a result of a band name change.Formerly known as Deluxeboy. The four piece featured brothers, Matt and Jo Barus, Brad Banks and Fausia Fialele.
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DukesThe Dukes are a 5 piece rock band form Christchurch, New Zealand.The Dukes formed in early 2003 as a result of a band name change.Formerly known as Deluxeboy...
comes from the cult classic seventies television show The Dukes of Hazzard.
The Dukes released their debut album, Lil’ Sunshine, in May 2005.
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Dukes are a 5 piece
rock bandRock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
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ChristchurchChristchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area. It is one third the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of Christchurch.The city was named by...
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New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...
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The Dukes formed in early 2003 as a result of a band name change.Formerly known as Deluxeboy. The four piece featured brothers, Matt and Jo Barus, Brad Banks and Fausia Fialele.
The name of the
DukesThe Dukes are a 5 piece rock band form Christchurch, New Zealand.The Dukes formed in early 2003 as a result of a band name change.Formerly known as Deluxeboy...
comes from the cult classic seventies television show The Dukes of Hazzard.
The Dukes released their debut album, Lil’ Sunshine, in May 2005. The album spawned three
singlesIn music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats.-History:...
have been released from this album:
Mornin, Luv Came Thru
, and Rather Be With You
. In the past they have toured the New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...
University Orientation Circuit and have also opened for INXS----INXS achieved international success with a series of hit recordings through the 1980s and 1990s, including the albums Listen Like Thieves, Kick, X and Welcome to Wherever You Are and the singles "Original Sin", "Need You Tonight", "Devil Inside" and "New Sensation".Hutchence died in 1997 and...
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2007 was the biggest year in the Dukes history so far. In the early part of the year a new member was added to the group, Christchurch native Lauren Mitchell. Mitchell is also a solo artist and released her debut solo album in the later part of 2007, titled Debut. In May the original Dukes drummer, Fausia Fialele, left the group suddenly and was replaced by Dan Kennedy. The Dukes now stand as a five piece.
On Friday 9th of March came the Dukes biggest brakethrough of their career. They entered and won the
New ZealandMTV is the New Zealand version of the music television channel. It was launched at 6pm on Friday August 18, 2006 with a launch party at Aotea Square, Auckland. MTV is broadcast on channel 014 on SKY Television as well as TelstraClears' InHomeTV...
leg of MTV Kickstart Competition, a music competition for bands from both New Zealand and
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. Eventually they came second, however, to Yves Klein Blue, one of the Australian bands in the competition but the prize for their New Zealand leg win entitled them to many prizes including the chance to take part in the
New ZealandMTV is the New Zealand version of the music television channel. It was launched at 6pm on Friday August 18, 2006 with a launch party at Aotea Square, Auckland. MTV is broadcast on channel 014 on SKY Television as well as TelstraClears' InHomeTV...
first Mile High gig.
In May they helped officially open up New Zealand Music Month in both Christchurch and Auckland and featured alongside high profile local acts including
Fur PatrolFur Patrol is a rock band, originally from Wellington, New Zealand, now based in Melbourne, Australia.Their debut EP, Starlifter, was released on the independent Wellington label Wishbone in 1998. Their debut album Pet was released in 2000, and featured the New Zealand number one hit single...
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The first single off their second album, yet to be titled, was Always Forever. The song is a fan favourite and found minor success on local radio. The video for the song was filmed by
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and was released to television in July.
Throughout the second part of 2007 the band was involved in two big tours with local rock band The Have and late 1970s and early 1980s pop/rock band
Th'DudesTh'Dudes were a late 1970s and early 1980s pop/rock band from New Zealand. Members included Dave Dobbyn, Ian Morris, and Peter Urlich. Hits include "Walking in Light" "Right First Time" " Be mine tonight" and "Bliss"- Members :*Dave Dobbyn*Ian Morris...
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2007 was a successful year for the Dukes music with three of their songs appearing on TV, two of them of which were high profile television shows: the first was American Drama Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series) and the second was New Zealand local hit drama
Outrageous Fortune (TV series)Outrageous Fortune is a New Zealand comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and is produced by South Pacific Pictures. The show is broadcast on TV3 on Tuesday nights at 9:30pm. It began airing its fifth season in New Zealand starting on June 2, 2009,...
which featured the groups song, Luv Came Thru
; their third appearance was in Episode 108 ("Emily") of the JourneymanJourneyman is a 2007 American science fiction television drama created by Kevin Falls for 20th Century Fox Television which aired on the NBC television network. It stars Kevin McKidd as Dan Vasser, a San Francisco reporter who involuntarily travels through time...
TV series, with the song Mornin.
Discography
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| 2005 -Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996....
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"Lil’ Sunshine" |
Elite Recordings |
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| 2009 The following is a list of notable events and releases that have occurred or are expected to happen in 2009 in music.-January:*"Single Ladies " begins the year of 2009 at number one as Beyoncé's 5th solo number one hit and her ninth in total.*January 8 - Lady Gaga's debut single "Just Dance" hit...
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"Colour Me Like The Night" |
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