Members:
David Burke , Errol Gobey, Joe Moses , John Burke , Lionel Petersen
South African garage rock band from Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
"The rise of the Invaders can be traced directly to the South African tour in March 1961 of Cliff Richard and the Shadows. Richard and The Shadows were appearing at the Feather Market Hall in Port Elizabeth, a concert for which twenty-one year old John Henry Burke of Uitenhage had purchased a ticket. Johnny Burke rushed home after the show, tried a few chords on an old, battered guitar in front of a mirror and declared aloud, “I was born for show business and someday I’ll be famous like The Shadows!” Prophetic words indeed.
He wasted no time and collected some friends together including Desmond Solomon (guitar), Ike Dolley (vocals), Fozy Lukie (drums), and a white lead guitarist, Richard (Toss) Smith. And so Uitenhage’s first pop group, The Astronauts, came into being. They played several sessions around town before disbanding. ‘We just couldn’t stick together,’ declared Burke in an interview with ‘Drum’ Magazine in 1968.
In 1962, after the Astronauts broke up, Burke then formed another band comprised of himself (on bass), Errol Gobey (rhythm guitar, vocals), Desmond Solomon (lead guitar), Vernal Solomon (drums) and Ike Dolley (vocals). The group called themselves The Invaders, a name first suggested by Gobey. “The original line-up of The Invaders stayed together for about a year,” he recalls. “We then split up with the Solomon brothers going off to form the Telstars.”...
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Two Sides Of The Invaders (LP 1967) 01. Invaders - Up Our Sleeves
02. Invaders - June
03. Invaders - Painter Man
04. Invaders - Dream On
05. Invaders - Come Back To Me
06. Invaders - No Money, No Honey
07. Invaders - Thinking About You Girl
08. Invaders - Konga Kwela
09. Invaders - Last Date
10. Invaders - It's Gotta Be Love
11. Invaders - Midnight
12. Invaders - Alone
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