South African 80's rock band from Rondebosch, Cape Town. Originally known as The Sweatband.

Line up:
Dieter Stutz – Bass
Lesley Cook – Drums, Backing Vocals
John Mair – Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Ayala – Vocals

This lineup released the album, “Partners In Crime” Self-released, 1983. Released on cassette with vocalist Ayala Katz, it was recorded in a garage, featuring various backing vocalists and sax players. After just a few live performances, Ayala decided to leave the band to pursue a career in jazz.

It was when the drummer's brother's girlfriend's classmate at the teacher's training college was hired in 1983 that the band really took off. One more promo cassette, "Catch That Sweaty Feeling", was released in 1984 and now with Wendy Oldfield as vocalist, the band's edgy rock sound garnered them a solid following and fan base. The band also known as Sweatband around this time.

The "No Sweat" album (produced by Kevin Shirley) was released in 1986, with three singles lifted off it. One more album (untitled) was recorded in late 1988. It was shelved for the time being and Wendy Oldfield left to go solo in November of that year.

Wendy was replaced by vocalists Michelle Bestbier and Kelly Hunter, and despite heavy gigging the band had lost its magical touch. Michelle Bestbier was later replaced by Tanya Malherbe, although the band did play a few gigs thereafter (with Wendy Oldfield resuming vocal duties) before John Mair died 11 November 2002.

Sweatband line-up

Wendy Oldfield: vocals
John Mair: guitars, keyboards
Dieter Stutz: bass, keyboards
Lesley Cook: drums Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.