Goanna (band)

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For the lizards of the same name, see Goanna

Goanna was one of the founding members of an Australian folk-rock movement in which social protest was integrated with popular music. Formed by singer-songwriter Shane Howard in the early 1980s, they produced three albums.

Goanna's first major hit, "Solid Rock", touched on the displacement of aboriginal tribes by the encroaching European settlers. It became a worldwide hit, and was the first rock record to feature extensive use of an Australian didgeridoo, one of the world's oldest wood instruments. Goanna also recorded "Let the Franklin Flow", a song about the ecological damage to be caused by damming Tasmania's Franklin River for hydroelectricity, and "Sorry", a song about Australia's so-called "stolen generation" of aborigines.

Shane Howard and his bandmates, including sister Marcia Howard and friend Rose Bygrave, have all recorded solo projects in addition to their time in Goanna.

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