PODCAST: Goanna’s Shane Howard interviewed and featured on Alive 90.5 fm Australian Spectrum Show featuring their new album “Goanna Live at Canberra Workers Club 1985” and “Spirit Returns” and Shane Howards latest “Dark Matter” album. If you missed the show you can hear a podcast of the show again online for the next 4 weeks, at https://www.alive905.com.au/shows/aus-spectrum/ [Scroll down the page, select 7-03-2023]

Goanna rock band which formed in 1977 with mainstay Shane Howard as singer-songwriter and guitarist. The group reached the Top 20 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart with "Solid Rock" (1982) and "Let the Franklin Flow" (released under the name Gordon Franklin & the Wilderness Ensemble in 1983). Their debut album, Spirit of Place, peaked at No. 2 on the related albums chart, it also reached No. #31 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart and appeared on the Billboard Hot 100.[8] In November 2013, "Solid Rock" was voted No. 20 in the Triple M Melbourne/Herald Sun Australian Top-40 chart of the last 40 years. It also reached No. 179 on the US Billboard 200.

Goanna won three Countdown Music and Video Awards for  Spirit of Place won Best Debut Album, "Solid Rock" won Best Debut Single and the band itself won the Best New Talent (Johnny O'Keefe Memorial Award).

Shane Howard returned to a solo career, releasing 15 solo albums. Shane has also produced numerous albums for other artists over the years.

In 2022, the band returned to tour around Australia to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Spirit of Place. In September 2022, Goanna performed "Solid Rock" at the 2022 AFL Grand Final. In December 2022, Goanna re-released the song with Emma Donovan and William Barton.

The album sales are fund raising for the Australian Road Crew Association (ARCA), a not-for-profit company dedicated to helping ROADIES during hard times and serious illness through their welfare program. Many artists have generously given their permission for the release of the roadies desk tapes of their live performances that make up a diverse collection of some truly unique historical releases.

Goanna website https://thegoannaband.com/

Shane Howard web site https://shanehoward.com.au/

 ARCA album info https://australianroadcrew.com.au/goanna/

ARCA album https://mgmdistribution.mywaterfrontstore.com/Product/89144/1 

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