Janine Margaret Hall was a New Zealand-born musician who played in early proto punk, punk rock and rock groups in Australia.
10 Facts About Janine Hall
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Ollie Olsen, Rowland S Howard and Jeffrey Wegener had travelled from Melbourne to Sydney to rehearse; after Hall sat in she joined as their bass guitarist.
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In 1979, Janine Hall joined a reformed version of Australian punk group the Saints in England alongside founding mainstay Chris Bailey on lead vocals, Mark Birmingham on drums, Bruce Callaway on guitar and Barry Francis on guitar, releasing their music on the punk rock record label, New Rose Records.
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Janine Hall replaced the previous Saints bassist, Algy Ward, who had left to play with British punk rock band, the Damned and to work with Lemmy and Fast Eddie Clarke of Motorhead.
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The band played songs Medew had written for his other band, and their own debut single "Shadow in the Janine Hall" was intended for release in March 1984 by Citidel Records.
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Janine Hall had joined Weddings Parties Anything in 1986 on bass and vocals; she was recorded on their debut album, The Scorn of the Women.
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Janine Hall left in August 1987 as the band were in the process of recording their next album, and joined King of the World.
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Janine Hall died on 20 May 2008, aged 55, in Melbourne.
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In 2012 Janine Hall was inducted into the EG Janine Hall of Fame at The Age 2012 EG Music Awards.
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Together with former WPA band mate Jen Anderson, Janine Hall was one of the first two women in that Janine Hall of Fame.