DESCRIPTION:
Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1983:

Dragon's promo-video for the hit single 'Rain' (July, 1983), taken from the 1983 album 'The Body & The Beat'.

Note: After a four year hiatus (Marc Hunter's solo success and Todd Hunter's guitar duties in XL Capris), Dragon made a comeback with the hit single 'Rain' - penned by Todd Hunter and his wife Joanna Pigott (XL Capris singer). Other members of the new Dragon included Terry Chambers of UK band XTC on drums. Sadly, the band's main songwriter and keyboardist Paul Hewson was to die of a herion overdoes less than 18 months later.

Note: Kerry Jacobson played drums on this track before quitting Dragon. XTC's Terry Chambers replaced Jacobson around the time this clip was shot. Chambers is playing drums in the video to a track that was originally recorded by Jacobson - just to clear mattes up.

RIP Neil Storey - drummer (1954 - 1976)
RIP Paul Hewson - keyboards(1952 - 1985)
RIP Marc Hunter - lead vocals(1953 - 1998)

Band Origin: Auckland, New Zealand
Track: Rain
Album: The Body & The Beat
Composed By: Joanna Pigott (XL Capris/Scribble) / Todd Hunter (Dragon/XL Capris)
Produced By:
Label: EMI
Chart Position: # 2 (Australia) -- # 88 (US Billboard Chart)
Release Date: July, 1983
Links:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_(band)
- http://www.dragononline.com.au/
- http://www.howlspace.com.au/en/dragon/dragon.htm
- http://www.sergent.com.au/music/dragon.html
- http://www.australiannetworkentertainment.com/dragon.htm

Line-up:

Marc Hunter -- Vocals
[ Dragon (1973-1979) -- solo (1979-1998) -- Dragon (1983-1998) ]

Todd Hunter -- Bass
[ Dragon (1973-present) -- XL Capris (1980-1982) ]

Kerry Jacobson - Drums
[ Mammal -- Tapestry -- Ebony -- Dragon (1976-1979) -- Bill Miller and the Great Blokes (1980) -- Dragon (1982-1983) ]

Robert Taylor - Guitarist
[ Mammal -- Dragon (1975-1979) -- Magnetics (early 1980s) -- Dragon (1982-1985) ]

Paul Hewson - Piano, Keyboard
[ Marble Arch -- Cruise Lane -- Dragon (1975-1979) -- Dragon (1982-1985) ]

Alan Mansfield - Keyboards
( Dragon (1982-1986) ]

In video clip:

Terry Chambers - Drums
[ XTC (1976-1982) - Dragon (1983-1985) ]

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NZOZ NZOZ1983 1983 Australia Early Eighties 1980's 1980s 80's 80s

Extended Tags: Mark Hunter, Todd Hunter, XTC

Musical Terms: New Wave, Rock, Kiwi, Aussie, Old Kiwi / New Zealander band