Discography

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New Album from Jack Hammer Band: Second Chapter9 November, 2022
“Second Chapter” by the Jack Hammer Band does what it says: without any pretences, the album blasts straight into the driving rock sound that has come to define the longest-standing South African rock band. You immediately find yourself at a Jack Hammer gig, with Duke steady behind the kit, Bean towering over his black bass […]
Listen To The Music!31 October, 2022
A collection of Piet Botha and Jack Hammer tunes. Lots of demos and rarities!
Jack Hammer Band CD Launch LIVE at JARR Bar Pretoria27 October, 2022
We are very proud to be launching our first album recorded since 2015 and since the loss of Piet Botha our leader and mentor for the past three decades. We dedicate this album to Hammer as our Second Chapter begins... - Jack Hammer Band.
25 Years Ago: Piet Botha released ‘n Suitcase Vol Winter9 October, 2022
25 Years Ago: Piet Botha released 'n Suitcase Vol Winter
A Piet Botha Tribute, 20th August 20218 August, 2021
The year was 1987 and Piet Botha had just brought out his first album. Little did he know that his path would one day cross with a wild-haired musician who, at this time, was still in his diapers. Jake Gunn was 18 when he heard Piet’s music for the first time. The album ‘Die Hits‘ […]
A Piet Botha Tribute, 20th August 20216 August, 2021
The engine room of music is the rhythm section and these two are the soul of the Jack Hammer band: Paul ‘The Duke’ Van de Waal & Tertius ‘Bean’ du Plessis. Tertius Tertius first saw Jack Hammer at Cherry Too? in the late 80’s “het geskeem dis heavy cool…” A few years later he met […]