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In 1985 Piet Botha headed over to Los Angeles — or as Piet liked to call it: ‘Yuppie Land’ — hoping…

24 April 202425 April 2024

by Brian Currin Thanks to Carina Laubscher for the phrase “blowtorch poetry” which she coined in her review of the CD…

2 February 202425 April 2024

Improved navigation of Piet’s vast catalogue and also added a timeline of major releases.

24 December 202324 December 2023

The PietBotha.com discography pages have been updated with Spotify playlists for each album. Also added information for the three System Failure…

1 October 202330 January 2024

From 1001 South African Songs You Must Hear Before You Go Deaf by John Samson The clue to how this song…

5 May 20232 December 2023

“Second Chapter” by the Jack Hammer Band does what it says: without any pretences, the album blasts straight into the driving…

9 November 20225 February 2024

A collection of Piet Botha and Jack Hammer tunes. Lots of demos and rarities!

31 October 202216 April 2024

We are very proud to be launching our first album recorded since 2015 and since the loss of Piet Botha our…

27 October 20225 February 2024

9 October 202231 October 2022

The year was 1987 and Piet Botha had just brought out his first album. Little did he know that his path…

8 August 202131 October 2022

The engine room of music is the rhythm section and these two are the soul of the Jack Hammer band: Paul…

6 August 202127 January 2024

Piet Botha’s right-hand Johnathan Martin has been a part of Jack Hammer since 1996. ‘For Annette’ was the first song that…

3 August 202127 January 2024

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