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| origin          = Melbourne, VIC
| genre          = Hard rock
| years_active    = 1978 – 1983
| label          = Cleopatra
| associated_acts = Girlschool, [[Rosanna's Raiders]]
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| past_members    = Cris Bonacci, Robyn Clarke, Billy George, Brendan O'Shea, Chris Scheri, Fab Versace, Johnno Zaffarese, Sally Zylstra
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===Band members===
===Band members===


*Line-up
*Final line-up
**Cris Bonacci (guitar)(1977-1983)
**Cris Bonacci (guitar)  
**Chris Scheri (vocals, flute)(1977-1983)
**Chris Scheri (vocals, flute)  
**Sally Zylstra (Bass)(1977-1980)
**Brendan O'Shea (bass)  
**Robyn Clarke (Drums)(1977-1979)
**Billy George (drums)
**Johnno Zafferese (Drums)1980)
**Brendan O"shea (Bass)(1980-1983)
**Fab versace (Drums)1981
**Billy George (Drums)(1982-1983)


===Formed===
*Former members
**Fab Versace (drums) 1981
**Johnno Zafferese (drums) 1979 - 1980
**Sally Zylstra (bass) 1977-1980
**Robyn Clarke (drums) 1977-1979


Melbourne, VIC, 1978
===Band information===


===Band information===
Sweet Jayne was the original Australian all girl hard rock band. They performed over 700 gigs in six years, playing a mix of hard rock and heavy metal covers and a repertoire of over 50 original songs, written by Chris Scheri and Cris Bonacci. The original members of 1977 were Cris Bonacci, Chris Scheri, Robyn Clarke and Sally Zylstra.  Male musicians John Zaffarese (late 1979), Brendan O'Shea (1980), Fab Versace (1981) and Billy George (1982) joined the band after Zylstra and Clarke left. The band split up in 1983 after '''Mike Oldfield''' saw the band play at the Manzil Room in Sydney and offered Chris and Cris airfares to London to work with him in the UK. The band released a five-track vinyl EP after winning the Yamaha Australasian Battle of the Bands in 1978. They recorded Chris Scheri's "Images Fantasy King" as a sound track for the documentary ''Changes'' in which they made a cameo appearance in 1979. Other releases were on cassette format, the first engineered by Mark Moffat at TCS CH9 recording studios in 1977 and 1978.
Musicland Cleopatra released a single "Icarus" b/w "State of Mind" in 1981.


Sweet Jayne (sweet and heavy rock) was the original Australian all girl hard rock band. The band split up in 1983 after Mike Oldfield saw the band play at the Manzil Room and offered Chris and Cris airfares to London to work with him in the U.K..The band released a 5 track vinyl E.P. after winning the Yamaha Australasian Battle of the bands in 1978.They recorded Chris Scheri's "Images Fantasy King' as a sound track for the documentary, "Changes" in which they made a cameo appearance in 1979. Other releases were on cassette format, the first engineered by Mark Moffat at T.C.S Ch9 recording studios. Musicland Cleopatra (Al Webb from Juke and Gil Mathews -engineer)released a single "Icarus" b/w "State of Mind" in 1981. Sweet Jayne performed over 700 gigs from 1977 to 1983. Cris Bonacci  joined '''Girlschool'''in 1985 and toured and recorded with the band for 10 years. She also worked with '''Toyah Wilcox''' and '''Marc Almond''' and was manager and musical director for '''Samantha Fox''' for several years.Chris Scheri set up Recording Studio 7 in South Melbourne in 1986.That same year, Chris Scheri and Cris Bonacci produced a film clip for Chris Scheri's "Pictures on The Wall", which was aired repeatedly on Basia Bonkvsky's Music Video show, and released as a single through Rondor/Possum Records.The B-side Heartbeat" was used as part of the soundtrack for Robert Herbert's film, "He and She" and reproduced in Holland by Mink DeVille. Zaffarese was later in [[Rosanna's Raiders]].
Cris Bonacci  joined '''Girlschool''' in 1985 and toured and recorded with the band for 10 years. She toured America with '''Deep Purple''' and '''Blue Oyster Cult''' and played guitar for '''Robert Plant'''. She also worked with '''Toyah Wilcox''' and '''Marc Almond''' and was manager and musical director for '''Samantha Fox''' for several years. Chris Scheri set up Recording Studio 7 in South Melbourne in 1986. That same year, Scheri and Bonacci produced a film clip for Scheri's "Pictures on The Wall", which was aired repeatedly on Basia Bonkvsky's ''Music Video'' show, and released as a single through Rondor Music and Possum Records. The B-side "Heartbeat" was used as part of the soundtrack for Robert Herbert's film, ''He and She'' and reproduced in Holland by '''Mink DeVille'''. Zaffarese was later in [[Rosanna's Raiders]].


===Discography===
===Discography===
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Latest revision as of 22:44, 26 May 2014

Sweet Jayne
OriginMelbourne, VIC
GenresHard rock
Years active1978 – 1983
LabelsCleopatra
Associated actsGirlschool, Rosanna's Raiders
Past membersCris Bonacci, Robyn Clarke, Billy George, Brendan O'Shea, Chris Scheri, Fab Versace, Johnno Zaffarese, Sally Zylstra

Band members

  • Final line-up
    • Cris Bonacci (guitar)
    • Chris Scheri (vocals, flute)
    • Brendan O'Shea (bass)
    • Billy George (drums)
  • Former members
    • Fab Versace (drums) 1981
    • Johnno Zafferese (drums) 1979 - 1980
    • Sally Zylstra (bass) 1977-1980
    • Robyn Clarke (drums) 1977-1979

Band information

Sweet Jayne was the original Australian all girl hard rock band. They performed over 700 gigs in six years, playing a mix of hard rock and heavy metal covers and a repertoire of over 50 original songs, written by Chris Scheri and Cris Bonacci. The original members of 1977 were Cris Bonacci, Chris Scheri, Robyn Clarke and Sally Zylstra. Male musicians John Zaffarese (late 1979), Brendan O'Shea (1980), Fab Versace (1981) and Billy George (1982) joined the band after Zylstra and Clarke left. The band split up in 1983 after Mike Oldfield saw the band play at the Manzil Room in Sydney and offered Chris and Cris airfares to London to work with him in the UK. The band released a five-track vinyl EP after winning the Yamaha Australasian Battle of the Bands in 1978. They recorded Chris Scheri's "Images Fantasy King" as a sound track for the documentary Changes in which they made a cameo appearance in 1979. Other releases were on cassette format, the first engineered by Mark Moffat at TCS CH9 recording studios in 1977 and 1978. Musicland Cleopatra released a single "Icarus" b/w "State of Mind" in 1981.

Cris Bonacci joined Girlschool in 1985 and toured and recorded with the band for 10 years. She toured America with Deep Purple and Blue Oyster Cult and played guitar for Robert Plant. She also worked with Toyah Wilcox and Marc Almond and was manager and musical director for Samantha Fox for several years. Chris Scheri set up Recording Studio 7 in South Melbourne in 1986. That same year, Scheri and Bonacci produced a film clip for Scheri's "Pictures on The Wall", which was aired repeatedly on Basia Bonkvsky's Music Video show, and released as a single through Rondor Music and Possum Records. The B-side "Heartbeat" was used as part of the soundtrack for Robert Herbert's film, He and She and reproduced in Holland by Mink DeVille. Zaffarese was later in Rosanna's Raiders.

Discography

Single:

1981 Icarus Cleopatra

EP:

1979 Sweet Jayne Cleopatra

Soundtrack:

1979 Images Fantasy King Changes
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