{{Use Australian English|date=August 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Roaring Jack |image = |caption = |background = group_or_band |origin = Sydney, Australia |genre = Celtic punk |years_active = 1985&ndash;1992 |label = Mighty Boy |past_members = Alistair Hulett<br>Rod Gilchrist<br>Dave Williams<br>Rab Mannell<br>Steph Miller<br>Steve Thompson<br>Hunter Owens }}

'''Roaring Jack''' was an Australian Celtic punk/folk punk band of the 1980s and 1990s. The band was nominated for two ARIA Music Awards during their career.<ref name=Alistair>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkicons.co.uk/alisbio.htm|title=Alistair's Biography|website=folkicons|date=15 June 2006|accessdate=30 January 2010|archive-date=15 June 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615000000/http://www.folkicons.co.uk/alisbio.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The band's singer Alistair Hulett died at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow of liver failure and cancer on 28 January 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/rovics290110.html|title=Mr Zine|website=monthly review|date=2010|accessdate=1 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="RJ">{{cite web|url=http://www.roaringjack.com|title=Roaring Jack|website=Roaring Jack|date=2011|accessdate=1 August 2020}}</ref> Rod Gilchrist died in 1998 and Steve Thompson in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.roaringjack.com/interview.html|title = Alistair Hulett Interview}}</ref>

==History== Roaring Jack played all over Australia from 1985 to 1992 and developed a huge cult following.<ref name="RJ"/> Their debut EP ''Street Celtability'' was recorded and produced at Studios 301 in Sydney in July 1987. First album ''The Cat Among the Pigeons'' was released in November 1988.<ref name="RJ"/>

==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Details |- ! scope="row"| ''Street Celtability'' | * Released: 1987 * Label: Mighty Boy (MBEP0002) * Format: Vinyl |- ! scope="row"| ''The Cat Among the Pigeons'' | * Released: November 1988 * Label: Mighty Boy (MBLP7007) * Format: Vinyl, CD |- ! scope="row"| ''Through the Smoke of Innocence'' | * Released: November 1990 * Label: Mighty Boy (MBLP7016) * Format: Vinyl, CD |- ! scope="row"| ''Roaring Jack - The Complete Works'' | * Released: 2002 * Label: Jump Up Records * Format: CD |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col" width="220"| Album |- | rowspan="2"| 1988 | align="left"| "The Thin Red Line" | rowspan="3"| ''The Cat Among the Pigeons'' |- | align="left"| "Destitution Road" |- | 1989 | align="left"| "The Swaggies Have All Waltzed Matilda Away" |- | 1991 | align="left"| "Framed" | {{n/a|non-album single}} |}

==Awards== ===ARIA Music Awards=== The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Roaring Jack were nominated for two awards.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.ariaawards.com.au/search?term=Roaring%20Jack|title = ARIA Awards Search Results - Roaring Jack|publisher=ARIA Awards|accessdate= 1 August 2020}}</ref>

{{awards table}} |- | 1989 | ''The Cat Among the Pigeons'' | Best New Talent | {{nom}} |- | 1991 | ''Through the Smoke of Innocence'' | Best Independent Release | {{nom}} |- {{end}}

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Category:Australian punk rock groups Category:Musical groups established in 1985 Category:Celtic punk groups Category:Australian political music groups