{{use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{use Australian English|date=April 2023}} '''Us Mob''' were an Aboriginal reggae rock band from South Australia.
==History== The band, comprising Aboriginal Australian members from South Australia, was formed in the late 1970s<ref name=messagestick/> at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music in Adelaide in the 1980s.<ref name=casmhome>{{cite web | title=Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) - Elder Conservatorium of Music | website=University of Adelaide | url=https://arts.adelaide.edu.au/music/study/national-centre-for-aboriginal-language-and-music-studies-ncalms/centre-for-aboriginal | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105231631/https://arts.adelaide.edu.au/music/study/national-centre-for-aboriginal-language-and-music-studies-ncalms/centre-for-aboriginal | archive-date=5 November 2020 | url-status=live | access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref><ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/history/Transcripts/s1151991.htm ABC. George Negus Tonight] CASM - Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music</ref> It played rock reggae music.<ref>{{cite book|first= Reebee |last= Garofalo |page= [https://archive.org/details/rockinboatmassmu00garo/page/161 161] |title= Rockin' the Boat: Mass Music and Mass Movements |isbn= 0-89608-427-2 |url= https://archive.org/details/rockinboatmassmu00garo |url-access= registration |quote= reggae rock. |publisher= South End Press |year= 1992}}</ref>
Us Mob appeared in the 1981 film ''Wrong Side of the Road'' with fellow CASM band No Fixed Address<ref>[http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/wrong-side-of-the-road/ Australian Screen] Wrong Side of the Road</ref> The recording of the soundtrack made the two bands the first contemporary Aboriginal bands to be recorded.<ref name="mcfarlane">{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link= Ian McFarlane |publisher=Allen & Unwin |year=1999 |isbn=1-86448-768-2 }}</ref>
They relocated to Sydney and broke up after their equipment was destroyed by a fire.<ref name="mcfarlane"/>{{when|date=April 2023}}
==Recognition== Along with No Fixed Address they were nominated for the 1981 AFI Award for Best Original Music for the music from the film ''Wrong Side of the Road''.<ref name="mcfarlane"/>
Us Mob was the subject of an ABC Message Stick documentary in February 2000, which said that they were "one of those who paved the way for others like Yothu Yindi and Christine Anu, staying true to their culture.<ref name=messagestick>{{cite web | title=Message Stick - Us Mob | website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=6 February 2000| url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/messagestick/stories/s196375.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181157/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/messagestick/stories/s196375.htm | archive-date=3 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Members == *Ronnie Ansell - Bass *Pedro Butler - Guitar/vocals *Carroll Karpany - Guitar *Wally McArthur - Drums
== Discography == ===Soundtrack=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of albums, with Australian chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart<br />positions |- ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | <small>AUS<br /></small><ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, New South Wales|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=318}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Wrong Side of the Road'' <br> (with No Fixed Address) | * Released: 1981 * Label: Black Australia Records (YPRX-1905) | align="center" | 67 |}
== References == {{reflist|2}}
== External links == * [http://www.afiresearch.rmit.edu.au/bibliographies_pdfs/wrong_side_r.pdf AFI Screen Biographies for ''Wrong Side of the Road''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706115712/http://www.afiresearch.rmit.edu.au/bibliographies_pdfs/wrong_side_r.pdf |date=6 July 2011 }} * [http://www.kooriweb.org/wsotr/bibliography.html annotated bibliographical records for ''Wrong Side of the Road''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195315/http://www.kooriweb.org/wsotr/bibliography.html |date=3 March 2016 }}
{{Authority control}} Category:Musical groups from South Australia Category:Indigenous Australian musical groups Category:Australian reggae rock groups