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''Aquarius'' was a Maltese band featuring [[Godwin Cachia]] on keyboards, [[Lawrence Magrin]] on bass, Charles Cortis on drums and Joe Mallia on vocals, that played at the Skyroom and the Venus Room, the famed nightclubs at the Hotel Preluna in Sliema. | '''Aquarius''' was a Maltese band featuring [[Godwin Cachia]] on keyboards, [[Lawrence Magrin]] on bass, [[Charles Cortis]] on drums and [[Joe Mallia (singer)|Joe Mallia]] on vocals, that played at the Skyroom and the Venus Room, the famed nightclubs at the Hotel Preluna in Sliema. | ||
[[File:Aquarius Godwin Cachia (Keyboards) Charles Cortis (Drums) Lawrence Magrin (Bass).jpg|240px|thumb|right|Aquarius]] | [[File:Aquarius Godwin Cachia (Keyboards) Charles Cortis (Drums) Lawrence Magrin (Bass).jpg|240px|thumb|right|Aquarius]] | ||
An off-shoot band, led by John Micallef and named [[Johnny Mick Band]], toured Liverpool for six months. A stand-in vocalist, [[Renato]] Micallef, was roped in. They opted to be managed by Johnny Gove' of Bagospi Entertainment Agency, who began giving them substantial media coverage. In the Seventies they were regular guests on Television Malta, including the music programmes Parata and Mill-Kaxxa tad-Daqq. Aquarius supported Italian singer Al Bano at the Plaza, also in Sliema. | An off-shoot band, led by John Micallef and named [[Johnny Mick Band]], toured Liverpool for six months. A stand-in vocalist, [[Renato]] Micallef, was roped in. They opted to be managed by Johnny Gove' of Bagospi Entertainment Agency, who began giving them substantial media coverage. In the Seventies they were regular guests on Television Malta, including the music programmes Parata and Mill-Kaxxa tad-Daqq. Aquarius supported Italian singer Al Bano at the [[Plaza]], also in Sliema. | ||
In the | In the 1980s they included [[Martin Jenkins]], a keyboardist and vocalist, from Rabat Malta, in their line-up. | ||
[[File:Aquarius Magrin, Cortis, Mallia, Martin Jenkins 1980s.jpg|320px|thumb|left|Aquarius in Rabat in the 1980s]] | |||
==See also== | |||
[[:Category:Aquarius Photos]] | |||
[[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]] | [[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Musical groups from Malta]] | ||
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Aquarius was a Maltese band featuring Godwin Cachia on keyboards, Lawrence Magrin on bass, Charles Cortis on drums and Joe Mallia on vocals, that played at the Skyroom and the Venus Room, the famed nightclubs at the Hotel Preluna in Sliema.
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An off-shoot band, led by John Micallef and named Johnny Mick Band, toured Liverpool for six months. A stand-in vocalist, Renato Micallef, was roped in. They opted to be managed by Johnny Gove' of Bagospi Entertainment Agency, who began giving them substantial media coverage. In the Seventies they were regular guests on Television Malta, including the music programmes Parata and Mill-Kaxxa tad-Daqq. Aquarius supported Italian singer Al Bano at the Plaza, also in Sliema.
In the 1980s they included Martin Jenkins, a keyboardist and vocalist, from Rabat Malta, in their line-up.
