Rokarja AST
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Rokarja AST was an organization formed in the early 1980s to encourage and support various cultural initiatives, most prominently, a music commune housed in the former British Army barracks located on the Tigne' promontory in Sliema and supervised by Philip Pace.
The first band to occupy a rehearsal room (or rather, transform an ex-ammunition depot) was punk outfit Abstrass, followed very quickly by hard rock band Acid.
The bands forming part of the AST community were given the opportunity to perform live regularly at the former St. Luke's Chapel situated on the edge of the barracks, which was renamed Ċentru Ħin Ħieles (Free Time Centre), and other venues within the barracks, especially a stretch of land large enough to host outdoor concerts overlooking Marsamxett Harbour.
The AST community played a vital role in the Maltese music scene and spawned a great number of the bands that were active at the time. S
Some of the bands that were resident at Rokarja AST at some point or other include:
- 43 Ltd
- Abstrass
- Access
- Acid
- Artwork
- Asgard
- Atlam
- B3
- Blind Distress
- Chi-2
- Dance The Ghost
- Davy Jones Band
- Export
- Fluid
- General Lee
- Hangover
- Kraken
- Man and White
- Members Only
- Overdose
- Passion Blade
- Prinz Eugene
- Red Led
- Resumb
- Rough Trade
- Sphinx
- Shaktonyx
- Something In Ash
- Structure
- Subverts
- Talisman
- The Faith
- The Joy Circuit
- The Ophidian Twin
- The Rifffs
- Witchcraft
Events
- Saturday 28 May 1983: Overdose - Acid
- Saturday 9 July 1983: Davy Jones - Tony Grimaud - Atlam at Tigne Chapel.
External links
- Tigne Barracks "Rock Village 80's" - Facebook group