Sebastian Hardie are an Australian symphonic rock band. They formed in Sydney in 1967 as Sebastian Hardie Blues Band but dropped the “Blues Band” reference when they became pop‑oriented. By 1973 they developed a more progressive rock style, and later performed as Windchase, but disbanded in 1977. An early member of Sebastian Hardie was Jon English (vocals, rhythm guitar), who starred as Judas Iscariot in the Australian version of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar in 1972 and subsequently had a solo career as a singer, actor and playwright. A later member, Mario Millo (lead guitar, mandolin, vocals), became a multi‑award winner for his television and movie music. They are the first symphonic rock band to come from the country. Sebastian Hardie’s other early members included Graham Ford (lead guitar), Anatole Kononewsky (keyboards), Peter Plavsic (bass guitar) and his brother Alex Plavsic (drums). After English, Kononewsky and Ford had left, the Plavsic brothers were joined by Millo and Toivo Pilt (keyboards). With their addition, Sebastian Hardie developed extended progressive rock tracks to become a symphonic rock group before they released their definitive album Four Moments in 1975, which peaked at No. 12 on the national albums chart. They followed with a second album, Windchase, in 1976, but it had less chart success. Millo and Pilt formed the band Windchase to release Symphinity in 1977; it was a heavier jazz‑fusion album but didn’t have chart success and they disbanded.
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Deja Vu
Openings
I Wish
Dawn of our sun
Vuja De (part 2)
Hello Phimistar
I Remember (part 1)
Art Of Life
Rosanna
Windchase
Four Moments 1975 Full Album
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