Bellydance (band)

Bellydance
Also known asBellydance Disco
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Years active1987 (1987)–1996 (1996)
Labels
Past members
  • Ted Cavanagh
  • Tony Hughes
  • Scott Saunders
  • Frank Ward
  • Charlie MacLean
  • John Swanton
  • Linda Jannsen
  • Grant Taylor
  • Dave Wray
  • Richard Barry
  • Terepai Richmond
  • Theo Silvera

Bellydance were an Australian 9 piece dance, funk band originally known as Bellydance Disco, which formed in Sydney 1987. Mainstays were Tony Hughes on vocals, Frank Ward on bass, Ted Cavanagh on guitar and Scott Saunders (also in Directions in Groove) on keyboards. Featured a range of musicians/vocalists and brass. Their debut album, One Blood (1993), was nominated at the ARIA Music Awards of 1994 for Best Pop Release.