Iwantja started as a school band in the Indulkana Community but has grown into a potent fusion of Aboriginal rock with desert reggae, heavy metal, sweet ballads and blues, fuelled by the raw, powerful guitar of young Jeremy Whiskey and Top End vocalist Stuart Gaykamangu.
The group’s first album, Palya, has provided the springboard for Iwantja to blaze a trail out from the APY lands to music stages across Australia during the past 18 months. Music NT labelled Iwantja as The Band of 2010 as they travelled and performed more than any other remote indigenous group from Central Australia.
