Biography
The Acid Band
Effective period / Period of releases: 1978
Members: Thomas Mapfumo, Charles Makokoba, Leonard Chiyangwa, James Chimombe
Zimbabwe band formed by Thomas Mapfumo after returning to Salisbury and after when the Black Spirits disbanded in 1977. When the colonial administration realized in that Mapfumo's chimurenga music was a call for rebellion, they detained him and banned the band.