
RUBBER SOULYes, the band’s name was borrowed from the classic Beatles album 'Rubber Soul'. Benatar and O'Shea formed Rubber Soul in 1994, together with Anton Ressel (electric guitar), Louise Leggatt (vocals) and Jason Louth (drums). The band was popular around Cape Town with their unique style of Acoustic/Pop/Rock. In '95-'96, two singles (Roaches and Let It Go) received national coverage on South Africa’s premier music radio station, 5FM.Long-time residents of The Texas Embassy in the leafy suburb of Gardens and The Planet in alternative lifestyle village Observatory (both in Cape Town), the five rocked the joints. A brief tour to the world-famous Oppi Koppi (Afrikaans for ‘on the plateau’) & Kimberly festival gigs around Cape Town during '95-'96 fulfilled their life-long dreams to be ‘in a band’. By the time they stopped playing together in late 1996, only a third of all their songs had been committed to tape – this in three brief recording sessions in three different studios.Nine years later, after