Ray Columbus and the Rolling Stones
Ray Columbus loved telling stories, and none more than the time his band the Invaders supported the Rolling Stones on their Australasian tour in 1965. Behind the scenes there was a li...
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Columbus Invades America
In July 1966 Columbus arrived in San Jose, in the San Francisco Bay area, to a flurry of articles in the local press. Most of these played on the obvious "America discovers Columbus” ...
The Mod’s Nod
During their early stint in Australia the Invaders became aligned with the mod counterculture. "When we were playing the Surf City in Sydney, the place would be packed every night wit...
Ray Columbus on 1950s Christchurch
Beneath its conservative surface, in the 1950s Christchurch had a thriving underworld hip to popular culture, Ray Columbus said. "It has two really good things going for it as far as ...