Datura
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Datura were an acid rock, stoner, psychedelic rock band, who released albums through Cranium Music. Founded in 1993, their most stable long-term line up was Craig Williamson (bass, vocals), Brent Middlemiss (guitar) and Jon Burnside (drums), who were together from 1995 until their final release, 1999s Visions For the Celestial. Other members through this time period and up to 2003 were Paul Hindrup (drums), Hugh Clarke (guitar), Sandy Schaare (guitar) and Ario Manafui (vocals). Craig Williamson began a solo career under the name Lamp of the Universe in 1999 and is now fronting new stoner/doom, psych group Arc of Ascent.
Releases
- All Is One CD, 1998, Cranium Music NZ
- Visions For the Celestial CD, 1999, Cranium Music NZ
- Visions For the Celestial CD, 2000, re-release on Brain Ticket Records USA
- Visions For the Celestial CD, 2007, re-release on Astral Projection NZ. Includes the bonus track "Into the Light"
- All Is One CD, 2008, re-release on Astral Projection NZ. Includes the bonus track "Happiness Grows"
- Visions For the Celestial LP, 2010, limited edition re-issue on Krauted Mind Productions, Germany
- Happiness Grows appears on the 1994 compilation Atrocities One