[imagesource: Gio Arlotta]

Mick Jagger is arguably the most famous rock and roll star of all time.

You’ll be familiar with some of his music.

You probably haven’t heard of Jagari, the lead singer of the Zambian band Witch, but he’s revered in his home country, and sometimes further afield.

Witch was the country’s most popular 70’s rock band, reports The Daily Beast, and Jagari is the country’s own version of Mick, with his name paying homage to the famous Brit.

Gio Arlotta (pictured above with Jagari) has now documented Witch’s story, and the story of Zamrock on the whole:

As I dove further into my research, his music started to speak to me more and more. I could visualize their trajectory, from a simple three-chord garage punk album, to prog, then Afro Rock, followed by a stop at disco. All of it was meticulously performed—and like nothing I had ever heard before…

I kept thinking about how the story would have changed had the band been born or based somewhere else. Although immensely popular in their home country, they were virtually unknown outside of it, and with a catalog like that, I knew it had to be heard by as many people as possible.

Jagari would eventually leave the band, get arrested for his alleged involvement in drug smuggling, turn to religion, and earn a living as a miner.

Then, much like Searching for Sugarman, his career had an unexpected revival.

We Intend to Cause Havoc charts that journey:

You can watch the documentary online here.

[source:dailybeast]