Category Archives: d artists

Doctors

Posted on January 26, 2012 by fraew

(Probably) defunct Christchurch-based group formed by Rhett Copland some time around 2008, to show-case his incredibly prolific song-writing as a side-line to the shambolic Bits and Pieces and mostly covers orientated Lonely Harris Club (sometimes known as the Brian Tamaki … Continue reading →

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The Dance Asthmatics

Posted on January 26, 2012 by fraew

Christchurch-based 4-piece mixing up a bit of Dunedin-jangle with punk attitude and some level of funky/dancey type rhythm. Fronted by Stephen Nouwens (Bits and Pieces) with the very handy Brian Feary (Magic Eye etc) on the drums, Joe Sampson (T-54 … Continue reading →

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dabs, the

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

3-piece consisting of steve thorpe, geogg hayden and rowan sheddon who put out an ep on simon griggs propeller label and were featured on the it’s bigger than the both of us compilation. steve thorpe later sadly took his own … Continue reading →

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d4, the

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

the d4 –

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danse macabre

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

post-punk / new-wave outfit from the early 80s and made up of nigel russell, wes prince, ralph crump and roddy carlson. russell eventually went on to form car crash set.discographypicks in bold between the lines ep [1981 reaction REACT003] last … Continue reading →

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dana eclair

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

wellington based pop-rock outfit named after the now-late actor known for playing ‘pete’ on macgyver, and who’s real-life battle with blindness was written into the script. comprised of saul clifford (guitar / vocals), mark dryburgh (bass / vocals), achilles botes … Continue reading →

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daisy chain halo

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

hamilton rockers (who describe themselves as having a heavy acoustic sound) daisy chain halo are a trio comprised of ex-porch members carl watkins and corrina watts, along with a succession of drummers, eventually settling on hamilton-native luke hale in mid-2002. … Continue reading →

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daggy and the dickheads

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

dan and tim mccartin, mark kennedy, neil michelson and lez white.discographypicks in bold brothers ep [1982 wea Z20024]

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dd smash

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

dave dobbyn‘s early 80s pop outfit, with peter warryn, rob guy, lisle kinney, scott calhoun, ian morris, gary langsfor and andrew clouston. big singles with ‘devil you know’, ‘whaling’ and of course the staple ‘outlook for thursday’ (which dark tower … Continue reading →

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dawn of azazel

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

productive and professional auckland black metal outfit comprised of rigel walshe (bass / vocals), tony angelov (guitar), phill osborne (drums) and joe bonnet (guitar). formed in 1997 and with a whole swag of independent releases to their name. the band … Continue reading →

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