Category Archives: w artists

john davidson, tony doe, keith taylor, rowan swannack, rick currie and chris dench. put out 2 ep’s on ode in 1985, the first of which featuring the song ‘the burma road’, which was playlisted on commercial radio. after the group’s … Continue reading →

sharon boyd, andrew leggott, brendan and justin ryniken. short lived late 80s band with just a sole self-titled ep to their name. discography picks in bold the wart 12″ ep [1988 flying nun FN138]

[Profile thanks to Tim Davey] the weeds were around for about a year in the mid-80′s, formed with the intention of having fun and seeing just how stupid they could be, while also entertaining people. the band provided a great … Continue reading →

jon baker, deby turner, john micham, chris koole, allen stephenson, mike howie, mike mcdonald. fairly popular outfit who started out with a couple of eps (including their signature release satellite surfing) and an album in the late 80s, before resurfacing … Continue reading →

haydn sharp (guitar / vocals), stephen nicholls (guitar), hamish mccaul (drums), andrew hampton (keyboards) and walter friedel (bass). put out a self-titled debut in 1995 after featuring on failsafe‘s good things compilation. discography picks in bold wadd [1995 self-released]

highly active in the wellington scene during the early 80s, the wallsockets featured fran and martin walsh (lead guitar and bass respectively), brett carstairs (rhythm guitar), and originally tennessee (another guitarist) and drummer nezzie, though the band brought in new … Continue reading →

rex nairn, chris goodall, mark roxburgh, bill morris, andrew downes, steve cochrane. wellington punks (pronounced wazzo fish) that are still going, at least in an occassional live capacity as of 2004. discography picks in bold gone ghoting!

aaron tokona, gabriel atkinson, clinton den heyer and clinton tokona – wellington band that split almost immediately after the release of their thoroughly acclaimed 2000 debut.discographypicks in bold natural compression ep [1999 warner] geographica [2000 warner 8573839332] awards etcrianz awards … Continue reading →

discography picks in bold no releases