Biography
Nick ‘Harte’ Hodgson’s loud rock’n’roll outfit.
Started life as Tony Valens and the Incisions in the mid 90’s and were mostly concentrated on primal rhythms and harsh, noisy guitar flourishes – creating some absolutely brilliant sounds far outside the commercial scope of rock’n’roll.
Band competitions, a short-lived lead singer and the rock’n’roll revival brought changes to their sound, reverting to a more pop (but still incredibly loud) rock format, but Nick was unhappy and soon the band was changing again.
The result was the manic Let Terror Rain – Nick’s first attempt at adding vocals to his old blend of sonic mayhem, and it worked.
Thick, pulsing guitar and sound-checking The Velvet Underground was the order of the day, and it looked like the band was onto a promising direction before Hodgson split the band (and Christchurch) to seek his fame with Auckland-based popsters The Brunettes, eventually settling with his own new band The Shocking Pinks.
The Incisions template did resurface again in 2004 as Black Albino, however this seems to have been a short-lived reunion of sorts (the group featuring Hodgson on guitar and MacDonald on drums played a support slot for Die! Die! Die! at the Jetset Lounge).
In 2023 Harte released ‘Crack Wars’ (the first new release by the group in 20 years) – A retrospective release that gathers together ALL of the early groups instrumental recordings, dedicated to the departed ALC5 (aka one-time bassist Alan Cameron), George Gosset and Richard Neave.
Members
- Nick Hodgson (Urinator, Medrum, Deplore, Cubicle, Deface, Crone, Solaa, Hiatus, CM Ensemble, CM Acoustic Ensemble, Tony Valens and the Incisions, The Palace of Wisdom, Shocking Pinks, Black Albino, Moider Mother, guitar / vocals / drums)
- Dan Brady (bass)
- Lynton Denovan (Satanic Rockers, The Aesthetics, Assetstripper, Montessouri, Satan’s Pitbull, CM Ensemble, drums)
- Ben Johnstone (Hi-Tone Destroyers, The Palace of Wisdom, bass / vocals)
- Brett Croft (guitar)
- Alan Cameron (The Palace Of Wisdom, bass)
- Tim MacDonald (The Palace of Wisdom, Black Albino, drums)
- George Gosset (keyboards)
- Karl Jensen (bass / vocals)
Discography
- Tony Valens and the Incisions Lathe-Cut 7″ EP (High Tension House)
- All the Greatest Hits of.. cassette (High Tension House, HTH015)
- Deadly Lethal CDr (2001)
- Tony Valens and the Incisions (2002, Kato, KCD3)
- Let Terror Rain (2002, Kato, KCD005)
- Crack Wars (2023 compilation)
1st bass player was dan brady (not the same dan brady who played in thought creature/snapper/etc)…”deadly lethal” is nick/dan/lynton