Biography
A Christchurch institution of absent idols (only John Christoffels still resides in the garden city from the classic line-up), dating back to 1993 but seldom surfacing more than a single gig every couple of years. The group was original formed by Patrick Faigan (aka Duane Zarakov), Mick Elborado and Martin Henderson (aka Brother Love) – with Faigan’s sister Violet up-front in her first band, and Christoffels on bass.
A series of guitarists and organists came and went over a productive period during the mid 1990’s, with the group recording 3 albums and cutting a number of releases on vinyl for both American (18 Wheeler, Carburetor) and New Zealand (Kato Records, Homebacon Music, Stink Magnetic) labels.
The debut ‘Beatle!’ got stuck unreleased for a period as the label behind the release (18 Wheeler) went on an unexpected hiatus.
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Space Dust – No Kissing In Public (1999, Homebacon Music)
The group managed to tour the United States with a make-shift line-up comprising the core trio of Violet Faigan, Duane Zarakov and Brother Love, with Doug Pearson and John Allen joining the line-up – without Violet they became the Brother Love band.
The group enjoyed some visibility with their songs included on the New Zealand feature film ‘Snakeskin‘, which coincided with the release of their 1999 CD ‘No Kissing In Public‘. The single ‘Too Much Action’ was given a video and his probably their most well-known song. The album was reissued by Powertool Records in 2014.
Violet Faigan moved to Auckland, so for a period the group was comprised of Faigan, Zarakov and the Constant Pain duo of Roddy Pain and Cameron Bain, though further line-up changes continued up their too (Sean O’Reilly on bass and occasionally Brother Love would venture North from his new home of Wellington to complete the line-up).
Members
- Pat Faigan (aka Duane Zarakov, Axel Grinders, Brother Love, Cease to Exist, Constant Pain, drums, drums / synths / vocals, Duane Zarakov, King Loser, National Sex Grid, Revolution 10, Rhythm Doktor, Say Yes to Apes, Semolina Island, Space Dust, The Axel Grinders, The Elephant Tranquilisers, The Hi-Tone Destroyers, The Hitone Destroyers, The International Telepaths, The Picnic Boys, Thee Hellfire Club, Wolfskull)
- Violet Faigan (vocals, Space Dust)
- Mick Elborado ( Alien, Gas, Minus 2, Ritchie Venus and the Blue Beetles, The Palace Of Wisdom, Alien, Alpaca Brothers, bass, Bass – Drowning Is Easy, bass / vocals, Brother Love, Cease to Exist, Drowning Is Easy, Gas, guitar, guitar / bass / vocals, guitar / organ, Keyboard / Guitar, Keyboards, Minus 2, Minus Two, Negative Nancies, organ, Projekt Mauve, Ritchie Venus and the Blue Beetles, Scorched Earth Policy, Space Dust, The After Dinner Mints, The Axemen, The Palace Of Wisdom, The Shallows, The Terminals, Thee Hellfire Club, Trillionaires, vocals)
- Marty Henderson (aka Brother Love) (guitar, Brother Love, Space Dust)
- John Christoffels ( bass, Dark Matter, Hiding from Stan, Les Baxters, Little Dead Things, The Renderers, The Terminals, Vague Secrets, Bass, bass / cello, Bill Direen, Brother Love, Dark Matter, Dissolve, Hiding from Stan, Les Baxters, Little Dead Things, live cello, Minus 2, Minus Two, Space Dust, The After Dinner Mints, The Bats, The Builders, The Renderers, The Terminals, Trillionaires, Vague Secrets)
- Matt Johnstone ( Black Panthers, Slavetrader, Space Dust, The Hitone Destroyers, aka Matt Alien, Alien, Black Panthers, Guitar, guitar / drums / bass / keyboards / vocals, Guitar/Vocals/Drums, Hi-Tone Destroyers, Human, Levitating Churches, Matt Alien, Matt Alien and the Slaves of Elvis, Slavetrader, Space Dust, The Black Panthers, The Hi-Tone Destroyers, The Hitone Destroyers, The Lost/Found Sound, The Palace Of Wisdom, Thee Strap Ons, Thee Strapons, Vocals, vocals / guitar / drums)
- Matt Middleton (All-Electric, Arcane, Bog, Brainlego, Clarinet, Crude, Dimmer, Disciples of King Spasm, drums, Noisypussy, Pus, Putrid, sax / keyboards, Southkill, Space Dust, The Aesthetics, The Axemen, The Ho’ Dogs, The Ho’ Dogs, vocals / guitar / clarinet / drums / keyboards / electronics/ production)
- Anabel Alpers (organ, Space Dust)
- Doug Pearson (synthesizer / violin, Space Dust)
- John Allen (bass, Space Dust)
- Lisa Preston ( Cuticles, Lo liners, The Ginger Group, The Luvin’ 44’s, Thee Hellfire Club, Thee Tryhards, Cuticles, drums / keyboards, Lo liners, Nux Vomica, Organ, organ / drums, organ / vocals, Snort, Space Dust, The Axemen, The Ginger Group, The Luvin’ 44’s, The Portage, The Tryhards, Thee Hellfire Club, Thee Tryhards)
- Bill Fosby (guitar, Space Dust)
- John Segovia (Axel Grinders, Boxcar Guitars, Don McGlashan and The Seven Sisters, guitar, Indians, Shaft, Space Dust, The Chance, The Connoisseurs, The Renderers)
- Rob Haarkman / Rock Hardman (keyboard, Space Dust)
- Cameron Bain (Constant Pain, Figure 60, Gestalt, Guitar, Guitar/Vocals, King Loser, Mothertrucker, Snapper, Space Dust, Supercar, The Mean Streaks, Vaw)
- Rod McClellan (aka Roddy Pain, Constant Pain, Evil, guitar, Guitar/Vocals, Snapper, Space Dust, Supercar, They Spunks)
- Sean O’Reilly (Bass, Chug, drums / guitar, guitar / vocals, Heazlewood, King Loser, Lovely Midget, Olla, Renderizors, SF, Sferic Experiment, Space Dust, The Renderers)
- Simon Cumings (electronics, Space Dust)
- Chris Heazlewood ( Psychic Maps, Sferic Experiment, Tabula Rasa, guitar, guitar / vocals, Guitar/Bass/Vocals, Guitar/Vocals/Bass/Drums, King Loser, Olla, Psychic Maps, Sferic Experiment, Snapper, Space Dust, Tabula Rasa)
- Richard Whall ( Space Dust, The D4, The Rainy Days, The Rock And Roll Machine, Voom, aka Rich Mixture, bass, bass / vocals, drums, guitar, Shaft, Space Dust, The Axemen, The D4, The Psycho Daizies, The Rainy Days, The Rock And Roll Machine, Voom)
Discography
- ‘Cool Car‘ 7″ Single (1994, Homebacon Music / 18 Wheeler, EWR-008)
- Beatle! (1995, 18 Wheeler, EWR014)
- First To The Future (1995, Carburetor Records)
- No Kissing In Public (1999, Homebacon Music)
- Live 93 Cassette (Stink Magnetic, MAG24)