Biography
The pop outgrowth of Ex-Christchurch song-writer Dave Yetton (Ex Jean-Paul Sartre Experience), who’s backing band has included a couple generations of well-known kiwi performers, including Pluto‘s rhythm section at one point.
Made a splash in the mid/late 90s with a pretty swell, but ultimately pretty twee debut and a less rock, more soppy follow-up. They didn’t quite have the hooks and general wacky attraction of JPS at their peak, but they’re ok. The group disappeared in 2000, but ultimately resurfaced in late 2011, though no new songs materialized.
Members
- Dave Yetton (guitar / vocals, Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, The Stereo Bus)
- Sonya Waters (backing vocals, Fang, The Broken Heartbreakers, The Instigators, The Stereo Bus, White Swan Black Swan)
- David Pine (bass, Death Ray Cafe, Sneaky Feelings, The Bleeding Allstars, The Moas, The Stereo Bus)
- Alan Gregg (bass, piano, Dribbling Darts, Marshmallow, Polite Company, The Mutton Birds, The Remarkables, The Stereo Bus, Three Leaning Men)
- Gary Sullivan (drums, Breathing Cage, Chug, Dimmer, Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, Solid Gold Hell, The Stereo Bus)
- Ross Burge (drums, Dribbling Darts, Midge Marsden Band, Spines, The Mutton Birds, The Rodger Fox Big Band, The Roger Fox Big Band, The Stereo Bus, Two Armed Men)
- Janet Holborow (strings, The Stereo Bus)
- Francis Hunt (guitar, Catherine Wheel, Fang, Harmonic 44, Pumpkinhead, Sleepers Union, Supertanker, The Stereo Bus)
- Nick Buckton (bass, The Stereo Bus, The Tokey Tones, Voom)
- Matthias Jordan (bass, Pluto, The Stereo Bus)
- Mike Hall (guitar, Balance, Pluto, The Brunettes, The Stereo Bus)
- Mike Franklin Browne (drums, Pluto, The Stereo Bus)
- Jason Fa’afoi (guitar, Good Laika, The Stereo Bus)
- Bobby Kennedy (drums, Op-Shop, The Stereo Bus)
- Mark Beaton (bass, The Stereo Bus)
Discography
- Be a Girl CD EP (1997, Bar Bodga, BEATS006)
- The Stereobus (1997, Festival)
- Brand New (1999, EMI)
- Hey, Thank You CD Single (1999, EMI, 8876042)
- Birthday CD Single (1999, EMI, 8881332)
Awards
Tui Awards 2000
- Best Music Video: Alex Sutherland and Michael Lonsdale