Biography
After Nocturnal Projections went their seperate ways in the early 80s, the two Jefferies brothers formed This Kind Of Punishment, a group that expanded their song-writing capabilities, and added variety to the Joy Division-styled approach of their former group.
This Kind Of Punishment’s albums are quite often eery and detached, with Peter’s voice cutting through the shards of piano and guitar like it was deathly silence. Over the years the brothers accumulated a large list of contributors, with Andrew Frengley, Gordon Rutherford, Michael Harrison, Maxine Fleming, Michael Morley, Alastair Galbraith, Shayne Carter and the burgeoning talents of Grant Fell and Chris Matthews (who would later take the essence of the Matthews penned ‘Sleepwalking’ as the basis for a Headless Chickens track – and make it a hit).
This Kind Of Punishment have had a huge impact on the darker side of New Zealand rock, and their 1st two releases are well worth seeking out. By 1984 TKOP were a four-piece comprised of the two Jefferies brothers, Fell and Matthews – and played live consistently, touring the nation with Jay Clarkson‘s Expendables (from which the tkp live ’85 album is culled).
Soon after, an arts festival, “the nit-picker’s picnic,” dissolved this amalgam and a single 1986 performance with the line-up of the Jefferies brothers, Michael Morley and Shayne Carter saw the end of the band.
– Dan Vallor: taken from Popwatch #9
Both Jefferies brothers would go on to record solo material (Graeme’s eventually morphing into the well-travelled Cakekitchen), whilst Fell and Matthews (and one-time TKOP contributor Johnny Pierce) were already establishing Childrens Hour, the fore-runner to the ever-popular Headless Chickens.
Johnny Pierce passed away in 1986.
Members
- Graeme Jefferies (guitar / bass / violin / vocals / strings / zither / cello, Breathing Cage, Nocturnal Projections, Pink Noise, Stephen, The Cakekitchen, The Plastic Bags, The Sombretones, This Kind of Punishment)
- Peter Jefferies (drums / piano / vocals, 2 Foot Flame, Anita Anker Trio, Cyclops, Dimmer, King Loser, Mecca Normal, Nocturnal Projections, Pink Noise, Plagal Grind, The Plastic Bags, This Kind of Punishment)
- Andrew Frengley (percussion / vocals, This Kind Of Punishment)
- Gordon Rutherford (drums, Electronically Tested, Mutton Gun, Nocturnal Projections, This Kind of Punishment)
- Nigel Taylor (drums, This Kind of Punishment)
- Chris Matthews (guitar / vocals / drums, Children’s Hour, Chris Matthews And Robot Monkey Orchestra, Death By Silo, Headless Chickens, Prime Movers, This Kind Of Punishment)
- Shayne Carter (guitar, 198?, Bored Games, Dimmer, Don McGlashan & The Others, Lame & Sorry, Straitjacket Fits, The Adults, The Doublehappys, The Weeds, This Kind Of Punishment)
- Maxine Fleming (bass / vocals, This Kind of Punishment)
- Brett Jones (bass, Electronically Tested, Nocturnal Projections, This Kind Of Punishment)
- Michael Morley (guitar, 198?, 2 Foot Flame, Angelhead, Body/Gate/Head, Cobweb Iris, Gate, Pink Plastic Gods, Sun Valley, Tanaka-Nixon Meeting, The Dead C, The Fuck Chairs, The Never Quartet, The Red Orchestra, The Righteous Yeah, The Weeds, This Kind Of Punishment, Trash, Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos)
- Johnny Pierce (bass, Children’s Hour, Headless Chickens, This Kind Of Punishment)
Discography
- This Kind Of Punishment (1983, Flying Nun Records, TKP001)
- A Beard Of Bees (1985, Self-Released, TKP002)
- 5 By Four 12″ EP (1985, Flying Nun Records, TKP003)
- In The Same Room (1987, Flying Nun Records, TFP004)
- TKP Live ’85 (1988, Xpressway, X/Way 02)
- In the Same Room / 5 By Four (1993 compilation, Ajax, Ajax030)
- Radio Silence 7″ EP (2016, Superior Viaduct, SV092)