Biography Wellington based rock’n’roll 4-piece who evolved out of the Shining Path, originally with the line-up of Marty Squire (Guitar/Vocals – Formerly Of D-Super), John Douglas (Bass – Ex-Marineville), Kirsty (Organ) and and the show-stealing Ricky Boyd (Drums – Ex-Canvas).… Read More »The Accelerants
Discography picks in bold hellbent ep [1989 ima hitt Hitt Me 19x] hellbent live lathe-cut 10″ ep [ima hitt]
Formed in Auckland ’82 by Jeffrey Bunt, Peter Matich and Gregg McKenzie, and later joined by David Ford on drums (all originally from Taupo), the Normal Ambition recorded two studio albums in 83/84, releasing them on Paul Lurker’s Industrial Tapes… Read More »Normal Ambition
As the distinctive voice of Mestar, John White has become quite a well known figure in new zealand music, particularly in his home-town of dunedin, where mestar first formed, and where Cloudboy have become such a loved troup. John toured… Read More »John White
Long running Auckland extreme metal group, formed by guitarists / vocalist / producer Daryl ‘Dero’ Tapsell.
three-piece all-girl punk group in the early shonen knife mold, i.e. sing-shoutty appropriations of the ramones with huge slabs of anarchic (and not to mention, over-the-top) synth thrown in for good measure. they originally existed as an auckland-fareing hamilton-aread group… Read More »The Coolies
Former Christchurch rock outfit comprised of Maria Due (Guitar / Vox), Tasha French (Vocals, Drums), Pete Thomson (Guitar) and Adam Gallagher (Bass – replaced original bassist Kerry Wellman) who drew a lot of attention with their debut on Yellow-Eye –… Read More »She’s Insane
Biography One of Campbell McLay’s original Onset/Offset groups, fronted by Sarah Richards. The Bottletops put out an EP in 1983, then took 2 years to resurface on a split EP alongside McLay’s Toerag. Members Sarah Richards (Vocals, 1983 – 1985)… Read More »Bottletops
pop-rock from phonoss‘s michael brennan, warren lawson, daniel gannaway and stan leboy. self-released their own debut after appearing on a powertool records kaleidoscope world live recording compilation. Discography picks in bold the kidameln lo-fi album [2004 self-released K001]
napier based indie-rock / garage outfit comprised of martian selman (drums) and deanne taumata (guitar , vocals). Discography picks in bold ld3 [2001 self-released]
Biography Members Jonathan Harverson Armstrong (Drums/Vocals, 1988 – 1991) Stan Jagger (Guitar, 1991) Justine Francis (Violin, 1991) Alan Deare (Bass, 1988 – 1991) Sarah Knight (Bass/Cello, 1988 – 1991) Discography Catharsis (1988, Bomb, BOMB01) Purified Seven Times EP (1991,… Read More »Book of Martyrs
Formed out of the ashes of defunct noise-trio Meat Market, Universal Joint is the multi-instrumentalist duo of Sarah Bingle and Elise Bishop. A Palmerston North based duo with firm community development ideals (establishing the nOise Workshop music-making workshops in the… Read More »Universal Joint
Excellent, and highly popular post-punk / new-wave pop act out of auckland in the early 80s. Achieved unprecedented success with the release of ‘See Me Go’, a lovely poppy early single in the distinct Mee Mees style that managed to… Read More »Screaming Meemees
Discography Break Our Backs ep [1988 Pagan PAGT1033] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr