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m artists
Jangly indie-rock 4 piece from early 1980's Christchurch. During their life they put out a well-received 7" single on Flying Nun before going their separate ways. Failsafe Records released a retrospective compilation of their recordings in 2021.
j artists
Mid 1990s rock'n'roll outfit from Andrew Tolley, before he found fame with The Hasselhoff Experiment. Tolley formed the group with This will kill that drummer Andrew Goodchild, before expanding the band to a 4 piece (and both Tolley and Goodchild switching to guitar). Jawload were based in Wellington and released an album and two singles on Tolley's own Kato Records label.
d artists
An Iggy Pop and the Stooges obsessed proto-punk outfit from the early 80s. After recording New Zealand's very first full-length punk LP (1981's 'Let there be noise') the group morphed into The Henchmen.
d artists
Wellington based garage surf-punk band headed up by Marty Squire (guitar/vocals) wit brothers Dave (drums) and Luke Benge (keyboards), and Jules Desmond (bass). Formed from the ashes of Letterbox Lambs. Had one catchy single 'We Ride Tonight' released as a New Zealand On Air music video
s artists
3 piece featuring Paul Toohey, later of K-Group - freeform Wellington-based experimentation using: Synth drones, guitars and mutilated electronic debris to create a soundspace where layers of distortion, hum and buzz hang like veils in the air, each disrupting the aural view of the layer beneath, without completely obscuring it from audibility - Bruce Russell
l artists
Hamilton-based former Datura multi-instrumentalist Craig Williamson has released an ever-growing discography of solo albums since Datura's demise in the late 1990s, originally under his own name, but now under the bizarre hippy-pseudonym Lamp of the Universe.
b artists
Between stints in King Loser, Snapper and a million other bands, Cameron Bain released a 7" release on Stella Corkery and Alan Holt's excellent Pink Air label. One-half of the oft-referenced, seldom heard Constant Pain. Bain passed away in 2014.
h artists
Christchurch-based art-rock group from the mid 1980's who put out one EP on Bill Direen's South Indies label. Several members came from low-key Flying Nun acts Mainly Spaniards and Ballon D'Essai.
p artists
Auckland-based pop-songwriting outfit based around the trio of Alice Mckenzie, Penny Laybourn and Hilda Mcclutchie.
d artists
Formerly Auckland-based abstract artist who produced a string of lathe cut releases in the late 1990's - 2000's on Circle Records and the Luxus imprint.
h artists
Auckland duo of Mike Knuckley and Brett Higson. Released a cassette and appeared on a live compilation on Paul Lurkers Industrial Tapes label. Had some songs recorded live by Chris Knox and Doug Hood at the Rumba Bar with 'One More' turning up on the famed 'The Last Rhumba' live compilation on Flying Nun.
m artists
Dunedin-based outfit who released a split EP with Matt 'Crude' Middleton's Aesthetics, along with a couple other Lo-Fi low-rent releases.
t artists
Christchurch-based shoegazey indie-rock group that started out as a studio project but became a fairly successful touring group with 2 albums and an EP on band member Rob Mayes Failsafe Recordings.
j artists
One of Rob Scott's many one-off bands - this time with R. Dejoux and Sarah Robin. They put out the Ground Level cassette on Scotts' own Every Secret Thing label in 1985. Scott reissued the Ground Level cassette as a CDr in 2022.
v artists
A formative group for 2 significant groups in New Zealand music - The Terminals song-writing duo of Peter Stapleton and Stephen Cogle, and Bilders duo Bill Direen and Allan Meek. Though a fairly significant group at the time, their recordings were sparse.
