3-piece consisting of steve thorpe, geogg hayden and rowan sheddon who put out an ep on simon griggs propeller label and were featured on the it’s bigger than the both of us compilation. steve thorpe later sadly took his own… Read More »The Dabs
Biography 3-piece outfit featuring Daniel Mancini (Guitar), Luke (bass) and Health (drums). The group released a lathe cut EP and we’re on a couple rock’n’roll compilations from the era. Front-man Dan Mancini re-appeared as DJ Dan Mancini, notably supporting Black… Read More »Mancini 500
dragstrip is david clark, a wellington based fella who’s been playing guitar since the early 90s, most notably in ex-christchurch group ape management, but now solo.rn then in 2000 I teamed up with a local animator named mike heynes to… Read More »Dragstrip
singer-songwriter and part of the goldenhorse team who put out his debut self-titled release on siren a year following the goldenhorse debut. Discography picks in bold ben king [2002 siren]
Lyttelton-based former bassist/vocalist for popular Christchurch act Mountains of Murray. Williams took a few years off from performing when the group disbanded in 2003 before surfacing with his debut solo album, a collection of indie-folk numbers entitled Kamikaze Fondue. DiscographyPicks… Read More »Harley Williams
Biography Lower Hutt death-metal / grind-core with a handful of self-produced recordings and some international support slots under their belt since forming in the late 1990’s (after a myriad of lineup changes). The group released the track ‘Bone Collector’ on… Read More »Backyard Burial
versifier is the umbrella title of performance poet david eggleton’s new album of words and music. musical contributions are from jay clarkson, martin phillipps, joost langeveld, jordan reyne, michael morley, trevor coleman, david downes, matthew robertson and others. tracks range… Read More »David Eggleton
prolific singer-songwriter who’s played in a number of seminal kiwi dirge-rock outfits, along with his own one-man band projects. primarily playing electric piano and singing, jefferies was a founding member of 2 foot flame and the cake kitchen. Discography picks… Read More »Peter Jefferies
Biography Wellington pop band, originally formed as a high school band. The group produced two albums, ‘Pop Life’ (1997), and the somewhat lesser ‘Don’t Stop The Revolution’ (2000). Now distancing themselves from Breathe, 3 of the ex-members have reformed under… Read More »Breathe
Biography Christchurch all-girl pop-rock outfit from the mid 2000’s. Very chirpy and upbeat, they’re a welcome change to the male-dominated bravado of Christchurch live acts, and seem to have a good grasp of melody and dynamics. Members Discography Links
The SML was the combined forces of Shihad (later to become Pacifier) members Jon Toogood and Tom Larkin, with Head Like A Hole vocalist Nigel Regan – a combo that released an album, EP and split a release with their… Read More »The SML
Discography The Bad Shed Lathe Cut [World Resources] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr
before mikey havoc (and his eternal side-kick newsboy) became a local television celebrity pushing all sorts of depraved acts and general off-the-wall behavious to a young new zealand audience (brilliantly i might add.. though they tended to run jokes into… Read More »Push Push
Biography The last evolution in the chain for the core of the Christchurch punk rock movement this band were made up of the members of Unauthorised, Desperate Measures, and Evasive Action. The band were moving well away from their punk… Read More »Southern Front
Rex Bourke, Joanne Kickoff, Maria, Liz Cohor, Rebecca Shanahan, Noel Ward, Tim Mahon and Tane Tokona. Discography ‘When Judy Gets Out’/’She Said Let’S Kiss’/’You Cure Me’ 7″ Single [1987 Flying Nun Records Fn089] Rn See Your Colours [1991 Flying Nun… Read More »Strangeloves