The Soundlaydee
Jewl Of Bessamoocho and Goldifox‘s Penny Collins in an 80s flavoured solo guise. Casio-Tone punk from Kerikeri, South Auckland. Discography 8″ Lathe-Cut Ep[Pink Air Pink Air010] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr
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Maiden China
Christchurch Dance/Pop act from the mid 80s. Members included vocalist Raoul Bridges. Discography picks in bold heartbeat [1984 self-released] Music Videos TVNZ piece from 1984 on ChCh bands featuring Maiden China
Life in the Fridge Exists
Wellington-based post-punk from the early 1980s known for their excellent track ‘have you checked the children?’ which featured on the famed (and hard to find) **** compilation. Essentially an art-house performance troup, life only really existed for a short-period in the… Read More »Life in the Fridge Exists
Wendyhouse
Daniel ‘EE Monk’ Powell (Guitars and Vocals) and Bryce ‘Mr. Pudding‘ Galloway (Beats, Toys and Vocals), with sometimes contributions from Graham Agnew. Quirky and prolific out with a swagger of independently produced and released albums. Their latest release Pan) features… Read More »Wendyhouse
Steroids
Short-lived Wellington punk outfit (originally known as Johnny Mono And The Steroids) that featured on the Wellingtonzone compilation – a not quite as successfull follow-up to the acclaimed **** release from the previous year. Forming in April 1979, The Steroids… Read More »Steroids
Soluble Fish
One of Bill Direen‘s more productive early 1980s outfits. Discography High Thirties Piano EP [1982 Self-Released] Dance Of Death EP [1982 Self-Released] Sound Cues [1987 South Indies] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr
Vague Secrets
Greg Bates, John Chrisstoffels (The Terminals, Paul Girl and Logan Paul. Featuring the talents of local Christchurch scene stalward Chrisstoffels, Vague Screts only put out a single self-titled album in 1985 before fracturing into other projects. Discography Vague Secrets [1985… Read More »Vague Secrets
The Economic Wizards
two eps on the home-brew eelman label. Discography picks in bold starve the lizards ep [1984 eelman EELMAN003] second coming ep [1986 eelman EELMAN009]
Massive Stereo Sellout
steve roach and ben hayman. Discography picks in bold by now 12″ ep [1988 flying nun FN095]
Dadamah
Melodic guitar textural band from a musically-reborn Roy Montgomery, who was noteably absent from the New Zealand music scene after the demise of the Pin Group in the early 80s. Kim Pieters sparse vocals add a lot to their charismatic… Read More »Dadamah
Unauthorised
Hard core punk outfit, pretty serious about their music. The band feature Jeff Paris (Drums), Harry Hepworth (Vocals), Mark ‘Gibby’ Gibson (Bass), and Phil Johnston (Guitar). The band released half an album, the other side of Desperate Measures – ‘Wasted… Read More »Unauthorised
Lushburger
simon lear, peter o’donoghue, marc chesterman, gillian boyd and dave harker. Discography picks in bold will flush ep [1990 wellington] slabneckery [1994 wellington]
Whizz Kids
Westlake Boys High Boys Tim Mahon and Mark Bell were North-Shore punks back in 1978, initially as part of the ‘Avant-Punk-Theatre’ act the Plague. [The Plague’s] major claim to fame came with their naked live performance (albeit covered in paint)… Read More »Whizz Kids
Daemon
live independent black metal act that even managed a support slot for pantera back in 2001. originally formed in 1992 after the demise of guitar/vocalist xanataph’s former band bloodwych, with a succession of line-ups eventually settling jude (guitar), jim (bass)… Read More »Daemon