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The Verlaines

Formed in late 1980, The Verlaines is Graeme Downes’ long-standing song-writing vehicle, and one-hell of a brilliant, literate band at that. With the classic early 1980’s line-up of Downes on guitar and vocals, Alan Haig on drums and Jane Dodd on bass, the Verlaines released excellent singles such as ’10 O’Clock In The Afternoon’ from the EP of the same name, and of course their signature tune ‘Death And The Maiden’, which stands as one of the true kiwi classics.

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Vibraslaps

Vibraslaps were an all female post-punky outfit best known for an EP put out on Flying Nun Records in 1985, and for (briefly) being at the forefront of New Zealand’s lesbian feminist music scene during the turbulent mid 1980s.

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Vapor and the Trails

An early garage-rock turned punk group led by Christchurch music stalwart Al Park. Established Mollet Street Market – a communal venue that would become the centre of Christchurch’s punk and underground scenes in 1977-78.

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Victor Dimisich Band

Victor Dimisich Band was formed in 1980 by the song-writing duo of Peter Stapleton and Stephen Cogle while both were members of Vacuum Blue Ladder.
Though only around for 18 months and with scant recorded output – they got the ball rolling for successive bands such as Scorched Earth Policy and the Terminals.

The Vacuum

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.

Vortex Victims

Palmerston North 4-trackers with releases on Spotty Dog in the mid to late 1990s. Discography Hard Of Hearing No. 3 Cassette [1995 W/ Paranymph / Dog Tooth Violet Spotty Dog 09 Spots] Willy Willy And The Gobermouche Cassette [1995 Spotty… Read More »Vortex Victims

Valve

Valve’s E Minor is a lovely slice of Dunedin pop from a fresh-faced band of scene-survivors. Comprised of Paul Winders (The Verlaines), Kiri Winders (My Deviant Daughter) and Jeff Harford (Bored Games, Doublehappys). Discography E Minor [2001 Arclife Records, ARCLIFE014]… Read More »Valve

Venetic

Wellington-based jangle rock outfit comprised of Wayne Stuart Mccallum (Guitar / Vocals / Song-Writing), Johann Croton (Guitar / Vocals) and Joey Esposito (Bass / Harmonica). Though their debut is mostly acoustic-based lo-fi, the follow-up explores more diverse and wordly influences… Read More »Venetic

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 Vortex Brothers

Allen Walley, Paul Parkhouse And Leigh Perry. Put out an EP in the mid 90s on their own label. Discography Pick A Winner Ep [1995 Vortex Productions VORTEX1] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr

Voom

Dating way back to the early 80s when still in university, Voom have been the duo of Andrew Buzz Moller and Andrew Mac Mackaskill. It took a heck of a long time before much actually emerged from the band, with… Read More »Voom

Vocoder

Wellington based 3-piece indie-pop / rock’n’roll outfit who formed in 2001 and have since released a handful of singles and eps on the start-up Rock-O-Tronic label and Melbourne label Popboomerang. They get ‘new-wave’ thrown at them as a stylistic leaning… Read More »Vocoder