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Starfactory

Biography Discography Limited Edition Pink Cassette [Stink Magnetic Mag 02] Totally Limited Baby Blue Cassette [Stink Magnetic Mag 12] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members

Nether Dawn

Biography Yet Another Antony Milton Project! Guitar-Noise/Drift/Drone. Nz Free Noise Turns All Psychedelic And Transcendental. Everything Is Beautiful And Broken. If This Was The Foundation Of Western Music, Vhf Records Would Be Top 40 And Mathew Bower Would Be Our… Read More »Nether Dawn

Six Impossible Things

Biography One of obscure folk-legend Bill Direen‘s very first recorded projects. Discography Six Impossible Things Ep [1981 Sausage] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members

Twenty One Guns

Biography Strait-up Hamilton hardcore 4-piece formed in late 2003 by ex-Bareknuckle Brawl members Luke Flintoff (Guitar / Bass), and Ryan Jordan (Vocals), along with Josh Moffit (Bass) and Ben Klinkenberg (Drums). Their debut Friends And Family is out on the… Read More »Twenty One Guns

Lung

Biography the clear turned into lung in 1991, immediately releasing a live recording of their new material (actually performing still as the clear). they actually went on to a bit more acclaim than their earlier incarnation, and had slight cult… Read More »Lung

Black Boned Angel

Biography Drone-metal group from Birchville Cat Motel‘s Campbell Kneale, recordings feature contributions from Sandoz Lab Technicians‘ James Kirk, Antony Milton and 1/3 Octave Band‘s Jules Desmond. As is the case with all Kneale groups, incredibly prolific with a number of releases… Read More »Black Boned Angel

Secret Safari

Biography Much like Headshy, Secret Safari is essentially a lathe-cut only label, with connections to the unearthing underground resource and Paul Hirsts’ fine Teledu Records mail-order records website. Secret Safari was one of Hirst’s labels (along with the long-running Spotty… Read More »Secret Safari

Surfing USSR

Biography Greg Malcolms’ excellent kletzmer surf guitar 3-piece. Featuring Malcolmg on guitar, the odd vocal warble, floor guitar and a huge beavy of toys (he prides himself on being able to put on a show for under $5 from the… Read More »Surfing USSR

YFC

Biography Originally called Youth For Christ, just to piss off the local Christians, the band got told to change their name…. Or else. Their line-up was three piece, no guitar. Bassist/vocals – Johnathon Ogilvie, bassist/vocals – Grant Horsnell, and drummer… Read More »YFC

Cinematic

Biography Cinematic we’re a high-profile Christchurch outfit based around local singer-songwriting fixture Jeremy Taylor that released a couple of albums in the mid 90’s. They had quite a strong fan base, though they were never exactly my taste.. Taylor eventually… Read More »Cinematic

Dolphin

Biography Christchurch based three piece featuring Failsafe’s Rob Maye, Kevin Stokes and Stephen Birss. The band was formed out of the ashes of 1986 – 87 band Heartland featuring all three members. Birss and Stokes going on to work on My… Read More »Dolphin

Coal

Biography Coal are energy in another form. Long-lasting groovy Christchurch noise-rock cum post-rock band based around the core guitar duo of Andrew Hensley and Jeremy Symonds. Despite the best part of 2 decades as a live act, the group has… Read More »Coal

The Dabs

Biography 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… Read More »The Dabs

Mancini 500

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