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Last Man Down
Biography ross mullins, bob shepheard, steve garden and nigel gavin. Discography picks in bold state house kid [1985 ode SODE210] this sporting life [1986…
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The Hi-Band
Biography Discography picks in bold the good & the bad cassette [root don lonie for cash rdl065] Members Links
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Dellburgoes
Biography west-coast based (though containing christchurch and wellington located members) rock’n’roll revivalists with a surf-edge. the real stuff – short on distortion, high on…
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Fat Mannequin
Biography william hickman, leon dahl, jeremy scott, daniel kennedy and jacob van hulst. Discography picks in bold bigger than budha ep [1994 red cloud…
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Stayfree Carefree
Biography Terribly-named Auckland rock power-trio from the guitar of Julian Reid (who released a single on Wildside with his first band Braintree), along with…
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Eso Steel
Biography aka richard francis – half of small blue torch, a new zealander now living in japan who deals in experimental electronic manipulations. Discography…
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Angel Hammer
Biography Mysterious pseudo-metal outfit on Hawkes Bay based Hit Your Head Music. Their details and album names all seem to be written / described…
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The Biff Bangle Experience
Biography The Surf-Guitar styling of Biff Bangle (aka Adrian Ganley), some-times on the always cryptic Root Don Lonie For Cash label. Comically titled CDr’s,…
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Bailter Space
Biography Starting life as the Gordons, Bailter Space were one of the most abrasive aggressive and (primarily) loudest bands to ever emerge out of…
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G-Frenzy
Biography Discography picks in bold rock 7″ lathe-cut [w/ cja root don lonie for cash] down with kids cassette [1999 a stabbies and the…
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Catherine Wheel
Biography No relation to the UK band of the same name, this one was formed in 1988 if it makes any difference. Following on…
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The Puffins
Biography these guys were my band. during my formulative years of establishing an avid interest in new zealand music, no band were more important…
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Froithead
Biography one of palmerston north’s huge catelogue of dark industrial bands from the mid 90s, featuring claire pannell, rob williams, royce rees and blair…
Resources
The National Library of New Zealand: Be Heard Forever
The National Library of New Zealand can help you preserve your music forever. By sending your music to the National Library’s Legal Deposit team,…
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Bruce Russell
Biography The man behind Xpressway, corpus hermeticum, and a significant part of the Dead C, Russell finally (after years of eclectic collaborations with a…