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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…
Interviews
Michael J. Brassell: A Memorial [Mar 2004]
A memorial I wrote for Michael J. Brassell after he sadly passed away from pneumonia in 2004. I helped organize a music tribute wake here in Christchurch to celebrate his life, whilst a similar event was also help in his then-current home of Dunedin.
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Fever Hospital
Biography totally unheralded collective behind 8 dec records. vocals by brisbane-born lissa mitchell, with possible contributions from douglas bagnall and paul solly (the only…
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Francis Sect
Biography ultra obscure band i know nothing about except for their sole album release and a track featured ont he pagan records ‘spins and…
Interviews
Christchurch in the 80’s [By David Swift]
The Christchurch scene of 1980-82 is pretty legendary, and rightly so. This was most fertile period of rock’n’roll in the city since the beat-boom…
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Punches
Biography electronically-flavoured pop from james duncan and kelly steven – both formerly members of greta andersons’ the pencils, and musicians involved with the various…
Album Reviews
Dark Tower – Canterbury Drafts
2001, She’ll Be Right, SBR98912 Six years is a long time to be waiting for a debut album. Christchurch, New Zealand hip-hop duo dark…
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Sticky Filth
Biography Craig Radford, Chris Snowden and Dave Hunt – Aucklands top-billing 2nd generation punk outfit. Renowned for their live shows and sub-par recordings, Sticky…
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The Sprogs
Biography James Govan, Donald Ferns, Richard Wallce and Eddie Wilson. Discography Wonton Tenacity Ep [1994 Ug Uug003] Links BandCamp Page Photo’s on Flickr Members
Record Labels
Fast Food
auckland rock’n’roll label and revivalist restocker. lots of top notch kiwi rock from the past 50 years, mostly with a harder, ‘real’ and underground…
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Sarah Richards
Biography Discography Split Cassette [w/ Rachel Grant 1988 Onset/Offset SRRG001] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
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Lucid 3
Biography girl comes from taranaki to the big smoke of auckland city, meets up with a guy at a party who suggests she come…
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The Accelerants
Biography Wellington based rock’n’roll 4-piece who evolved out of the Shining Path, originally with the line-up of Marty Squire (Guitar/Vocals – Formerly Of D-Super),…
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Hellbent
Biography Discography picks in bold hellbent ep [1989 ima hitt Hitt Me 19x] hellbent live lathe-cut 10″ ep [ima hitt] Members Links
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Normal Ambition
Biography Formed in Auckland ’82 by Jeffrey Bunt, Peter Matich and Gregg McKenzie, and later joined by David Ford on drums (all originally from…