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Biography post punk influences band from the early 80s featuring warwick iverson on guitar and vocals, katherine iverson on keys/vocals/ guitar, rob kitson on…
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Dabunka
Biography hamilton hardcore featuring sean and lindz who were nz distributors of profane existence and flat earth records. Discography picks in bold profane death…
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Black Girls Machine
Biography Studio-based out fit created by Michael Weston (Crystal Zoom) with contributions from John Payne (Hallelujah Picassos), James Pinker (latter-era Gordons) and Johny Fleury…
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Cat! Cat! Cat!
Biography A band that never really got going. Cat! Cat! Cat! was formed by guitarists Brenda Dwayne and Stephanie Cook of Fake Purr with…
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Dead Famous People
Biography All-girl mid 80’s Flying Nun Records outfit featuring Wendy Kjestrup, Jenny Renals, Donna Savage, Robyn Tearle, Elizabeth Leyland and Gill Moon. I picked…
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8 Foot Sativa
Biography Hugely popular West Auckland metal act that managed to come very close to topping the new zealand album charts with their 2nd album…
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The Grammar Boys
Biography simon alexander, geoff martin, peter solomon and martin williams. Discography picks in bold daring feats [1983 emi EMC197] Members Links
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Street
Biography The duo of Antony Milton (aka AM) and Greg Larking, who play a clattering brew of experimental drone noise featuring guitar, violin etc.…
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Expendables
Biography jay clarkson fronted 3-piece (originally called they were expendable, but later shortened) that put out two well liked ep’s in the mid 80s…
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The Spies
Biography Psych-influenced Wellington-based psuedo punk outfit that proved to be the starting point for legendary Puddle front-man George Henderson (Guitar / Vocals), along with…
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Mammy Wammy Ta Ta Band
Biography Discography picks in bold the mammy wammy ta ta band cassette [1988 onset/offset MW001] Members Links
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Lindon Puffin
Biography with the break-up of the puffins (with members overseas, in a number of other bands, or just occupied in other ways), lindon reformed…
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Queen Meanie Puss
Queen Meanie Puss were an experimental and occasionally punky 4-piece outfit from the early 90's who evolved out of the similar Angelhead, and put out a couple of quirky EP's before fragmenting. Their songs have turned up on a number of compilations over the years - including the intriguing 'Contracts' which has appeared on a couple of Flying Nun retrospectives. #nzmusic #queenmeaniepuss
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Idle Star
Biography a christchurch pub band, no less. their self-titled and self-released debut was a valiant attempt at some kind of credibility. maybe next time.…
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Jeff Clarkson
Biography jay’s brother – who put out his own solo release on the short-lived toast label in 1983 after making his own name in…