Biography Mid 90s outfit from the legendary Roy Montgomery, joined by former Remarkables guitarist [and fellow Christchurch resident] Chris Heaphy. Their excellent Third Album From The Sun features contributions from heavyweights John Chrisstoffels (cello, drums – the Terminals), Kaye Woodward… Read More »Dissolve
Biography Formed in 1994 the four piece Chicane rapidly gained a strong following in their home town of Christchurch. The band features the vocal and guitar talents of Dean Chiplin who was last seen on the Failsafe Records label on the… Read More »Chicane
Biography duo prod and poke at guitars, bells, reed organ, violin, and household stuff; loop and sample various sounds; add efx via baby monitor and dictaphone. 13 mostly short-ish pieces of inspired sound exploration.rn- slippy town features ben spiers and… Read More »Empty Mirror
Biography christchurch angst rockers. scott mason, greg hillier, david bergman, jol mulholland (aka gasoline cowboy). Discography picks in bold peacekeeper ep [2001] Members Links
Biography Show piece group for the writing talents of local sound engineering guru Rex Visible (real name Brett Taylor). Rex was an ex navy mechanic before he devoted his time to sound engineering, rising to prominence as the sound engineer… Read More »Not Really Anything
Biography Robbie Ans Simon Kay, Kieren Cooney, Luke Casey and Miles Gillett. Discography Gib Ep [1991 Sting Sd2] ‘Pulling The Strings’/’It’S In My Mind’/’Intrusion’ Lathe-Cut 7″ [Self-Released] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
Note: This is a work in progress and will have additional content added both in the Map (i.e. venue images) or in the body of this post (i.e. a list of the venues in questioned, grouped by status etc). Feel… Read More »Christchurch Venue Map
Biography One of the more popular Wellington punk acts from the late 1990’s and early 00’s, formed in 1997 by Paul Tansley and Sarah Radford. Through-out the late 90’s the band had a swag of high profile tour support slots,… Read More »Brubeck
Biography Rock Power-Trio from Christchurch City, announced in late 2011 as one of the revitalized Flying Nun Records records new signings. Led by guitar-slinger Joe Sampson, with productive drumer Matt Scobie (Undercurrents, Black Market Art, Planet of the Tapes) and… Read More »T54
Biography one of the early wildside outfits, a hard-rock 3-piece from wellington comrpsied of king ad b, malcolm mezweski and juan v. Discography picks in bold rock your radio 12″ ep [1991 wildside X14960] intergalactic cd single [1993 wildside] cerebral… Read More »Emulsifier
Biography Through-Out The 80s The Dancing Toys Were (For A Brief Moment) One Of New Zealand’S Most Populal Bands, A Horn-Punctuated Post-Punk Pop Outfit With A Huge Live Following And A Swagger Of Catchy Singles. From Humble Beginnings As High-School… Read More »Netherworld Dancing Toys
Biography Young and exciting screamo-pop from Christchurch, have their foot in the door with the local all-age scene and with a little exposure (recent low hum tours) could make themselves a popular r18 favorite too. A technically proficient 4-piece featuring… Read More »Not So Experimental
Biography a dunedin 5-piece fronted by guitarist, vocalist and song-writer gina rocco, with onanon‘s ants anema (drums), glen ross and donald ferns (guitar and vocals), plus the iconic robert scott on bass. after gina’s self-released debut ep in 2004, the… Read More »Gina Rocco and the Rockettes
Biography deep throated and dark singer-song-writer, brother of peter, and fellow member of legendary new zealand post punk outfit nocturnal projections. went on to form the cake kitchen [main entry]. Discography picks in bold messages from the cakekitchen [1988 flying… Read More »Graeme Jefferies
Biography Bizarre Auckland spazz-rock band comprised of Luvshorse (bass, vocals), HimynamesdaN (guitar), Tree (lead vocals, drums) Boom Boom (drums). Discography Nothing to say ep [2006 self-released] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members