Dr Fil
Discography picks in bold experienced tape hobbyist cassette [a stabbies and the rocket recording]
Danse Macabre
post-punk / new-wave outfit from the early 80s and made up of nigel russell, wes prince, ralph crump and roddy carlson. russell eventually went on to form car crash set. Discography picks in bold between the lines ep [1981 reaction… Read More »Danse Macabre
Nefarious
Discography Demono Ep [1991 Ima Hitt Hitt Me 22x] 7 Inchs Of Evil Lathe-Cut 7″ [Self-Released] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr
Nazgul
Discography Good Demons Ep [Live Recording 1987 Out Of Order Pra2397] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr
Static Black
Jason Hill, Richard Craven And Lyndon Gill. Discography Static Black [1996] Links BandCamp Page Photo’s on Flickr
The Black Seeds
Biography Wellington funky reggae/dub outfit. Released the brilliant single ‘Keep On Pushing‘ in 2001, followed it with a solid debut of the same name, then a remix album that stretched their sound into dub and electronic directions. Great live band,… Read More »The Black Seeds
The Soundlaydee
Jewl Of Bessamoocho and Goldifox‘s Penny Collins in an 80s flavoured solo guise. Casio-Tone punk from Kerikeri, South Auckland. Discography 8″ Lathe-Cut Ep[Pink Air Pink Air010] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr
Peter King Lathe Cuts
Biography Though without any repute at all as a musician (his two releases are essential trial lathes, housed at the national library), Peter King is perhaps the most important man in New Zealand independent music – a fact he is… Read More »Peter King Lathe Cuts
Maiden China
Christchurch Dance/Pop act from the mid 80s. Members included vocalist Raoul Bridges. Discography picks in bold heartbeat [1984 self-released] Music Videos TVNZ piece from 1984 on ChCh bands featuring Maiden China
Life in the Fridge Exists
Wellington-based post-punk from the early 1980s known for their excellent track ‘have you checked the children?’ which featured on the famed (and hard to find) **** compilation. Essentially an art-house performance troup, life only really existed for a short-period in the… Read More »Life in the Fridge Exists
Wendyhouse
Daniel ‘EE Monk’ Powell (Guitars and Vocals) and Bryce ‘Mr. Pudding‘ Galloway (Beats, Toys and Vocals), with sometimes contributions from Graham Agnew. Quirky and prolific out with a swagger of independently produced and released albums. Their latest release Pan) features… Read More »Wendyhouse
Steroids
Short-lived Wellington punk outfit (originally known as Johnny Mono And The Steroids) that featured on the Wellingtonzone compilation – a not quite as successfull follow-up to the acclaimed **** release from the previous year. Forming in April 1979, The Steroids… Read More »Steroids
Soluble Fish
One of Bill Direen‘s more productive early 1980s outfits. Discography High Thirties Piano EP [1982 Self-Released] Dance Of Death EP [1982 Self-Released] Sound Cues [1987 South Indies] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr