Biography Wellington based 3-piece indie-pop / rock’n’roll outfit who formed in 2001 and have since released a handful of singles and eps on the start-up Rock-O-Tronic label and Melbourne label Popboomerang. They get ‘new-wave’ thrown at them as a stylistic… Read More »Vocoder
Biography wellington based pop-rock outfit named after the now-late actor known for playing ‘pete’ on macgyver, and who’s real-life battle with blindness was written into the script. comprised of saul clifford (guitar / vocals), mark dryburgh (bass / vocals), achilles… Read More »Dana Eclair
Biography palmerston north punk outfit with a 7″ lathe-cut ep on spotty dog, and featured on one of their hard of hearing compilations. Discography picks in bold hard of hearing no. 3 cassette [1995 w/ paranymph / vortex victims spotty… Read More »Dog Tooth Violet
Biography Wellington-based indie-rock outfit that formed in 1999 and has since self-released 2 EP’s and an album. Members Discography We Speed Through The Ozone EP (1999, self-released) Beer Commercial [2001, self-released) Self-Help Cassette EP (2004, self-released) Links
Biography Discography Frat Rock Supremo! Lathe Cut [Shytone] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
2001, Arclife Records, ARCLIFE016 The Clean seems to be drifting more towards lead guitarist David Kilgour’s now-prominent laid back sound. 2001’s reunion album ‘getaway’ was a refreshing slice of acoustic pop washed in feedback, all three members lazy vocals, mixed… Read More »David Kilgour – A Feather in the Engine
Biography Ben Howe formed Fang after Superette broke up while simultaneously recording material with fellow Superette chum Greta Anderson (as Ben and Greta). An eclectic 3-piece with songs from all three members; Howe, kiwi music veteran Sonya Waters and Andrea Holmes.… Read More »Fang
Biography huge band line-up – nigel beckford, steve hinderwell, doloros hoy, marie salter, andrew downes, murray costello, john rnfletcher and brian nelson.rnfrom nigel beckford: “this wellington seven piece, a popular live band in the late 80s, early 90s, made two… Read More »The Inhalers
Biography Hamilton hardcore 4-piece with Christian leanings; formed in 2001 (originally as Fallout) by Dave Baxter (guitar), Josh Klinkenberg (drums) and Daniel Taylor (bass) with Dave Jordan soon joining as their original vocalist. After several line-up changes, the original trio… Read More »One Must Fall
Biography the multi-talented greg malcolm. he’s been a member of jay clarkson’s breathing cage and suffered the fate of over-spending on their sole lp. he released an album entitled ‘trust only this face’ that lead to controversy (due a song… Read More »Greg Malcolm
Mid-sized live performance and comedy venue located within The Archive a building which has also housed a Gallery / 2nd venue space and front record store.
Biography A fine and surprisingly accessible collaborative band that featured the usually challenging Peter Wright (Guitar) and Dave Khan (Keyboards), with the ever-propulsive drumming of Rustle Covini. The band lasted throughout 2002 and 2003 before Wright relocated to London, though… Read More »Beautiful Losers
NOTE: This post probably contains quite a few errors and an inaccurate timeline – there is very little info online about old Christchurch venues, so I welcome all corrections and additions! Biography Mollett Street was an informal performance space above… Read More »Mollett Street
Biography 13-piece experimental / free performing outfit with a past history of performing independent film accompliments. their performance is built upon timed cues and the implementation of various instruments, aiming to score each piece as a reaction to the visual… Read More »Kaosphere Orchestra
Biography Very very popular and creative Auckland band that shot immediately into the public eye with their brilliant self-produced, home-made music videos and infectious pop songs; flush with heavy doses of synth in the style of The Cars. Its members… Read More »Goodshirt