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Scavengers
Biography High-profile first wave Auckland punk outfit (archivists declare them THE original New Zealand punk outfit) who actually evolved out of the 1b Darlings,…
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Duchess
Biography 4-piece girl-pop group (with a token bloke thrown in to manly it up a little) formed during rockquest days in raglan, before relocating…
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Pig Out
Biography live electro-house-rave band founded as a side-project by house of dolls‘ marie celeste (keyboards) and kit clayton (vocals, drum programming); with the original…
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Peter Wright
Biography Co-founder of the Krkrkrk label (along with David Khan) and a prolific member of a number of Christchurch underground bands dating back to…
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Jay Clarkson
Biography Strong female vocalist and the front-woman of a number of dependable (if never successful) kiwi acts (They Were Expendable aka The Expendables, and…
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The Gurlz
Biography greig blanchett, debbie chin, shelley pratt, carol varney and kim willoughby. Discography picks in bold the gurlz ep [1982 rtc GURLZ001] Members Links
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Cathedra
Biography Word on the street is that this Palmerston North 4-piece metal-core / punk outfit comprised of Ted Moriarty, Andy Campbell, Shaun Anderson and…
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Mr. Sterile
Biography Cabaret Chamber-Punk From Keiran Monaghan. Discography Suppository Cassette [1999 Self-Released] Hanging Out The Washing Cd-R [1998 Root Don Lonie For Cash Cdl041] Pregnant…
Album Reviews
Substandard – Low Electric City Pulses EP / Global Research Centre
2002, Failsafe Records Two wonderfully hand-packaged releases from local 3-piece Substandard. Best described as an instrumental band with involving guitar textures (Danny Bare), driving…
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Xanadu
Biography Auckland 3-piece indie group who featured on Fast Food Records ‘Christmas On The Rocks’ compilation, as well as putting out an EP in…
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Gafia
Biography recorded live to air on radio massey in june 1998, this was only just captured on tape by the astute bongo bunny. tapes,…
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Thin Red Line
Biography John Kennedy, Karen Rush, Steve Thomas, Dave White, Greg and Kirsten Finucane, Valerie Wycoff, Jim Lovell-Smith and Fiona Masters. Discography Thin Red Line…
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Herbs
Biography highly political, yet brilliantly melodic and evocative all-maori band focused on pacific style guitar and percussion (and ever changing line-up included dilworth karaka,…
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Cave of One
Biography Completely unknown presumably-experimental recordings that involve Glory Fckn Sun member (and now UK resident) Ben Spiers in some capacity (Guitar? Violin?). Members Ben…
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K-Group
Biography k-group is paul toohey, previously of noted nz geological drone ensemble surface of the earth, who also has a solo album under this…