Biography wellington-based solo artist (and multi-instrumentalist) age pryor has slowly been gaining attention since the release of his sophmoric solo album city chorus. very downbeat and heartfelt in approach, pryor recorded the album with contributions from tessa rain (vocals), kerry… Read More »Age Pryor
Biography 5-piece pop-punk / white-trash hip-hop outfit out of Auckland, admirable for their give-it-a-go home-brewed approach to music and video production (their self-produced ‘White-Trash’ video was a huge hit), but pretty throw-away when it comes to actual music. Steriogram have… Read More »Steriogram
Biography Auckland emo with Stefan Thompson (Ex-Migraine And Balance). Jay Dougrey, Christian Humphreys, Ryan Thomas, Stefan Thompson, Jeremy Toy. The band added second vocalist Milon for their 2004 album Say What You Want. Discography More Songs [1997 Kafuey] Fast Cars,… Read More »Sommerset
Auckland-based pop-punk group who managed to find a modicum of success thanks to their throw-away single ‘Bruce’, along with singer Paul Reid’s visibility as a former Shortland Street star.
Biography hattie st. john, walter bianco, keith ballantyne, lou rawnsley and bret neilson. Discography picks in bold hattie and the havana hotshots [1981 ode SODE152] Members Links
Biography Originally formed as a regularly jamming group comprised of Palace of Wisdom‘s Andrew ‘Ox’ O’Connell (vocals), first-time musician David Branton (guitar) and Crimefront Studio’s Mike Boulden (drums), the group eventually took on a steady line-up with the addition of… Read More »The Ruling Elite
Biography death-metal / grind-core out of auckland, formed in 1999 by michael rothwell and phil osborne. this duo recorded two demo releases – pleased to meat you (1999) and deciphering the deranged (2000) before dawn of azazel‘s joe bennet joined… Read More »Graymalkin
Biography Brett Garrity, Colin Hartshorn, Stu Brown and Cliff Bateman. Garritty later went on to form the Stinkbuzz label with the Letterbox Lambs Jules Desmond. Members Discography Links
Biography Rob Mayes’ mighty Failsafe Records, a committed independent label that is as part of Christchurch as a warm Nor-Wester. The original home of many Christchurch bands who went on to big things, as well as a great many undiscovered… Read More »Failsafe Records