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Venues

Zebedees

Zebedees was Christchurch's only all-ages, alcohol-free live music venue, operating from a 400-capacity hall at 479 Blenheim Road, Sockburn from approximately 1998 to 2014. Run by Steve and Jennie White as a charitable trust for sixteen years, it hosted hundreds of local and touring bands for teenage audiences and was widely regarded as one of the best youth music venues in the world.

Radio Stations

RDU 98.5FM

RDU 98.5FM is Christchurch's independent alternative radio station, founded on 23 February 1976 as Radio U under the University of Canterbury Students' Association. It became the first FM station in Christchurch in 1986 as UFM, and rebranded as RDU 98.5FM in 2002. Controversially privatised in 2006 when sold to James Meharry and Karyn South for $2, the station survived the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes by broadcasting from a converted horse truck, and moved to its permanent home in the Boxed Quarter in 2015. In 2026 RDU marks its 50th anniversary as a cornerstone of Christchurch's independent music culture.

Live Music Reviews and Photos

Live: Sherpa w/ Bang! Bang! Eche!, Dance Asthmatics and Zen Mantra

Flashback to July 20th, 2012 with a smashing show at (then new) Dux Live featuring Aucklanders Sherpa supported by 3 of Christchurch's best young groups at the time - Zen Mantra, The Dance Asthmatics and Bang! Bang! Eche! #nzmusic #livemusic #duxlive #sherpa #bangbangeche #thedanceasthmatics #zenmantra

Live Music Reviews and Photos

LIVE: 47 Diamantes with Tommy Ill and Shorty K

Flashback to January 29th, 2011 with a terrific, off-beat show from 47 Diamantes, Tommy Ill and Shorty K at Goodbye Blue Monday. #nzmusic #livemusic #musicphotography #47diamantes #tommyill #shortyk

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Lonely Harris Club

High School-aged shenanigans from future BnP members. Lonely Harris Club were firmly a party band with a focus on covers (specifically a large catalogue of Brian Jonestown Massacre songs, plus a handful of classic nuggets). #nzmusic #lonelyharrisclub #bnp

Live Music Reviews and Photos

Live: Familia Moja Fundraiser

Flashback to November 16th 2011 with an epic fundraising show at the Thunderdome, a temporary venue that was erected at North Hagley Park. #nzmusic #livemusic #sleepyage #thetransistors #bang!bang!eche! #steden #coate #valdera #planetofthetapes

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Crackhouse 5

Wellington 'self-aware white-boy scenester rap' crew. Primarily with 3 vocalists, but with occasional appearances from fellow Wellington-based rapper Tommy Ill and others. Taking queues from early Beastie Boys the crew are very much party focused. The group formed as a sideline to Holiday with Friends while the main trio were recording fellow Wellington rap act Tommy Ill's debut album. #nzmusic #crackhouse5 #holidaywithfriends #tommyill

Live Music Reviews and Photos

Live: Darkroom’s 1st Birthday

Flashback to October 6th, 2012 - Celebrating post-Earthquake venue The Darkroom's first birthday with a show featuring Bang! Bang! Eche, The Transistors and Brown Leaves. #nzmusic #darkroom #bangbangeche #thetransistors $brownleaves

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A Flight To Blackout

Excellent instrumentalist trio from the garden city formed by Matt Craw (guitar), James Musgrave (bass), and Jared Kelly (drums) in early 2005. Taking cues from a variety of informed directions, the group were prolific features of the local live scene, and attached themselves to both R18 and all-age crowds with varying success. Playing an involved instrumental sound heavy on dynamics.

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Bang! Bang! Eche!

Christchurch eletro-pop troop that burst onto the All-Ages scene with the super-fun home-recorded MySpace single ('Nikee') and then a flurry of live shows, including achieving success as a wildcard entry in the Smoke-Free Rock-Quest regional finals. An exciting mix of electronics, guitar and pulsating rhythm, Bang! Bang! Eche! are Charlie Ryder (guitar), James Sullivan (Drums), T'Nealle Worsley (Bass) and Zach Doney (Vocals / Effects).

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Salad Boys

Indie pop-rock out of Christchurch based around Joe Sampson (guitar / vocals / keys / bass etc) with James Sullivan (drums) and Ben Ordering (bass) on most of their recordings. Strong on melody with big chiming guitar and unfussy rhythmic backing, their songs have a timeless quality to them - sometimes jangling, sometimes driving, and with Sampson's powerful guitar playing always ready to attack.

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BnP

Brash, noisy, post-Earthquake Christchurch group who made a bit of a splash with the 'Welcome to Mediocrity' release on local label Melted Ice Cream in 2012.