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Arclife Records was an excellent 'home-grown' independent label formed by the Arclife Trust, an arts organization that formed out of the Arc Cafe in central Dunedin. The label had a strong, tight-knit community of local Dunedin groups on its roster - many of whom had moved on from the by-then Auckland based Flying Nun Records. #nzmusic #arcliferecords
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Excellent early Flying Nun band from Christchurch featuring 3 future Terminals (Stapleton, Elborado and Crook). Some terrific songs that build suspense and tension with galloping drums, rumbling bass and a cacophony of guitar, organ and violin.
Interviews
The Renderers played Christchurch on Friday April 23rd, 2004 at Creation along with the Terminals and an acoustic performance from Hamish Kilgour (The Clean / Magick Heads etc). I conducted this interview with Brian and Maryrose Crook in the lead-up to the show.
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Biography Brian Crook spent 1997-2000 in Port Chalmers with his partner / Renderers band-mate Maryrose in a lovely house on the hills above Port…
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Biography The Renderers are New Zealand’s prime example of southern-fried country, and are indeed one of our finest ever bands. Brian Crook formed the…
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Xpressway was formed by Bruce Russell in 1985 to release his then-fledgling Christchurch band the Dead C, live archival recordings from This Kind Of…
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Biography brian crook has had a long and varied career in the new zealand underground scene. initially as a guitarist in seminal christchurch post-punk…
Album Reviews
2002, Arclife Records, ARCLIFE019 As half of the writing force behind seminal Christchurch/Dunedin fuzz-country rockers The Renderers (with his wife Mary-Rose), Brian Crook [aka…
