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Evil
Biography England-based trio of well-known ex-pats Dave Mitchell, Liz Matthews and Rod McLellan (aka Roddy Pain). Members Discography
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Venues
His Lordship’s Tavern
His Lordship’s Hotel stood at 105 Lichfield Street from 1876 until an arson fire destroyed it in October 2000. Over more than a century it carried several names and many owners before becoming a live music venue through the 1990s, when Christchurch’s SOL Square precinct was at its most active.
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The Verlaines
Formed in late 1980, The Verlaines is Graeme Downes' long-standing song-writing vehicle, and one-hell of a brilliant, literate band at that. With the classic early 1980's line-up of Downes on guitar and vocals, Alan Haig on drums and Jane Dodd on bass, the Verlaines released excellent singles such as '10 O'Clock In The Afternoon' from the EP of the same name, and of course their signature tune 'Death And The Maiden', which stands as one of the true kiwi classics. #nzmusic #theverlaines
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King Loser
Led by the dynamic duo of Celia Mancini and Chris Heazlewood, New Zealand's surf and noise guitar gods King Loser were one of the best local groups for much of the 1990's with 3 terrific albums and a handful of singles and bootleg releases before their split in 1997. #nzmusic #kingloser
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Cease to Exist
Presumably named after a song by notorious cult leading serial killer (and Beach Boys collaborator) Charles Manson. One of Duane Zarakov, Celia Mancini and Brother Love's many psychedelic rock acts - this time a Christchurch-based group who were around during 1991 (after the demise of The Axel Grinders, but before Space Dust and King Loser) and recorded a single cassette EP. #nzmusic #undergroundmusic #ceasetoexist #theaxelgrinders #kingloser #spacedust
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Constant Pain
Constant Pain were a sadly under-recorded group featuring brilliant underground noisy guitar legends Cameron Bain and Roddy Pain, along with a revolving drummers seat of some of New Zealand's finest drummers. Walls of wailing feedback and rolling rhythm drive some immense tunes. Both guitarists passed away in the 2010's. #nzmusic #constantpain #undergroundmusic #crawlspacereocrds
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Snapper
The key group of New Zealand underground legend Peter Gutteridge (despite being a founding member of BOTH the Clean and the Chills). Snapper made driving, droning guitars-infused with synths post-punk throughout the 1980s and 1990s before Gutteridge disappeared from the public eye.
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Figure 60
Heavy free-noise-metal from Auckland 3, occasionally expanded to a 4 piece with the addition of Constant Pain's Cameron Bain.
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Cameron Bain
Between stints in King Loser, Snapper and a million other bands, Cameron Bain released a 7" release on Stella Corkery and Alan Holt's excellent Pink Air label. One-half of the oft-referenced, seldom heard Constant Pain. Bain passed away in 2014.
Record Labels
Crawlspace
Not-quite defunct label based out of an Auckland record store that put out several limited edition underground releases in the 90s and early 00s. One compilation of this material (Fit for Kings) was actually issued on well-known US indie Drunken Fish. Since the closure of the Crawlspace record store, Crawlspace have been limited to short one-off 7" releases and casually distribution through mail-order and the K-road market. Truly worth visiting, the market is the place to go to find one-off Snapper and Victor Dimisich Band 7"s, and a variety of abstract low run vinyl releases and even imports.
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Mothertrucker
Biography Celia Mancini‘s post King Loser band, consisting of herself on vocals and guitar and various other contributors such as Clayton Noone, Cameron Bain (formerly…
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Brother Love
Biography Fuzzy, bluesy Rock’n’Roll from Martin Henderson, aka Brother Love. Henderson has lent his name to a number of groups (‘The Homebacon Gang’, ‘The…
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The Renderers
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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Space Dust
Biography A Christchurch institution of absent idols (only John Christoffels still resides in the garden city from the classic line-up), dating back to 1993…