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Tag: Gone with the Weird

Venues

Glory Hole / Hex Central

The scummiest, most rundown, but welcoming and communal venue in Christchurch. Had 2 lives - first as Hex Central (under Squirm's stewardship) in the mid 1990's, then as the punk head quarters dubbed The Glory Hole, from 2009 till it's demise in 2011.

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Squirm

Brilliant 90's Christchurch sludge-rock outfit comprised of Brett Lupton, Daryl Kirk and Mike Brassell (Hiss Explosion). Took a thoroughly DIY, low-budget approach to release a series of warped, discordant guitar albums, based around excellent guitar-work and an inventive, lo-fi and somewhat sloppy (in a good way) approach to recording songs.