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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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Sandra Bell
Sandra Bell is a New Zealand experimental artist from the West Coast of the South Island whose career spans cassettes, vinyl, and CD releases from 1984 to the present, gaining international recognition through releases on Xpressway, Turbulence Records, and VHF Records.
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Exploding Budgies
Biography Formed while the trio were still students at Northcote College around 1983, the Auckland group embraced a poppy, jangly sound—a style far removed…
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Ghost Club
Biography ‘The Ghost Club‘ originally surfaced as the name of a 7″ single released by The 3D’s Dave Michell and Denise Roughan back in…
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This Kind Of Punishment
After Nocturnal Projections went their seperate ways in the early 80s, the two Jefferies brothers formed This Kind Of Punishment, a group that expanded their song-writing capabilities, and added variety to the Joy Division-styled approach of their former group.
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Plagal Grind
Biography Short-lived super-group who’s key line-up centred around guitarist, vocalist and song-writer Alastair Galbraith, with Peter Jefferies (Nocturnal Projections, This Kind Of Punishment) on…
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Nocturnal Projections
Excellent post-punk four piece that came out of small-town Taranaki in 1981, featuring the first recordings of Peter Jefferies haunting baritone vocals. Over the course of 2 years the group released 2 demo cassettes, 3 EPs and a terrific single before disbanding, giving way to later group This Kind of Punishment. #nzmusic #nocturnalprojections #thiskidofpunishment
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The 3Ds
One of the greatest New Zealand groups of all-time - The 3Ds were one of the key groups in my own personal history as a fan of New Zealand Music. Led by 2 contrasting guitar playing front-men ably backed by a terrific, explosive rhythm section - their songs were full of hooks and exciting noise and distortion. #nzmusic #the3ds
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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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The Rip
Legendary New Zealand underground musician Alastair Galbraith's first band. Flanked by Robbie Muir and Jeff Harford they put out 2 extremely hard to find EP's in the mid 80s that show-case Galbraith's brilliant talent for song-writing at an early age, particularly on their second EP - 'Stormed Port'. #nzmusic #undergroundmusic #therip #alastairgalbraith #flyingnun
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Cyclops
Excellent Dunedin 4-piece with a stellar line-up. Dark, noisy guitar and driving rhythm, but sadly only a single hard-to-find album (plus a couple 7" singles) to their name. Closely tied to Bruce Blucher concurrent band Trash.
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A Handful Of Dust
One of Bruce Russell's (Dead C) and Alastair Galbraith's darkest outfits, often dealing with distinct imagery and motif's in their music and especially pronounced in their liner notes (most of which are distributed through Russell's Corpus Hermeticum label). Formed by the duo in Dunedin in 1984, and primarily a free noise group. Though primarily a duo, Peter Stapleton had been a regular contributor from 1993 until his passing in March 2020.
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Goblin Mix
Short-lived David Mitchell 3 piece, and the last of his Auckland bands. This is when he truly found his voice, with support from Phil Moore, Andrew Moon and (Flying Nun alumni) Alf Danielson. Their complete recordings would later be compiled (along with The Exploding Budgies complete discography) as a compilation CD in 1991.
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Cobweb Iris
Cobweb Iris was a one-off 7" Peter King lathe cut release recorded in the small seaside villages of Port Chalmers and Purakanui (both near Dunedin) in August-October 1993 by a who's-who of New Zealand underground musicians - mainly Michael Morley and Bruce Russell of The Dead C along with Kim Pieters, Peter Stapleton and Danny Butt of Flies Inside the Sun and Alastair Galbraith, along with one-time Mink vocalist Margot Schweigman.
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2 Foot Flame
Peter Jefferies, Michael Morley and Jean Smith (American singer-songwriter behind Mecca Normal) project, who released a couple of dark, but unfortunately unfocused albums on high profile American indie label Matador in the mid 90s.