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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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Say Yes To Apes were a loose, noisy, often sloppy and usually creative Dunedin-then-Christchurch-based underground rock outfit formed by frontman Kevin Smith (several years before his acting career took off), drummer Pat Faigan (aka Duane Zarakov of Space Dust, King Loserand multi-instrumentalist Steve Watson, born out of the earlier Picnic Boys.
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The Picnic Boys was a loose collective formed around the core trio of Kevin Smith, Patrick Faigan and Steve Watson (who later became Say Yes to Apes). At Faigan's behest the various members recorded their own take on 'experimental' music to tape, which was later compiled into a handful of cassette releases on the groups TV Eye label in the early 1980s. #nzmusic #thepicnicboys #sayyestoapes #tveye
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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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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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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…
