Biography A fine and surprisingly accessible collaborative band that featured the usually challenging Peter Wright (Guitar) and Dave Khan (Keyboards), with the ever-propulsive drumming of Rustle Covini. The band lasted throughout 2002 and 2003 before Wright relocated to London, though… Read More »Beautiful Losers
Biography Fuzz-guitar god Chris Heazlewood had been a visible part of the New Zealand underground for at least a couple years prior to meeting Celia Mancini in Dunedin back in 1991 (and thereby forming the legendary King Loser). In Sferic… Read More »Chris Heazlewood
Biography Auckland pseudo-metal band in the spinal tap tradition. Infamous as the backing band of terrible, short-lived ‘stunt’ show Back Of The Y Masterpiece Theatre. they actually have decent songs! I’ve caught them live a couple of times and seen… Read More »Deja Voodoo
Biography Jamie Verheyde, Rick O’Grady, Mark Brooks And Nick Ruddell. Discography Carbine Ep [Live Recording 1986 Rational Rat303] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
Biography Guitarist Chris Heazlewood and drummer Sean O’Rielly (both pre-King Loser fame), violinist Susan Ballard, Gavin Shaw (Childrens Television Workshop), and Greg Cairns experimental / avant-garde outfit from dunedin. Kinda exploded back in 1989, with the remains casually reissued on… Read More »Sferic Experiment
Biography Essentially the group Trash with Paul Cahill, Bruce Blucher (Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos, Alpaca Brothers), Robbie Yeats (The Renderers, The Dead C, The Verlaines) performing under his Bo Martak alias, , but fronted by Viv Crowe (Fats Thompson). Brown… Read More »Brown Velvet Couch
Biography Featuring a young Dion Palmer on bass (who went on to form the d4 with Jimmy Christmas), along with a couple guys named Tony Brockwell and Paul Foster, making loud, obnoxious rock’n’roll roll with a bit of a punk… Read More »Nothing At All
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Biography John Howell, Richard Fitzpatrick, Andrew Barsby, Mark Orbell And Tane Griffin. Discography Hell Of A Time [1993 Pagan Pacd1109] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
Biography Mark Austin, David Long, Peter Robinson, Malcolm Reid and Kevin McGill. They were maybe the hippest band in Wellington around 1981-82. Their records aren’t a good reflection. – JM Discography The Tin Syndrome Ep [1983 Jayrem Jay109] No Ordinary… Read More »Tin Syndrome
Biography mark kington, stephen judd, stan jagger, paul oakley and paul tregilgas. Discography picks in bold sun hits the moon [1995 hark HKC21] Members Links
Biography Auckland Metal With A Home-Brewed Independent Release. Led By Vocalist Myk. Discography Assassin Of Youth [2004 Stupid Done Death Music] Links BandCamp Page Photo’s on Flickr Members
Excellent two-man band that evolved out of old-school Christchurch Lo-Fi pioneers Squirm featuring Mike Hex (aka Mike Brassell, the head honcho of the Arc Life record label at the time) on guitar, backed by Peter Mitchell.
Hex moved the two-piece south to Dunedin in the early 00’s, and continued to be a pioneer of the south island Lo-Fi scene, incorporating simple delay techniques, open chords and melodic singing to create a beautifully sparse sound.
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 but seldom surfacing more than a single gig every couple of years. The group was original… Read More »Space Dust
Biography Andrew Boake, Mark, Carl And Paul. Discography Can We Get Away With It? [Live Recording 1983 Propeller Rev208] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members