Stolen Gear List USA 1x Gibson Epiphone “tobacco starburst” electric guitar (US$275) with soft black Gibson travel case (US$150) 1x Aria Pro 2 bass guitar (white body, rosewood neck) in Ibanez hard case brown (US$750 serial No. in NZ) STUART PAGE EQUIPMENT […]
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Tour Diaries: 4) A message from home, and the latest L.A. dance craze
A lot happening since last post. We got the touring wagon sorted, a late model (2010 even) KIA minivan with 6 seats and a GPS unit we are calling ‘Suzie’. Went down to the garment district and picked out some fluro lime green t-shirts to get printed up for tour with a facsimile of one […]
Continue readingAXEMEN: THE ORDER OF ERRED WAYS
aka SCARY PT. IV an album of unreleased Sleek Bott recordings from the 1983-1985 cache JACKSON CREEK from the THREE VIRGINS sessions, Christchurch, April 1985 OM – STORY OF UNIVERSAL LOVE from the Feast of Flesh rehearsal, Dunedin, March 1984 (not the same version that appears on A SCAR IS BORN); features keyboards by George […]
Continue readingOur shining path to delighted states
Today’s excerpt is from an acknowledged American classic: Scientists believe America was discovered by Erik the Red, the world’s first communist, sometime in the After Dark Ages. Erik and his viking shipmates, all called Erik, outsmarted Royal Danish revenue collectors – whose exorbitant tax on Danishes had crippled the North Sea sweet pastry industry and […]
Continue readingTour Diaries: 3) Los Angeles, Takin Care of Business
Well we got the touring wagon today, no Siennas available but we got a KIA 2010 model with 1400 Miles on it and a GPS – now thats what I call golden! Having got that sorted out we took it for a spin out to Hollywood Forever to see Johnny Ramone’s grave and the Hollywood […]
Continue readingTour Diaries: 2) Los Angeles, pre-tour
All Souls Having now taken command of Los Angeles, and whilst allowing trade to continue as normal albeit under ein military regime, this is 2000 and some harrowing but major exceptions to the rule have decided, independent of the fully sanctioned and streets away, predictably, from where the real action was happening. Notably, Stu and […]
Continue readingTour Diaries: 1) Stu and Steve take off – AK-SYD
After yet another sleepless nite the time was finally here to get on board the U.S. ass-kicking train, destination Kick Some Ass, USA, with just long enough a stopover in Aussie to knock back a coupla cold ones. Stu and Steve, forward scouts for the touring party proper headed off one week in advance to […]
Continue readingAXEMEN USA TOUR :: TRAVEL DISTANCES & TIMES.
LAX, Los Angeles, CA Mon-Oct-26 391 mi – about 5 hours 55 mins (up to 7 hours 20 mins in traffic) Sacramento, CA Tue-Oct-27, Sacramento, CA – Luigi’s Fungarden 86.7 mi – about 1 hour 30 mins (up to 2 hours 10 mins in traffic) San Francisco, CA Thu-Oct-29 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill confirmed 72.8 mi – […]
Continue readingGig Report: Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers, Thurs Oct 1 2009 – The port with the charming name
Chicks – October 2009 If anyone was laying bets on to see who could be chosen to charm this gloomy yet cheerful neck of the woods the odds would probably not have had good pile of winnings had they invested in the dynamic pairing of those vehemently and unapologetically wizened old geezers [The Axemen] with […]
Continue readingAXEMEN show on WFMU 91.1FM (NYC metro NJ USA) Nov 24th, 3pm – 6pm
The Axemen Tuesday, November 24th, 3pm – 6pm on Brian Turner’s show, http://www.wfmu.org (streaming/archiving) 91.1 fm (NYC metro NJ) 90.1 fm (Catskills/Hudson Valley/PA/WNJ) One of the big touring surprises for 2009 has to be the visit of New Zealand’s legendary Axemen to U.S. shores. The band began in Christchurch in 1981 and stood somewhat aside of […]
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