Category: Dunedin

Hit The South!

This May 2015 AXEMEN make an unseasonable sortie to the South Island  of Aotearoa-wiki to bring you the HIT THE SOUTH! mini-est of Mini-Tours, a flying, flashing, heat-seeking TWO-STOP WHISTLE TEST visit to their spiritual homelands; the icy oasis of DUNEDIN on Friday 22 and the quaint rubble garden city of CHRISTCHURCH on Saturday 23! […]

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R.I.P. Peter Gutteridge (Sept 14 2014)

This is a sampling of Articles, Testimonials  and Links related to the sad demise of Peter Gutteridge on September 14 2014. Sadly missed…. Reprinted from: http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/10524939/The-rise-and-fall-of-a-music-legend The rise and fall of a music legend Musicians remember Peter Gutteridge, an architect of the Dunedin sound, better known abroad than at home. It was on his return […]

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SHAFT New material on it’s way; Bob Cardy recovered from pneumonia

Reprinted From: http://cheeseontoast.co.nz/2014/07/21/shaft-new-material-on-its-way-bob-cardy-recovered-from-pneumonia/ Bob Cardy is home from a spell in hospital and “feeling much better after a spot of pneumonia” according to a post on his Facebook page. He’s not slow off the mark to announce that there’s a new SHAFT single titled “Meteor In Your Mind” with upcoming shows at Golden Dawn and […]

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The Axemen 30 years on – where are they now?

Sunday 22 September 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of the seminal ‘Equinox’ gig at Dunedin’s luminary bat-corridor The Empire Tavern, pseudo-Transylvanian Castle (at the time) of the infamous Maureen, an actual vampire who was to become the Axemen’s gothic nemesis for a spell. And spell she could, she could cast a spell as evil as any […]

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Just out of embargo : Bott 13 – Came a Bott Friday – installment 1

Te ‘Came a Bott Friday’ album was released sometime in 1987 and is also sometimes referenced as Bott 13 … te pota tiritina… enjoy! 1a Wake Of A Sinner 1b I Am The Seed 1c Yours Severely 1e Beats Under The Rocks S 1f Zion Steamroller S 2a Violence & Half-Uncles S 2b Too Much […]

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G.D.H.

reprinted from http://avantgardeningradio.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/too-hot-to-be-cool-psych-thing-puddle.html The words and the music/ don’t mean a thing/ listen to the rhythm/ listen to us singing” – Lacsydaisical “We were trying to impress god and the devil at the same time – hardly the epitome of cool” – Too Hot to be Cool Over the almost 30 years they’ve been in […]

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