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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Straight to Hell :: album :: SHOES THIS HIGH
reprinted from: https://www.midheaven.com/item/straight-to-hell-by-shoes-this-high-lp While Shoes This High’s existence was a mere glint in the eye of Father Time (a year or more, tops), they made every second count, stalking the New Zealand post-punk landscape—both North and South islands—with ravenous abandon. For most fans, their legend and reputation rest solely on the strength of one highly […]
Continue readingStraight To Hell – Shoes This High LP out Jan 2014
Reprinted from: http://www.midheaven.com/item/straight-to-hell-by-shoes-this-high-lp While Shoes This High’s existence was a mere glint in the eye of Father Time (a year or more, tops), they made every second count, stalking the New Zealand post-punk landscape—both North and South islands—with ravenous abandon. For most fans, their legend and reputation rest solely on the strength of one highly […]
Continue readingUp Front with the Yub Nubz
Hot on the soles of their forthcoming new 12″ release ‘Sac Tap Nut Jam’, the Axemen are chaffing at the bit for punters to step up into the stirrups climb into the saddle and hitch their wagons to the new guiding star, the star that comes from the South, the star that IS the Axemen. […]
Continue readingJust 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 […]
Continue readingWellington punk rocker dies in London by TOM HUNT AND SOPHIE SPEER
Reprinted from: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/8063235/Wellington-punk-rocker-dies-in-London London police have launched a murder investigation following the death of a Wellington punk proponent after an early morning assault. Steve Andrews, 46, was a key figure in Wellington’s early punk scene but had been living in London for about a decade. It is understood he had been out celebrating his girlfriend’s […]
Continue readingWilliam Daymond Interview (2010)
Reprinted from: http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/interviewMore/CID/212/N/The-Pickups.utr#ixzz1ag0v91MA George Harrison’s post-Beatles output is overrated and The Monkees are criminally underrated. At least that is the case according to William Daymond from The Pickups. The Christchurch three-piece gave us an email interview with UTR recently and talked a lot about The Beatles, The Beach Boys and the aforementioned Monkees. There are […]
Continue readingIntroducing William 'a girls best friend' Daymond
In the wake of the departure of Bob Brannigan and Mick Elborado’s increasingly angry instability the remaining Axemen would like to introduce the new beacon of rock’n’roll ardour, the hope of Axemen Generation Y, the bass-bone connected to the backbone, the rhythm king, a girls best friend… William Daymond. Born in 1984, Daymond injects the […]
Continue readingAxemen's '3 Virgins' Double LP NOW AVAILABLE
(re-printed courtesy of siltblog: Axemen’s ‘3 Virgins’ Double LP NOW AVAILABLE) FINALLY! After a couple of years in the RE-making, the Axemen’s legendary dbl lp ‘3 Virgins, 3 Virgins, 3 Visions’ (hereafter known simply as 3V’s) is available for order. Originally seeing the light of day on the Flying Nun label in 1985, 3V’s is […]
Continue readingTHE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: George D. Henderson of the Puddle
Reprinted from http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/absoluteelsewhere/3832/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-george-d-henderson-of-the-puddle/ THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: George D. Henderson of the Puddle Click for a Readable version (print-friendly too) George D. Henderson founded Dunedin’s psych-pop band the Puddle in 1983/84 and over the following decade the group recorded an EP, an album and a single for Flying Nun, all of which are curently out […]
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