UPDATED OCT 24 2009! NEW DATES SEE BELOW…. The Axemen, in cahoots with Times New Viking /Ground Control Touring /Silt Breeze / Matador / Sleek Bott Records proudly announce the much vaunted US TOUR has now been confirmed! View Latest Itinerary / Buy Tickets… View Tour Map Tue-Oct-27 Sacramento, CA Luigi’s Fungarden Thu-Oct-29 San Francisco, […]
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What about these guys??? the Puddle Live-to-air at Radio Volcano, sweet as, direct from another universe
and this one with different scenery – needs more mick though if you ask me….
Continue readingShoes This High – STH 7″ EP (Recorded 21.12.80)
In 1986 Stu Kawowski succumbed to the magnetic attraction of “The North.” At first he thought it was the Wellington effect, so he ventured up there for a few months, and moved in with The Skeptics for a while, first at Nick’s pad in Brooklyn, and later crashed at Writhe Recording, their studio cnr Walter […]
Continue readingThe Axemen – Bus boys from way back
The long association of The Axemen with the buses of Otago probably began with their featuring role in Wilma McCorkindale’s seminal book on the subject, Otago Road Services Ltd – A Brief History. While researching the book McCorkindale became fascinated (some would say obsessed) with these ‘frequent flyers’ and would chat with them for virtually […]
Continue readingKnock-Knock Who’s-There Smell-Map
Map 1 here shows the whereabouts of various members of the Axemen in the first few months of the band’s existence. PHOTO-ESSAY: A LITTLE BIT OF YESTERDAY South Dunedin – home of the South Dunedin Sound. Maureen of the Empire Tavern about to burn life-size effigy of Little Stevie McCabe. <– South Dunedin | Starliners […]
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