“PETER SELLERS NIGHTMARE” from C-SBSH by AXEMEN. “TRACK 02” from C-SBSH by AXEMEN. “NEVER ENDING NACHT” from C-SBSH by AXEMEN. “LA CUCARACHA UNO” from C-SBSH by AXEMEN. “LA CUCARACHA DOS” from C-SBSH by AXEMEN. “CHURCH OF THE LOOSELY BRETHREN” from C-SBSH by AXEMEN. “GET WITH THE SCAM” from C-SBSH by AXEMEN.
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The OXMEN Cometh {2015, goodbye}
The Oxmen cometh Who in their right mind would have predicted this? In the midst of a build-up of 70’s, 80’s , 90’s and today’s collective angst, just a few individuals feel brazen enough to stand up and spit themselves out at society and stomp on the balls it represents. Just a few is enough. […]
Continue readingHit 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! […]
Continue readingAxemen in Top 101 strangest records on on spotify
reprinted from: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/30/101-strangest-on-spotify-axemen-big-cheap-motel There is an argument, popular among some, that a career in music is just too easy these days. Whether that’s true or not is impossible to quantify – too easy compared to what, exactly? – but it’s safe to say that if you choose to make records like Big Cheap Motel then […]
Continue readingThe 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 […]
Continue readingStu Kawowski (AKA Stuart Page) of The Axemen Interview, Part Two
Stu Kawowski (AKA Stuart Page) of The Axemen Interview, Part Two Reprinted From: http://boredout305.tumblr.com/day/2013/09/14 Ryan: What inspired the Axemen to record Three Rooms: An Elton John Tribute Album (1992). Stu: I remember that time period. Although it was released in 1992 we actually recorded it in 1984 or 1985. Nevertheless I can’t recall why in […]
Continue readingG.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 […]
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 readingThe Cordons — (no relation)
Reprinted from http://www.facebook.com/notes/mickle-borrado/text-for-the-cc-blog/10150208252973803 13/06/2011 By Mick Elborado I thought smacking was illegal, but there I was standing between the dusty records and sheet music I’d started packing away, now handcuffed, and the hyped-up young cop, name, as always, unknown was saying ‘Just give me one ****** reason to smack you’ — the hand cuffs were […]
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