Press Releases
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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…
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Reprinted from: http://www.rnr666.hu/sixline/20130814/the-wonderful-world-of-axemen Once upon a time the Axemen began life as a seething mass of algae in a cess-pool located at the back of a disused factory somewhere in North Dunedin, New Zealand.The exact location of the cess-pool has unfortunately been lost to the ravages of time, but the factory still stands – a…
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Reprinted from: http://boredout305.tumblr.com/day/2013/09/06 Stu Kawowski (AKA Stuart Page) of The Axemen Interview, Part One Stu Kawowski (AKA Stuart Page) is a New Zealand-based filmmaker, drummer, photographer and screen printer, best known for his work in The Axemen. In 1983 Stu met up with Bob Brannigan and Steve McCabe and formed the venerable Axemen (1983-present). Brannigan…
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Steve McCabe of The Axemen, Part Two Reprinted from: http://boredout305.tumblr.com/post/56105133631/steve-mccabe-of-the-axemen-part-two Part two of Ryan Leach’s Steve McCabe interview. Photos courtesy of Stu Kawowski. Ryan: The Axemen’s membership was always fluctuating. Steve: We had a good range of Christchurch and Dunedin musicians in the band. If you’ve seen our Wikipedia page, you can see all the…
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Reprinted from: http://www.spacecaserecords.com/axemen-sac-tap-nut-jam THE AXEMEN | Sac Tap Nut Jam LP Spacecase Records US$14.00* Spacecase Records is pleased to release Sac Tap Nut Jam—the first new Axemen full length in twenty-one years. GO BUY SAC TAP NUT JAM NOW (direct from Spacecase)! Originally from Christchurch, New Zealand, The Axemen formed in 1983. Shortly afterwards the band solidified…
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Reprinted from:http://boredout305.tumblr.com/post/55453656418/steve-mccabe-of-the-axemen-part-one Steve McCabe of The Axemen, Part One by Ryan Leach, Spacecase Records Steve McCabe is best known for his membership in The Axemen. Formed in Christchurch, New Zealand, when Steve was still a teenager (along with Stu Kawowski and Bob Brannigan) in 1981, The Axemen were one of the most stylistically adventurous groups…
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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.…
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(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…
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i am thinking of going for pain and suffering grounds for this too – every time i hear it my blood pressure goes up 10 pts. how is shar? what is the situation there now? not sure as to best approach if you got any ideas…. The Axemen – Be My Slave, written 1995 and…
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Reprinted From: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/Event?oid=1241677 When: Sat., Nov. 28, 9:30 p.m. 2009 Price: $7 suggested donation If in the world of classic New Zealand underground rock the Chills’ earnest pop represents the north pole and the Dead C’s corrosive noise is the south, then the Axemen are the molten center of the earth—their shambling, stylistically promiscuous, and…
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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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Press Release from Silt Breeze in conjunction with Sleek Bott RE: Axemen – Scary Re-release July 2009 PR Date:May 2009 Axemen-Scary! Part III-dbl lp (SB-119/120) “…you’ll begin to see (& hear)…” “…the Axemen blazed through the 80’s…” “Unlike the hyper punk-charged pastiche of Big Cheap Motel…” The second entry in the Siltbreeze/Axemen / Sleek Bott…
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Reprinted with permission of the author Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Background: The first of Siltbreeze Axemen re-issues one out of the gate is the trio’s 1983 Big Cheap Motel, their difficult third album, their protest album (following the blistering, insane, and completely live debut Equinox and the studio / live tribute to punk-dub-beer-noise-cubism, Mick’s Dancefloor (Mix)). Rarely heard…
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Source: http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608002702/Eugene-Chadbourne.html JANUARY 22 – 30, 2009 Jan 22 – Wellington – Happy, with Sign of the Hag, Manimanima and Basketcase Jan 23 – Wellington – Happy, with the Bad Blues Band and others Jan 24 – Christchurch – the Wunderbar Jan 25 – Dunedin, Chicks Hotel Port Chalmers, with Greg Malcolm Jan 29 –…
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Reprinted with kind permission of the Author, Tom Lax, Silt Breeze Records Babe The Blue Ox Need Not Apply…..Siltbreeze Announces Axemen Reissues For 2009! Yep, in conjuction w/Sleek Bott Indusries, Siltbreeze is PROUD to annouce no less than 3, count’em THREE, Axemen reissues to see the light of day in 2009. First up is a…
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