1984
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1. Burn (Hello) 2. Cold Beer 3. God & His Warpth 4. Love & Devotion 5. The Evil Dub Sound 6. Holes In My Curtain 7. Last Call For Panther Same credits as original recording session: HERE to get to PANTHER OF THE SUBURBS. Dubbydubs by axemen King Dub Come BONUS TRACK! The…
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AXEMEN Stu K-drums/Steve M & Bob B-gtrs/Al Rite-sax/Gary Scott-clarinet/Pete Hall Jones-trumpet The Message (E. Fletcher-M. Glover-S. Robinson-C. Chase) Untitled By Unknown Axemen, Dogs, Cops City Mall #4 The CONNOISSEURS Rent Hamilton-gtr, vocals/Shorty Hamilton-bass, vcls/Doug Hamilton-snare, vcls with Al/Gary/Pete as The Horned Hornet Horns Divorce Me COD/Just Because (Carl Smith/Bob Shelton-Joe Shelton-Sid Robin) Setting The Woods…
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THE MIND (stereo) Steve-vocals, gtr Bob-gtr Gordo Baird-bass Stu K.- drums, skull pic Al Right-sax 212 Peterborough St, 15-9-84 MOVE IT, GROOVE IT (stereo) Steve-vocals, casiotone SK1 Stu-casiotone SK1, lettering Bob-bass Cassy O’Tone-tapes, mix Stu’s pad, Colombo St, around Oct. 84 <.> another axemen anno xxv rediscovery series mix <.>
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THE AXEMEN IN DUNEDIN 2-3 MARCH 1984 SUMMARY The Axemen performed three times in the weekend, writhing, inciting and typically incredulous they made no new friends and many shady enemies, their calloused hands bleeding and cutting and scarred from the tortuous anachronisms that are is their Wall of sound, their particular(ly) seedy breeding ground, a…
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1. BURN 2. COLD BEER 3. JAH & HIS HERB 4. LOVE & DEVOTION 5. THE EVIL SOUND 6. HOLES IN MY CURTAIN (They Don’t Even Let In The Sun) 7. THE PANTHER OF THE SUBURBS RECORDED 12-6-1984 AT 212 PETERBOROUGH ST, CHRISTCROTCH by AXEMEN bob brannigan DAMON CROWE stu kawowski Steve McCabe AL RIGHT…
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This is a postcard-size reproduction of the large (A0) classroom poster prepared in the early 1990s by Axemen for use in NZ schools. Stevie was barely out of school himself when the band’s first few gigs took place in Dunedin in 1983, but when he moved into gainful employment later that year as a screenprinter,…
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Several blocks north of Christchurch’s Cathedral Square (in itself a home for nutters, wizards, punks and winged rats), just before you reach Bealey Avenue, lies a rambling cacophony of flatlets and the home of quite a different variety of nutters, freaks and certified intelligentsia too. Probably a “Clifford flat” (most of those grand old mansions…
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The design effectively simulates a chromic equivalent of the liver-crippling psychedelic effects experienced from guzzling one dose (500ml or 1 pint) of sweet, yeasty, speedy caffeine-infused Château de McCabe. Screen-printed at INK INC, sky blue on ƒluoro orange card c.1984. Click below to see the quasi-instructional film “Drink For The Heart, Heart For The Road”,…
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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…
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aka Return to the Planet of “A Scar Is Born” Map 2a: Axemen in Christchurch, Jan-Aug 1984 By January 1984, McCabe and Brannigan share a house in Peterborough St, inner-city Christchurch, with Steve’s then-girlfriend Virg, her sister Bernie, and Lisa Preston. Notice how said house is positioned: almost on a straight line almost equidistant from…
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Here’s a mixed bag of cassette-only goodies . . . hello (aka “Burn” alt mix) cold beer (alt mix) jah & his herb (alt mix) –undated, probably from Christchurch practises late 1984. Presence of saxophone and graphic equalizer are big time-clues, plus references to beer & god, plus the other side of the tape features…
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Just been listening to this old cassette. It’s an ICI C-90 manufactured in Hong Kong. Says on the label, in Steve’s writing, “CITY MALL CONNOISSEURS AVEC AVEC AXEMEN” (though it was in a case with, in Stu’s writing, “PERF. CAFE SUN/MON 6/7 JAN” and “PULSE: SAT 12 JAN 85” –early trips to Auckland & Wellington…
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