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Not on the List? Looking to get some great kiwi bands to play at your FANTASTIC SOUTH ISLAND VENUE in LATE SEPTEMBER/EARLY OCTOBER? Contact Us immediately…. Your name could be here tomorrow… POSTER VARIANTS RECEIVED: Tues 4 Aug 09, Stu Kawowski
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A passing search for “Axemen” at THE WIRE today discovered The Axemen’s ditty “Hey Alice” within a special guest mix from Tom Lax, that was itself within a 90 min downloadable set called Adventures In Modern Music 06 November 2008 by Derek Walmsley. (who is one dry-arse nigga, but he plays some frikkin wack shit !!!) Here’s…
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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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Songs: too-many-cups-of-coffie throw-it-all-away these-days these days feat. fake gat by steve mccabe tenthousand-years sin railway-pies pick-a-fold motorway micro-time jelly-roll Jelly Roll – video version – superior in my opinion LSM Its Not Me i-know-only-you dyke-parties caught-you-fighting bottle-store new-tears why-why-why time gale16 thinkin-of-you barney-rubble1 take-me-home the-rain-came space desert-storm-maser chang-mae-test
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Nestled amongst fellow Kiwis Chris Heazlewood, The Gordons– (live at Taita pub, 1982) and illuminaries Jad Fair and The Raincoats sits a somewhat abruptly truncated “Pacific Ocean” by The Axemen on this nearly 60 min sHit-Fi podcast… Some Bullshit Podcast: Episode One sunday, december 30, 2007 Listen: HERE Subscribe: HERE Time: 57 Minutes, 11 Seconds Tracks: 19 Genres: Lo-Fi, Post-Punk, Punk, Noise-Rock, Dicking Around In The Bedroom With…
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Saw this listing on Amazon UK 07/12/08 ~ hefty price for an old Axer CD! Also in the Discogs Marketplace some Axe offerings including Derry legend on vinyl US$100.00 (NZ$187.41)
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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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Jelly Roll
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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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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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Paul Bunyan (Axemen Theme) — version #1 is from Hell Farm, August 1983, with Steve & Bob on guitars. This version was released on the rare AXE OF THE APOSTLES cassette later that month. Paul Bunyan (Axemen Theme) — version #2 adds Stu K. on drums, from the Jetty St “Equinox” gig in Dunedin, 24…
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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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This series of shows took place over the top of the south island and the west coast during Jan 1986 and involved a decrepit and terrifyingly brakeless commer van, copious quantities of opium tarbrew and ether … Nux Vomica and the Axemen on tour together …Were we all in the one van? I cant exactly…
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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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Steve, Bob and Stu were jogging round the band rotunda as usual on a chilly but glorious crisp Christchurch day, tossing around a genuine cowskin rugby ball red and black of course being the Canterbury colors, with a faded PineTree Meads signature on it indicating it had been around, dropping it to the foot on…
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1 use no fuzz 2 no fuzz dub 3 the south dunedin sound 4 mick’s dancefloor 5 baby eater 6 last song marching orders Little Stevie McCabe, vocals & guitar Bob Brannigan, guitar & vocals M. S. Agro, bass Stu Kawowski, drums Recorded live in Cashmere, Christchurch at Scab Union Dave’s end-of-year party, December 1983…
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fellow travellers in spirit realms ARTHUR SHEEP saxophone M. S. AGRO bass BOB BRANNIGAN, STEVE McCABE guitars STU KOWALSKI drums, percussion recorded 10-12-83 at Steve’s, Christchurch (EARTHside) & FutureHabitatNOW, Antichristchurch (alterEarth side) cover design by Ron Nabbibang (Etherdom Free Skypilot) EARTHside the untouchables fred & barney looking for ms. brenda lee nice place (skin might…
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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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Rubbing the crusty yellow crystals off his nose and stretching his arms out, Bob Brannigan awoke. Brushing off the gaggle of female admirers which had been trying to settle in his hair since last night, he wandered across the dancefloor of the Miners Bar and Grill (rarely more than half-full because of the confusing “NO…
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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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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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purple haze third stone from the sun steve mccabe, dragan stojanovic – guitars; bob brannigan – bass; stu kowalski – drums purple haze recorded live at the rising sun, auckland, june 1989 third stone from the sun recorded live at siren, auckland, 18-6-89 foxy lady steve mccabe, bob brannigan – guitars; m. s. agro –…
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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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Side A sober is a judge stop staring at me with your 3rd eye Side B sputnik stomp new york city bowling club all songs ©1992 Brannigan/McCabe published by Sleek Bott Music recorded at Frisbee Studios, Auckland produced by Z. Bob & Axemen artwork by Stu Kawowski Cassette manufactured by Stebbings, Auckland.
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