Hell Farm

Some Pauls

Nov 17, 2008

cultural studies, music

1983, Arthur_Sheep, axemen, Axemen theme, beer, flora, GLADSTONE, Hell Farm, Jetty St, Lisa Preston, M. S. AGRO ON BASS!, Paul Bunyan

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…
Derailing the terrain

Oct 31, 2008

music, NZ bands, Photograsps, Posters

1983, 1984, a South Dunedin of the mind, axemen, Carlyle St Hall, England St Hall, Hell Farm, Jeff McCabe, MICK’S DANCEFLOOR, new zealand culture, ON THE MAP, the Axemen mountain range, The Dugong Stones, The Gorillas, The Spiderwebs

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,…