In 1981 “Smelly Feet” travelled the length and breadth of Aotearoa performing his confronting tunes to perplexed audiences and hawking his home-made singles. GARY STEEL was there.
Tag: NZ post-punk
A shot in the arm just when we really need it – Die! Die! Die!
GARY STEEL raves like a lunatic about a group whose new album is a real shot in the arm just when we need it.
Here’s The Greatest Kiwi Post-punk Band You’ve Never Heard Of
Back in the early 1980s Alms For Children turned into This Sporting Life and then disappeared before many even knew about them. Now, at last, there’s a compilation to memorialise them, writes GARY STEEL
NZ Music Month – Shoes This High
GARY STEEL digs up his 1981 review of the first and only record by the now-legendary Shoes This High.