Live Shows From Way Back – Wellington 1983
Gary Steel sniffs out another mouldering review from another not-so-present era. Wellington Performers Collective Fundraiser, Rock Theatre, Friday/Saturday 27/28 May 1983
40 Years Ago: Hammond Gamble
GARY STEEL chats with Hammond Gamble about his Allstars Sing The Blues with Beaver.
Live Shows From Way Back – The Chills
GARY STEEL revisits his short review of a Chills gig in a pub one dark night in Wellington back in 1984.
Live Shows From Long Ago – Radioactive Band Of The Year contest 1984
GARY STEEL listened to the good, the bad and the ugly in an ‘alternative’ battle of the bands, 1984-style.
40 Years Ago: Working With Walt
GARY STEEL digs up a story about a Dunedin band from way back in 1984 in which he interviews Jan Hellriegel’s bro, Rob.
NZ music’s battle to be heard – 40 years ago, that is
NZ music acts whining about how hard it is to make a mark in 2024 might find this piece about the struggle to make
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear: Wing
MATT KELLY's tribute to one of the best/worst singers ever to grace NZ stages and Southpark, a true classic of awful. RIP Wing.
Graham Nash’s 60 Years Of Songs & Stories
GARY STEEL chats with GRAHAM NASH about his halcyon 60 years in rock and his first-ever solo dates in New Zealand.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear: Captain Sensible’s Happy Talk
MATT KELLY has something to say about a punk icon making music softer than a pillowcase stuffed with whipped cream.
Diving Off The Deep End – NZ music from 40 years ago
Forty years ago Wellington had its second Off The Deep End festival of experimental music. GARY STEEL and a few chums wrote about it.
The Shadows: Interviewed 40 years ago
Way back in 1984 GARY STEEL had a natter with The Shadows during their New Zealand tour and extracted their exasperation.
Two Pink Guy albums for the price of one. Gah!
MATT KELLY listens all the way through (so you don't have to) to two of the most imbecilic records ever made. Shame on Pink
There’s a riot goin’ on: Riot III
Riot III's explosive and controversial music gets a respectful reissue 43 years later. GARY STEEL, who was there at the time, digs in.
Riot 111: Wellington’s “terrorist” punk band
To celebrate the imminent release of a lovely vinyl platter capturing the key moments of Wellington's “terrorist” punk band Riot 111, here’s a story
Frank Zappa’s amazing conceptual continuity
Any prospective fan making their way through Zappa’s bounteous discography needs to know how to find the motherlode, but it’s not easy, writes GARY
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – The Cheeky Girls’ two album abominations
MATT KELLY gives two appalling albums for the price of one with his examination of this Romanian abomination from hell.
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Soldier, Komar & Melamid
MATT KELLY is aghast and amazed at one of the amazing and annoying records in the history of recorded music.
Beat Rhythm Fashion – two ancient interviews
To honour recent interest in Wellington’s post-punk era GARY STEEL digs up two interview transcripts with Beat Rhythm Fashion.
The Great Witchdoctor Q&A – Phil Bowering
Low Profile’s Elephunkin’ is one of the most fondly remembered Kiwi songs of the 1980s, but what has Phil Bowering been up to since
1001 Albums You Must Die Before You Hear – Ladbaby’s sausage roll song
Proceeds from this abomination went to a foodbank but, writes MATT KELLY, after hearing it the needy eaters would have barfed it back up.
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