Tag Archives: The Clean

Among the initial New Zealand rings to explore the globe of “abused technology” — samplers, synthesizers, drum devices, and so on — the Headless Hens formed in 1985 like a one-off task to try out the media event “Nitpickers Picnic.” Originally dubbed the International Headless Hens, the trio — onetime …

Peter Gutteridge was among the unsung heroes of the brand new Zealand music picture, a founding person in several important rings and among the expert contractors of what became referred to as the “Dunedin Audio,” but at exactly the same time an designer who also sadly received small acknowledgement for …

Pagoda formed in Washington, D.C., after Ben Licciardi (vocals/keyboards/acoustic guitar) had a need to record some tracks for Lazyline Information. He was became a member of by Kevin O’Meara (drums), Raj Gadhia (bass/keyboards), and Adrian Carroll (acoustic guitar), with Carroll’s nation band, Shortstack, financing standup bass and lap metal. After …

The Douglas Fir takes influence through the classic cool rings that came before them. Hushing choruses that are chilling and dramatic, and lyrical dispositions using a poetic flair define their polished, melancholy fantasy pop audio. It’s surely similar to the music produced popular on university radio through the entire 1980s …

Among the many bright lamps of the brand new Zealand pop picture from the 1980s, Able Tasmans formed in Auckland in 1984. Originally a trio made up of keyboardist Graeme Humphreys, bassist Dave Beniston and drummer Craig Baxter, they in the beginning provided a tongue-in-cheek, ’60s-affected visual typified by tunes …

An generally intimate-sounding mixture of indie pop and consumer electronics, Christchurch, New Zealand’s Stunning Pinks will be the task of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nick Harte. Something of the wunderkind, Harte started playing piano at age group six; used bass, drums, and electric guitar by enough time he was eight; and …

Meeting within their teenagers in Wellington, New Zealand, Yuri Frusin and Helen Johnstone began the Garbage & the Blossoms in the past due ’80s, enamored using the seemingly unattainable and lofty notion of being inside a music group. Acquiring their name from a Leonard Cohen lyric, Frusin performed guitar and …

Auckland, New Zealand guitar-pop music group Bicycle was led by vocalist/guitarist Andrew Brough, previously known for his tenure in the Straitjacket Matches. He formed Bicycle in 1995 with bassist Tristan Mason and drummer Karl Buckley, and after putting your signature on to Traveling Nun the group released its debut one …

Hailing from Dunedin, New Zealand, drummer/vocalist/songwriter Hamish Kilgour shaped the Clean in 1978 along with his sibling David, going to become an eternally obscure but massively influential group and among the front-runners for the seems that had become referred to as kiwi pop, college rock and roll, and finally alternative …

In the wake from the 1982 breakup from the legendary Clean, brothers David and Hamish Kilgour continued writing songs jointly; implementing the tongue-in-cheek name Great Unwashed, they released the 1983 LP REMOVE of Our Thoughts, a assortment of primitive house recordings using a somewhat experimental bent. The record was well …