Head Like A Hole was a primarily Wellington band formed in 1991. The original lineup was:
Nigel Beazly (aka Booga Beazley) - Vocals
Nigel Regan (aka Datehole) - Guitar
Andrew Durno (aka Tallbeast) - Bass
Mark Hamill (aka Hideebeast) - Drums.
History
The band soon attracted the attention of Shihad manager (and former Flesh D-Vice frontman) Gerald Dwyer and after self-releasing the Shitnoise cassette in 1991 they signed to Wildside Records. Their "debutt" album 13 was released in 1992 and featured the single Fish Across Face. Later the same year they released the Beelzebeats EP. During this period the band was famous/infamous for appearing onstage in the nude (Regan and Hamill in particular). 1994 saw the release of their sophomore effort Flick Y'self Off Y'self which introduced elements of the home recording style that Nigel Regan would further explore with his side projects SML, Baconfoot and Hemi. The band embarked on a European tour with Shihad in 1995 with both bands signing to German label Noise, who released a split EP for the tour called The Happy Families EP. The EP featured a couple of tracks by each band as well as a track by SML - a group featuring Regan and Shihad's Jon Toogood and Tom Larkin that had formed circa 1992. The two groups spent several months living in Germany together and killed time by recording mostly humerous songs on 4-track. These songs would later be released as the Berlin Stench cassette and some would become the basis for songs on the next Head Like A Hole album, which would prove to be something of a bone of contention between the two groups in the future.
After returning home, guitarist Tom Watson (previously of Funkmutha and also a member of Baconfoot with Regan) joined the band as a touring guitarist in 1995, soon becoming a permanent member. After the band's triumphant performance at the 1996 Big Day Out, the band suffered a tragic blow with the drug-related death of manager Dwyer.
Recorded in Sydney, 1996's Double Your Strength, Improve Your Health & Lengthen Your Life was the group's first effort as a five-piece. Dedicated to the memory of Dwyer (as was Shihad's self-titled "Fish Album", released that same year), it saw the music taking a more straight ahead, "sleazy" Rock direction rather than their previously more experimental releases.
The band was also known as HLAH. The band broke up in 2000 and members have gone onto other bands including Cassette, Pluto and Grand Lodge.
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Discography
Albums
Jan 1991 - Jan 2000
