Ok, time for a new game - shamelessly based on the Kevin Bacon game...
The rules. Someone picks a NZ muso - and then you have to make the shortest connection between that muso and the Mr Shayne Carter (currently of Dimmer, ex-SJ Fits, Double Happys, etc...) Links can only be made between members who were in a band concurrently, OR people who appeared on the same album (compilations not allowed). If you make the link, you get to choose the next person.
eg.
Ben Howe (Fang) was in Superette with...
Dave Mulcahy, who was in JPSE with...
Gary Sullivan, who's in Dimmer with...
SHAYNE!
next person...
King Kapisi
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Does it have to be bands? Could it not ...
Does it have to be bands? Could it not be like "made the video for..." sort of links? And I'm guessing using google would be cheating?
last time we tryed this game links like ...
last time we tryed this game links like played the same gig, and vid was made by..
I feel google is ok as you need to verify facts.... but it's noizy's game
google for fact-checking is ok. but ...
google for fact-checking is ok.
but no, no video director/producer links - there's a small pool of them in NZ, and it would make it too easy. eg...
"...had a video made by Greg Page who also made a video for..."
I'll give it a go Noisy. How about ...
I'll give it a go Noisy.
How about this.
Cuba and Gizmo have had stints in Dimmer.
They released Trans Pacific Express in 1999.(I think)
Album features King Kapisi.
[ does that count? ]
I'll take your word for it! I must ...
I'll take your word for it! I must admit, I didn't actually have a link in mind, so wasn't sure if it could be done. Nice one. Fire away...
cool. Next: Onelung. Heres ...
cool.
Next: Onelung.
Heres where I found the Cuba & Gizmo stuff.
[ external link ]
I'm guessing Tutt was in a band ...
I'm guessing
Tutt was in a band with Andrew Spraggon called Cicada
Andrew (aka Sola rosa) played bass for Dimmer
You da man....
You da man.
Oops missed the reply to button.. & ...
Oops missed the reply to button..
& meant to say
Onelung is Kevin Tutt who was in a band with Andrew Spraggon called Cicada
Andrew (aka Sola rosa) played bass for Dimmer
unverified by google
damn your fast...
damn your fast
so... who's next?...
so... who's next?
come on irieman, new starter from you......
come on irieman, new starter from you...
sorry... Leighton from Epsilon Blue...
sorry...
Leighton from Epsilon Blue
thats ...Leyton...
thats ...Leyton
Leyton worked with Barnaby Weir ...
Leyton worked with Barnaby Weir
Barnaby's in The Black Seeds and The Dub Connection with Toby Laing
Toby's on the latest Dimmer single
hell, I hadn't thought what a can of ...
hell, I hadn't thought what a can of worms the fat freddy's connection would open up. shayne's now indirectly linked to just about everyone in the welly music scene!
jet, your turn...
OK, I thought Kapisi was twisty enough, ...
OK, I thought Kapisi was twisty enough, let's try someone further outside the contemporary "urban" scene...
Wayne Mason
PS. I have no idea if it's possible to ...
PS. I have no idea if it's possible to find the connection...
ok, how about... WAYNE MASON ...
ok, how about...
WAYNE MASON -->
Jackie Clarke did backing vocals on Wayne's 'Same Boy' album.
Charlotte Yates was in the band Putty in Her Hands with Jackie
Darren Matthiasson (ex) of TrinityRoots played drums on Charlotte's 'Dead Fish Beach' album
Warren Maxwell of TrinityRoots is part of the horn section (sax) for Fat Freddy's Drop, and thus appears on...
--> SHAYNE CARTER's new album
phew. How about...
Alec Bathgate
Can I go part way? I dunno how to get ...
Can I go part way? I dunno how to get from the Bats but someone who knows Dunedin stuff better can surely suggest a link between them and the Fits?
Damn....I just found another path to ...
Damn....I just found another path to Wayne Mason
share it. the more the merrier......
share it. the more the merrier...
Mutton birds cover "Nature" Mutton ...
Mutton birds cover "Nature"
Mutton bird David Long produces Warratah Barry Saunders song Red Morning.
Barry Saunders Collaborates with Singer Songwriter Donna Dean
as does Graeme Downs, who appears on the new album
// ALEC BATHGATE Shayne used to go ...
// ALEC BATHGATE
Shayne used to go out with Angie Hart of Frente
who covered the Chris Knox song 'Not Given Lightly'
Chris Knox was in the Tall Dwarfs with
ALEC BATHGATE
nice. and just a tweak to the rules, as ...
nice. and just a tweak to the rules, as has been made obvious to me in this connection...
* sexual congress with another person counts as a link
* an act who cover another act's song is also a link.
with regard to bathgate, I was thinking:
Alec Bathgate (Toy Love) -> Paul Kean (Toy Love/the Bats) -> Robert Scott (the Bats/the Weeds) -> SHAYNE (the weeds)
elvis, your turn......
elvis, your turn...
shayne to elvis is easy- shayne played ...
shayne to elvis is easy- shayne played elvis in the play called- either trash- or trash hotel- or hotel trash im not sure- written by bruce from that crap band the alpaca somethings- at the dndn art gallery in 87- or- he would have- if kerry & a few other cast members hadnt got totally pissed & just run round- lucis got the video
or- ¿shayne went to gracelands when in the us?
<whine> this is too hard and you guys ...
this is too hard and you guys are too good at it. I wanna play it with Kevin Bacon instead! I'm good at that
Six degrees of Kevin Bacon to Shayne ...
Six degrees of Kevin Bacon to Shayne Carter!? (with inspiration from Devil Rider)
Shayne Carter was in The Weeds with Bob Scott
Bob Scott was in the Clean with David Kilgour
David Kilgour worked with Mark Nevers
Mark Nevers worked with Will Oldham
Will Oldham worked with John McEntire of Tortoise
John McEntire wrote the soundtrack for 'Reach the Rock' directed by John Hughes
John Hughes directed 'She's Having A Baby' with Kevin Bacon
Oof. That's seven. I had to look up a movie on IMDB but I knew Kevin must've been in something John Hughes did.
yay my turn. Howabout JORDAN LUCK...
yay my turn. Howabout
JORDAN LUCK
jordon luck played in the exponents ...
jordon luck played in the exponents with david gent
david gent played bass on dave dobbyn's twist live on tv (maybe tour as well?)
dobbyn's twist album featured ross burgess on drums
ross burgess played drums the stereo bus first album
dave yetton (stereo bus) played in JPSExperience with gary sullivan
gary is/was dimmers (shayne) drummer
is that right?
think so. but it can be done in 2 or 3 ...
think so. but it can be done in 2 or 3 moves.
moderator what's the call?
the shorter the better, isn't it? ...
the shorter the better, isn't it?
// Someone picks a NZ muso - and thenyou have to make the shortest connection between that muso and the Mr Shayne Carter
the link has been made, so yep, that's ...
the link has been made, so yep, that's good. what was your shorter version elvis?
and so, ignoring jet's international version that seems to have started further down, that makes it Hun's turn...
JORDAN LUCK (The Exponents) Dave ...
JORDAN LUCK (The Exponents)
Dave Dobbyn played guitar on the Exponents album 'Grassy Knoll'
Dave Dobbyn was in that Finn/Runga/Dobbyn tour with Bic Runga
Bic Runga sings on the new Dimmer album with Mr Carter.
Here's one; Nat Rose...
Here's one; Nat Rose
ooops wasn't my turn....sorry...
ooops wasn't my turn....sorry
¿whos nat rose?- ¿howbout ray davies?...
¿whos nat rose?- ¿howbout ray davies?
Nat Rose is a NZ singer...
Nat Rose is a NZ singer
Ray Davies once performed Waterloo ...
Ray Davies once performed Waterloo Sunset with Damon Albarn on TV....Damon Albarn dueted with Laetitia Sadier on the Blur song To The End.....Ms Sadier has collaborated with members of Toroise on a number of occasions.....These chaps have worked with Will Oldham whose most recent album was produced by Mark Nevers...who recently enginered David Kilgours soon to be released album. Mr Kilgour was in The Clean with Bob Scott who was in The weeds with Shayne Carter.....
A shorter version has Ms Sadier performing with her band Stereolab who released Refried Ectoplasm on Flying Nun.... a labe which has many connections with Mr Carter....
also Ray Davies is good...Shayne Carter is good
Nice! Could go from Laetitia Sadier ...
Nice!
Could go from Laetitia Sadier to Luna (she appears on a cover of 'Bonnie & Clyde' on one of their albums) to The Chills (one of Luna is an ex-Chills bod) to somewhere else...
Uhoh... Bryan Ferry in six!...
Uhoh... Bryan Ferry in six!
ok, since the international version of ...
ok, since the international version of the game allows producers/engineer links...
1. Bryan Ferry covered the instrumental Smiths track 'Money Changes Everything', renaming it 'The Right Stuff' - Johnny Marr also played guitar on the track.
2. the Smiths had several tracks mixed or produced by Steve Lillywhite
3. Steve Lillywhite and Gavin Mackillop were both producers on the 2001 re-release of the La's eponymously entitled album.
4. Gavin Mackillop produced Melt, by the Straitjacket Fits, a member of who was...
SHAYNE!
Haha, nice. Here was what I was ...
Haha, nice.
Here was what I was thinking, but you got there more quickly.
Bryan Ferry was in Roxy Music with Phil Manzanera
Phil M. produced the first Split Enz album, featuring Phil Judd
Phil J. was briefly in Toy Love with Paul Kean
Paul was in The Bats with Robert Scott
Robert was in The Weeds with...
I was rather pleased with my Johnny ...
I was rather pleased with my Johnny Marr link-up. I thought I'd get there quicker going...
Bryan Ferry -> Johnny Marr -> Neil Finn -> ? -> Shayne
But I couldn't get that elusive local link between Neil and Shayne.
Howzabout a new international challenge. Totally off the top of me head, no knowledge of whether the link can be found or not...
Tom Jones
Tom Jones was in 'Mars Attacks' with ...
Tom Jones was in 'Mars Attacks' with Michael J Fox
Who was in the Frighteners by Peter Jackson, as was Barnaby from the Black Seeds
Barnaby's in The Dub Connection with Toby Laing
Toby's on the latest Dimmer single
oooh, movie links. very lateral. ...
oooh, movie links. very lateral. nice.
your turn.
Hmmmm. Noizyboy....
Hmmmm.
Noizyboy.
aha. see the jeremy taylor link-up ...
aha. see the jeremy taylor link-up below.
noizy -> jez taylor -> tom berteis -> bic runga -> shayne
howzabout...
Eminem
In 8 Mile with Brittany Murphy who was ...
In 8 Mile with Brittany Murphy who
was in Riding in Cars with Boys with Drew Barrymore
who was in Ever After with Melanie Lynsky
who was in Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson...
Wait, that's 7 isn't it?