looking for a little help.
friend was listening to the radio the other day (the rock) and heard a song he liked. chorus was something like:
"we are, tired of waiting, tired of waiting here"
anyone know what song this is?
he is "singing" the tune in my ear as i type (not helping though) so please consider this an EMERGENCY
anyone got comments on the big day out?
i thought the whole thing was pretty average. i didn't really enjoy any of the bands, and the highlight for me was probably the $6 icecream (mmmm, strawberry...)
i got there in the afternoon and saw a couple of bands at the local produce stage. it was actually nice to hang out there cos it wasn't very full. the electric confectionaires were alright in a cute sorta "north shore" way, and motocade were alright as well. the thing that struck me most about motocade was how crappy the bassist was. spose thats not the best thing to remember about a band! (oh, that, and that the guitarist was totally porno)
at 4:45 i went to the green stage to see battles, only to have my ears raped by "the nightwatchman". sounds like: staind covering bob dylan. he even tried to pull out dirty deeds. wtf. and when i asked a security guard where battles were at, he points at the stage and says "that guy must be battles". LOL
watched the last few bands on the main stages from the stands. this wouldve been a nicer experience had the people in the stands above us not been pouring beer and vodka on us all night. shihad were (as always) a great live act, but other than the big hits, all the songs came off a bit samey. bjork was fun to watch, but felt weird on a main stage sandwiched between two rock acts. i think it could've been better in the boiler room.
ratm were good but overall i think i enjoyed the crowd reaction more than the actual band. after that i was intending on staying for supergroove, but when i got there i couldn't see anything or hear very well so we just left.
i might skip next years bdo, i think i'm getting too old and cranky for it. i'll go if hanson play though!
i always think of him as "mr minto", cos he was my high school science teacher. he was a pretty cool teacher, too!
has anyone seen how easy it is to register as a third party?
hmmm... a bit of the ol' mass registration might be fun.
http://www.elections.org.nz/parties/apply-list-third-party.html
// "our challenge is to continue what each successive generation of Americans has done... make the world greater".
HA! thanks for that. i just did a little LOL at work.
Jungle Mungus were a trilogy ov story tellers from a place in time but have now disbanded into the void of existence that is life. Parting ways back in late 2005 these boys were at the point that makes or breaks a band, and sadly they broke. right upon the eve of there first heat for the RDU band comp.( They had it I tells ya.)
Any how they formed three years earlier in a room on Worcester st at a flat were there was much enthusiastic drinkin and life living. I wont drop names butt they all came from different backgrounds. 1 from the South, 2 from the north. MAGIC.
There were three sets over the years. The original set version 0.1 starting with "Too Welcome" & "Disection" a retarded balled about a crazy guy who dismembered his member, also featuring the fantastic "What" & "Petes a pizza brain". Then came the greatest hits such as E is for Egg & T.H.I.S (This hit is shit) which lead to a third set, with good old "Refurtoe Bopius" and the crooning joy of "Seven men" & "Toothless ache". Before the boys disbanded the fourth set was in production starting with "Zombies it is" & "Mylester the Clown" ( A song about a clown who kept gettin melested by children and it drove him mad.) These last 2 songs only ever being heard by one other person.
There once was a party at "The house of Mungus" that featured "Cripple Mr Onion" and "Maestro Cooltones and the Phantasmacies" that was a mad house. The floor was shaking there were people swingin/hanging from the roof and general disarray and disorder contributing to a house of nonsense. Good times!
There first gig was at one of the historic Atigua party's in ChCH.
A tall dreaded guy played Guitar and sang (alot, & quite awful sometimes too.)
Another dreaded guy played Bass and sang sometimes. (Butt layed the brutal roar down when it had to be done!)
And yet another dreaded chap played Drums and sang for one song. (in a style much his own!)
The old skool recordings (no vox) V0.1
Party at The House of Mungus. A dat recording of a gig at there loft.
Greatest hits. recorded at mainz in chch.
Luma demos and home demos/ recordings.
"Fungelton Munglegus's dancing shoes" a comp of previous mungus recordings.
Dont think there are any bar this one.
Just a Phase is a 3-piece band from the North Shore of Auckland.<!--break-->
Just A Phase is made up of Simon on bass, Richard on guitar and Chuck on drums. They got together one sunny afternoon in late 2003 after Simon wrote a song during an English exam.
The band draw there influences from many bands such as Sommerset, Anti-Flag, Frenzal Rhomb and even Elemeno P.
Their first EP was recorded at the Rock Factory in Auckland.
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Just Like Always, a four-piece punk/rock band from Wellington<!--break-->
Just Like Always formed early 2002. Their debut 6 track EP Fast As You Can, was unleashed in July 2003 with a release gig at Bodega in Wellington.
The band began life as a group of mates jaming along to covers in preparation for a one-off covers gig for friends at The Cross Bar, Wellington. Following the successful gig and some line-up changes, the band focused on writing original material. Many evenings practicing at flats and later the Factory (RIP!) followed. The band played shows regularly at Wellington venues such as Valve, Bodega, Indigo and Underground Arts.
Shaun went on to form rock band Stingfish, who released two cds before disbanding in May 2007.
http://www.myspace.com/stingfishband
Simon went on to form Wellington punk band Cop Car, who will release their debut album in 2008.
http://www.myspace.com/copcar
Rigaz went on to form Wellington Metal/Hard Rock band Nort who are expected to release their debut album late in 2007.
http://www.myspace.com/nortnz
Feroz went on to form Wellington hardrock covers band Two lane Blacktop 2007
Final Lineup:
Shaun Jones - Vocals, guitar
Simon Allison - Guitar
Sean Rigby (Rigaz) - Drums
Morgan Vocoder - Bass
Past members:
Feroz Ali 'The Fearinator'
Chris Eade
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Just One Fix is a four piece metal/rock band from Auckland.<!--break-->
Just One Fix formed in December 1998 playing their first gig two weeks after singer Eden Palmer joined the band. Since then they have played over fifty gigs. The band have played most venues around Auckland such as the Powerstation, Papa Jacks, the Web Bar and the Beam Bar, just to name a few, and have played some parties also.
They were the resident band at the Beam Bar until rhythm guitarist Chris Mcadam and was replaced by singer Eden, as he had played guitar for years.
Just One Fix has played live on TV show Ground Zero in October 1999 playing their song Behind the Shadow which, along with the track, One Man has had alot of airplay on Paul Martin's Axe Attack show on The Rock 90.2 FM. The band has played two major gigs at the Powerstation with the first being Mosh 2000 in May and the Friday 13th gig in October 2000. They played at the Greenmans Big Day After party in the Greenmans back yard in January 2000. Also in 2000 they played five of their original songs live to air on Greenys show.
In August 2001 with a new bass player Vinnie Cathcart on board, the band opened Megadeth's only New Zealand show to great responses. A big break took place over 2002 with singer Eden leaving the band. Drummer Dan also parted ways with the band but Sharne, the only original member left wanted to keep the band going. He & bassist Vinnie jammed with G-Force in a cover band called KFD, which also featured Matt from Sinate and 8 Foot Sativa. They were so impressed by G-Force's outstanding drumming that they asked her to join the band which she did, meaning they now only required a vocalist to get the band back into action.
Sharne, at a bar at the time ran into Riccardo & while having a drink together mentioned to Sharne that if they were still looking for a singer he would like to try out. He did & got the gig as the new vocalist in Just One Fix. Since then Vinnie has left & Ants has joined on bass. Since then, the band has recorded three new songs & has been featured on the Axe Attack & C4's show Amped.
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Mestar are a pop/rock band from Dunedin<!--break-->
Mestar started in Dunedin in 1996. John White and Stefan Bray first met in a high school maths class. Inside the back covers of their exercise books, they noticed similar daydream scribbles. Ever since, with the assistance of Ian Wilson's drumology, they have been a perfect pairing for the study and practise of pop and rock science.
The lineup has stayed the same ever since, but has enjoyed occasional live guest star's including Jay Clarkson, Cloudboy's Demarnia Lloyd, and Christchurch rocker Reta LeQuesne.
The first recording project was a four-track EP of 6 songs. One song which was lost in a taxi on it's way to be mastered, was replaced by a hastily recorded L. Is Poison to fill the EP to its original length. This song was so much liked by Arc Cafe manager Elliott Young, that it ended up on the first Arclife compilation and started Mestar's grounding in Arc Cafe's music scene.
In 1998 the trio released their first album called Mestar, which received three NZ b.net award nominations for 'Best Rock/Pop Release', 'Best New Act' and Best Indie Release'. Real Groove made it album of the month in December Steamer EP in 2000, another NZ b.net award nomination for 'Best Indie Release' and reviews such as Real Groove June 2000 "Mestar peak again with more all original swinging dirty guitar pop".
Mestar released Porcupine, another full length album, in 2002.
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John Rowles is a singer born in Whakatane.<!--break-->
He was best know for his hit song Cheryl Moana Marie, released in 1969.
John Rowles was born on 26th March 1947 in Whakatane and raised in Kawerau in the Bay Of Plenty. His parents were Eddie and Phyllis Rowles. Eddie played on the wing and three-quarter for the Maori All Black's in 1938, and was also a talented singer. John had five sisters, Georgina, Carol, Gabrielle, Cheryl and Tania, and two brothers, Edward and Wally. Edward unfortunately died when John was two, and out of respect for him, John adopted his name as his middle name throughout his career. Wally had a small singing career himself, originally going under the name Frankie Price, before changing to Frankie Rowles.
John's musical background is quite extensive with his first performance being at the age of 10, when he entered a local talent quest and sang "All Shook Up", taking out first prize. Whilst still at school he organised a group called the Shadows, named after the original group, and John played lead guitar. His father managed the group and they played at local dances at weekends. He was encouraged by his father and he even bought him his first electric guitar.
In 1962, when he was 15, John left school and got a job in a forestry camp. However, music was of prime importance in John's life and when he was sixteen he moved to Auckland where he acquired a job as a guitar player in a club. When the vocalist there became ill, John took over the vocal duties as well. While in Auckland he had a short spell with Sonny Day and the Sundowners, and it was while with them that he met Eddie Low.
John and Eddie moved to Australia in 1963 after signing a nine month contract to sing at the Riverside Inn in Melbourne. After that contract expired, John moved to Sydney and joined a group called the Dingdongers. John stayed with them for about a year and during his time with them, the group changed their name to the Sundowners.
By 1966, still in Australia, John had decided to go solo and secured the services of New Zealand promoter Graham Dent as his manager. Graham had previously been responsible for the successful career of Johnny Devlin and had also managed Max Merritt and the Meteors for a while. Graham gave John a new image, changed his hair style, new mod clothes and impressed upon him the importance of putting effort and action into his music and performances. Dent organised to have John appear on Australian television's "New Faces Of 1966". At this stage Dent had him performing under the name "The Secret", and he was so popular that there were huge numbers of offers for work. Dent kept him away from the promoters and press until after he had made an appearance on "Bandstand". He then launched John to the Australian music world as JA-AR and promoters were scrambling to sign him up.
John's first single as a soloist was released in 1966 on both the Sunshine and Komotion labels in Australia as JA-AR and was called The End (Of The Rainbow)/You Still Love Him. This was followed early in 1967 with Please Help Me I'm Falling/Girl Girl Girl just on the Sunshine label. Owing to his television exposure, both singles did quite well.
In 1967, John went to England where he met up with producer Mike Leander. Mike was impressed with John and together they started planning John's attack on the British market. England already had Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck, but with careful selection of songs, Mike was convinced that John could have the same level of impact.
The first release in England came early in 1968 and was If I Only Had Time/Now Is The Hour. This was a huge hit, reaching number 3 on the British charts, number 6 in Australia and number 2 in New Zealand. A self titled album containing the hit was also released.
The follow-up single, not from the album, later in 1968 was almost as popular as the first. Hush Not A Word To Mary/The Night We Called It A Day reached 12 on the British charts, 11 in Australia and number 9 in New Zealand.
At the end of the year John returned to New Zealand and received a huge reception. He performed at sell-out concerts and had suddenly become New Zealand's largest international star. In 1968 John was awarded the NEBOA "Entertainer Of The Year". He returned to England and early in 1969, his second album That Lovin' Feeling was released.
There were no singles released from this album, but very close behind it in 1969 came another album, which was originally released as The Exciting John Rowles and used the same cover as his first album, but this was re-released in late 1969 as Cheryl Moana Marie. The only difference between the two albums, other than the cover, is the song My Girl Maria on the first, is replaced by Cheryl Moana Marie on the second.
These albums were by far his best selling and from them came a number of successful singles. The first was The Pain Goes On Forever/All My Love's Laughter in 1969, and although it didn't chart in England, it was a number 4 hit in New Zealand. The next single was M'Lady/Say Goodbye and again this did well in New Zealand, reaching the top of the charts. This was followed by One Day/I Must Have Been Out Of My Mind and It Takes A Fool Like Me/When You Walk Away.
John went on sell-out tours that included places like Italy, Germany and Spain. Also in 1969 John was invited to represent New Zealand in the Rio De Janeiro Song Festival. He wrote a song especially for the event and it was called Cheryl Moana Marie, named after one of his sisters. There were 42 countries represented at the festival and John's song was voted in at number 5.
When released as a single, Cheryl Moana Marie/I Was A Boy again reached the number one position on the New Zealand charts, number 20 in Australia and was his first charted record in the USA, where it reached number 64. What was unusual was that it never charted in England. Cheryl Moana Marie has sold millions of copies over the years and is John's best selling single of all time. Another album was released called John Rowles Sings Time For Love, but this was soon repackaged as John Rowles Sings Cheryl Moana Marie as the song began to sell all over the world.
Although his singles and albums continued to be released in Britain, John only ever charted there with his first two singles. He never again graced their charts and found that his future was now in the USA. He started singing in the hotels all over the USA and appearing on television. He was likened to Elvis Presley and had no problem getting offers in any Las Vegas hotel. He also spent a lot of time performing in Hawaii and over the years, he based himself there, and was presented with Hawaii's highest entertainment award.
In 1971 came the release of Saying Goodbyes.
In 1972, still at the young age of 25, John signed a 5 year contract with the Royal Hawaiian Hotel to sing in their Monarch Room. This is the famous hotel in Waikiki also known as the Pink Palace. Hawaii was the perfect place for John to base himself, as it was halfway between New Zealand and the US mainland, both of which he traveled to frequently. During this period he didn't record very much new material and over the next few years there were a number of compilation albums released. In 1972 came If I Only Had Time and in 1973 the double album called John Rowles Gold.
In 1974 John was back in New Zealand and performed a most memorable concert which I had the pleasure of seeing. This concert was preserved on the album Live Back Home.
In 1976 came another compilation called Rowled Gold, and it wasn't until 1978 that any real new material appeared. Another sister provided the inspiration for John to write a new single. Called Tania, it was another massive hit around the world, reaching number one in New Zealand, and number 39 in Australia in 1978. An album of new material was released to take advantage of the success of the single and it was called This Is My Life.
1980 was a good year for John. He sang at a Royal Command Performance before Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke Of Edinburgh in Auckland, and was also awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire) for his contribution to the music industry and also as an ambassador, the promotion of New Zealand overseas. An album called Rhythm Of The City was also released that year.
The album Another Chapter was released in 1982 and it contained an excellent version of Island In The Sun, which had reached number 4 on the New Zealand charts in November 1981. At the same time there was another compilation released called Gold.
1984 saw the release of The Very Best Of John Rowles and an album called In The Portrait Of My Mind.
The albums kept coming over the next couple of years, with the release of Pearls, Love Songs, Now And Then and a compilation that was shared with Engelbert Humperdinck, whose name was miss-spelt on the cover. In 1988 came In My Wildest Dreams and then in 1990, John went to Auckland to perform a one-off concert at the Aotea Centre. It was a special night and there was a guest performance by his sister Tania, with whom he did a duet, and also featured a song written by John and a friend Dalvanius for his older sister Gabrielle, who had passed away. The night was captured on the CD John Rowles Live In Concert. Tania Rowles had previously recorded a single herself in 1986 called Don't Turn Around.
In 1991 he released the album From A Distance, which was recorded in Sydney and produced by Mike Harvey. It is an inspirational album and has been a big seller in Australia. The next album was Soul And Affection and this came out in 1992. Giver And Taker Of Love was another album released in 1998.
The millennium year saw the release of a collection consisting of 6 volumes, known as Voice Of A Legend - The Millennium Collection. The set contains over 100 songs.
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yes! i've once waited more than an hour and a half for a certain band to take the stage after the previous band had finished. when they started playing i was so over it, i went somewhere else.
they weren't having gear problems though, they were just pissing around drinking beer, being social, and playing "hard to get".
Joed Out are an industrial rock band from Auckland<!--break-->
Joed Out started as a four piece, practicing in the front room of a Symonds Street slum, in Auckland. They played a few gigs and had a bit of fun. Unfortunately though in the middle of 2000, two members left the band. The remaining members, Andrew Maitai and Ben Barrett, continued as a two piece.
They retreated to New Lynn, where they began writing songs and recording them on a 4-track. One Sunday afternoon at Kings Arms, over a few steins of ale, Ben and Andrew happened upon someone playing piano and singing songs that sang like Sebadoh. He happened to play bass (amongst other things). His name was Matty B, already popularized by his inclusion on the Crawlspace Kiwi Music Sampler (7).
They set to work practicing and writing songs, with Matty B contributing his compositions too. For over a year these three played around town. In mid 2001 they released the Floorshow EP, selling them at gigs and the institution that was Crawlspace Records (RIP). In 2002 the band went down different paths for a while. Ben concentrating on the Feyodor album, and Matt and Andrew creating the Dead Souls Song Collective.
In September of 2002, the band reformed twice for Andrew's 40th and Ben's 21st birthday parties. They resolved after that to release a whole albums worth of material that had been recorded but sat gathering dust in a scummy Grafton flat. They called it Heroes & Zeroes. Justin Schilder guitarist for Chicane agreed to tidy the songs up a bit at his Saltlick Studio. The band liked what Justin did. Justin liked the band. So Joed Out became 4 piece once again.
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Jetty were a four piece punk/folk outfit from Dunedin. <!--break-->
Jetty first started recording in 1997, and split up in 1998. They reformed again in October 1999 but are now no longer together.
Soundtracks for modern heart break self released DEBUT in 98.To be rereleased in early 2008 through Powertool records with new artwork from the late Cathy Tane. Also on Arc Compilation WHITE BOYS ON PUNK and a DIVO comp ANGST ANGER AND DECAY. Split single with kitset ANGST ANGER AND DECAY
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// I really like a band to tell me a) who they are
ok yeah i do agree with that. however, even if they don't say who they are (or they do, but all you hear is intoxicated mumble mumble), you could easily find out by asking someone around you or just checking out the gig poster. spose introducing the songs is good too, but i hate backstory. just play the song - i don't care about how you wrote it when you were on drugs in christchurch!
not including the band themselves.
i would most like to be the hot girl walking around in michael jackson's "the way you make me feel" video. she has a great mullet too!
flipside: i would hate to be the poor girl in "butterfly" (name of crappy nu-metal band eludes me right now) who has to kiss that ugly oily "man" at the end. ew ew ew!!
i've got musical A.D.D., which means i can't even listen to a song the whole way through before skipping to the next tune (yes i'm one of THOSE people). in my perfect world....
please add your own and also rip mine to shreds. thanks!
Jester were a four piece pop/rock band from Auckland<!--break-->
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Jennifer Says are a pop/folk band from Wellington<!--break-->
In 1999 Kim Potter returned to Wellington from a stint in Europe to put together a band. Evan Williams was busy with the covers outfit Atomic, but was eventually coaxed into joining Jennifer Says.
The band completed a short tour of New Zealand's North Island in November 1999, including dates at Gisbourne's Number 9 bar, The Temple, and Raglan's Milkbar.
In March 2000 Jennifer Says headed into Gil Craig's flying saucer studios to record four songs for independent release. In June that year, they released Regular Tones at Wellingon's Valve Bar with new bass player Matt Newdick.
August 2000 saw the song Metronome go straight to #1 on Vision100 FM and sit there for seven weeks. A new Drummer joins - Anthony Davies, fresh out of Massey Jazz School in Wellington.
2000 - Regular Tones
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The Jean Paul Sartre Experience were an indie rock band on Flying Nun Records.<!--break-->
They were later renamed JPS Experience after a lawsuit by the estate of Jean-Paul Sartre.
Dave Yetton and Gary Sullivan first came upon the band name after labelling a friend "The Existential Experience" as he battled the demons of psylocibin abuse. Next, a band was born out of the necessity to get "the Jean Paul Sartre Experience" onto a poster.
The place of birth was Woolston, Christchurch - hometown of bass-player Dave, but not drummer Gary, who hailed from Invercargill. Two more boys from Woolston, a western Christchurch suburb famous for very little, joined in and the Experience became a happening thing. David Mulcahy and Jim Laing added guitars with roughly six strings to the brew and the band set forth with the creed "one world, one love, one God, one child per family." A noise was ready to be made.
The Jean Paul Sartre Experience played around Christchurch through 1985, culminating the year with a successful performance at the Flying Nun Xmas Party. They followed a self-released cassette with an appearance on student radio's Weird Culture, Weird Custom compilation and then mid-1986 saw the band unleash the first salvo in their Flying Nun career - the critically lauded five song EP, Jean Paul Sartre Experience. Recorded and produced at Nightshift in Christchurch by the band and their soundman, Rob Pinder, the EP's two sides -- labelled 'quiet' and 'rock music' - laid down an unfrenetic groove that interested a lot of people in these artful youngsters from Christchurch.
The next release was a full album called Love Songs, recorded in Auckland and Christchurch, and released by Flying Nun in 1987. The album was a cheeky grab-bag assortment that mixed Prince-y moves like Let There Be Love with purely white boy guitar strum in the form of Grey Parade and Transatlantic Love Song and threw in the clean pop of the single I Like Rain for good measure.
US label Communion were excited enough by the JPSE sound to release a version of Love Songs that mixed the best of both these releases, and American critics joined with the praise locals had been heaping on the band. A "dreamy romantic masterpiece" swooned one critic and that wasn't even the worst of it...
Live, the Experience continued to develop in new directions. By the time Love Songs was in the shops, the band had moved on and were beginning to experiment with samples and other new technology. The group's three singer-songwriters (Jim Laing, David Mulcahy and Dave Yetton) had a sackful of tunes and in 1988 they recorded the album The Size Of Food at Wellington's Writhe studio. Wider in sound and with more muscle in its use of dynamics, The Size Of Food was released by Communion in America and in 1990 by Flying Nun, as one of the first releases of the company's new joint venture with Mushroom Records and distribution arrangement with Festival in NZ.
In 1991, JPSE (now pretty much permanently resident in Auckland) released the single Precious - a pure slice of the band's wired guitar pop which was an all-but-hit here in NZ. That year, keyboardist Russell Baillie was added to the line-up prior to the recording of the single. However, after they completed a couple of NZ and Australian tours and composed and recorded music for the soundtrack to Alison Maclean's movie, Crush, the group decided that guitars rule and reverted to being a quartet in early 1992.
The JPSE began recording their new album in July 1992, working with producer Mark Tierney (of the Strawpeople) at Airforce studio in Auckland. With a wealth of material recorded, it was decided to precede Bleeding Star with a four song EP entitled Breathe, which was released in October 1992.
The EP showed JPSE continuing to work creative wonders in the studio. In the space of just four songs, Breathe managed to be a trip through the band's multi-hued dream pop soundscape - launching from the sly accessibility of Breathe and Into The Sky, before the menacing Kickback segues quite naturally into the more wistful closer Block. Breathe reached the New Zealand Top 10 in November 1992.
i found another list here. some double-ups from the previous list though.