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Posted January 08, 2009
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At the recent MONSTER GIG at Christchurch’s glamorous crumbling Media Club, Bill Vosburgh handed Kawowski a single A4 sheet with a few paragraphs written on it all in capitals, relating to his earliest recollections of THE AXEMEN days in Christchurch (1983-1987). Luckily he stuck around and performed an incendiary blues rock set that night, as well [more...]
Posted August 03, 2009
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Not on the List? Looking to get some great kiwi bands to play at your FANTASTIC SOUTH ISLAND VENUE in LATE SEPTEMBER/EARLY OCTOBER? Contact Us immediately…. Your name could be here tomorrow… POSTER VARIANTS RECEIVED: Tues 4 Aug 09, Stu Kawowski
Posted November 01, 2009
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Reprinted from: http://thecrepeplace.com/ 30 October 2009 Santa Cruz Gig pre-nup Times New Viking, The Axemen, The Happy Hollows Times New Viking The Axemen The Axemen is a New Zealand band formed around 1981 in protest against the South African Springbok rugby team tour of New Zealand, a tour which created great controversy, especially as was in contradiction to New Zealand’s obligations [more...]
Posted December 02, 2008
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Reprinted with kind permission of Andrew Schmidt, http://mysterex.blogspot.com/ Originally posted on Mysterex Friday, 25 January 2008 Original Article: http://mysterex.blogspot.com/2008/09/song-for-world.html Smelly Feet – A Song For The World – Real Records 7” EP – September 1981. Smelly Feet – Masterpieces/ You’re A Person – Real Records 7” – February 1982. When Shoes This High’s Jessica and Kevin were away – which [more...]
Posted November 15, 2009
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Nutsacks abound here in the States. We have been privileged enough to sample some of the best goddam nuts the US has to offer, and the boys digged em so much they wrote a song about it. ‘Nutsack’ has become the trailblazing anthem for the axemen’s debut us tour with its unguarded gargantuan thrust, a melody worthy [more...]
Posted December 12, 2008
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Dragan Stojanovic, THE Dragan Stojanovic, is and will always be one of my very best friends but, as is the case with Bob Brannigan, I will always hate him for being a greater songwriter, in quality rather than quantity, and with the emphasis being on the songs polishedness and finishedness rather than the raw [more...]
Posted August 16, 2009
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Show Your support… join MICK ELBORADO IS INNOCENT now! ask the same of anyone awake or woken up. 1: appear in court and behave 2: walk to the crime scene gathering a motley crowd of the slightly curious hoping for more action. 3: make a very short speech calling upon tony mccone senior human resources officer to resign within [more...]
Posted October 25, 2009
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aka SCARY PT. IV an album of unreleased Sleek Bott recordings from the 1983-1985 cache JACKSON CREEK from the THREE VIRGINS sessions, Christchurch, April 1985 OM – STORY OF UNIVERSAL LOVE from the Feast of Flesh rehearsal, Dunedin, March 1984 (not the same version that appears on A SCAR IS BORN); features keyboards by George D. Henderson MOULDIE (LEG STORY) full version live from [more...]
Posted January 02, 2010
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Reprinted from: http://www.musicsnobbery.com/2009/11/times-new-viking-the-axemen-maxwells.html Times New Viking / The Axemen @ Maxwell’s So I neglected to post pictures and thoughts on the Times New Viking gig at Maxwell’s two weekends ago. Nothing much to report from the show, although I was a little surprised how small the crowd was for a somewhat name act. In any event, [more...]
Posted September 24, 2008
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Posted January 01, 2010
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Posted by:  Tactic Beeves Millet We were slightly apprehensive about playing in Morgantown, West Virginia, a student town which didn’t seem particularly on our tour path, just before thanksgiving when many of the students would have gone home. We needn’t have worried. Great venue, great people, one of the most generous drink tabs we encountered (up there with [more...]
Posted November 10, 2008
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Now is the hour to resurrect CRASS from the dead – i have seen the future and its not from Dial House – we need you out here in the colonies people.. lots of free land and slaves out here…. posted by: Cacti Bevel Tie Smelt
Posted October 06, 2009
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LAX, Los Angeles, CA Mon-Oct-26 391 mi – about 5 hours 55 mins (up to 7 hours 20 mins in traffic) Sacramento, CA Tue-Oct-27, Sacramento, CA – Luigi’s Fungarden 86.7 mi – about 1 hour 30 mins (up to 2 hours 10 mins in traffic) San Francisco, CA Thu-Oct-29 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill confirmed 72.8 mi – about 1 [more...]
Posted October 31, 2008
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When Bob left Christchurch to join Stu in Auckland in the late 80’s (by this time Stu was starting to fall apart) Steve decided he would join the french foreign legion. Being a long time advocate of gun proliferation and a big fan of french food, it seemed a good idea at the time. The [more...]
Posted November 26, 2008
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In the bathroom of the Clifford flats in Colombo Street Christchurch, tiny but complete with actual bath, number 1000 and something and housing some of the most dynamic musicians and artists in the city at this time (around 1984) lies still to this day a faded and weary print, the last remaining remnant of the [more...]

 


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