smokin' her wings: the bats & the datsuns 2010

Smokin' on a scorching afternoon ... The Bats and The Datsuns share the Auckland City Music in Parks 'Summer Sounds' stage at Nixon Park, Kingsland, Saturday February 27 2010.

The Bats

I missed Clap Clap Riot, arriving just as The Bats were playing 'Smoking Her Wings'. Above: Robert Scott and Kaye Woodward of The Bats.



Drummer Malcolm Grant, Kaye, and bassist Paul Kean.






The Datsuns

Ready for some Head Stunts ... above, Phil Buscke of The Datsuns.


Christian Livingstone and Dolf de Borst

studebaker ashtray: 1985

crawfish for elvis: lee harvey & the bagmen 1990

Lee Harvey and the Bagmen (and some jugglers getting in on the act) at the Silo Theatre, Auckland, sometime in mid-1990. On stage, from left: Lee Harvey (vocals, guitar), and the Bagmen: Peter McLennan (guitar), Tony de Raad (seated, bass), and drummer Bobbylon.


Lee Harvey. His "Security 198" six-track EP was released on Flying Nun in 1991, and included 'Crawfish for Elvis', a popular track on 95BFM at the time. The EP was named after the building on Queen St where (I think) some of the recording was done.


Peter McLennan and Tony de Raad.


Peter stays on guitar while Tony drums and Bobbylon picks up the bass.



(The Bagmen (minus Lee) were also the original lineup of the Hallelujah Picassos. By this time in 1990 the Picassos, with vocalist Roland Rorschasch, were playing their eclectic mash-up of reggae, ska, punk and rap to an ever-increasing number of fans. Hallelujah Picassos will rise again in 2010 with a remastered retrospective CD. Release date and details will be on their myspace and on Peter's blog. Not sure if there will be a reunion show...)

low tide, raglan harbour: 2006

Low tide at Lorenzen Bay, Raglan harbour. Autumn 2006.

glitch: NRA & the cakekitchen 1990

NRA at the Gluepot, April 1990. Several of these photos appeared with a gig review in the May 1990 issue of Stamp magazine.


Rex Vizible & Joost Langeveld








Bevan Sweeney & Rex



Support by The Cakekitchen - Robert Key, Graeme Jefferies & Rachael King.







Gigs are great, but there's nothing like the first breath of fresh sweet night air when it's all over … then waiting for a taxi at the intersection of College Hill and Ponsonby Rd.

the viaduct scene: winter 1986

July 1986: A cold winter night down at the Western Viaduct in Auckland.





The refloated Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior awaiting her one way trip to Matauri Bay. This was a year after l'affaire Greenpeace began. The convicted DGSE agents Captain Prieur and Commander Mafart were about to leave New Zealand to serve their sentences on Hao Atoll.

cracking through the walls: siouxsie & the banshees 1983

Siouxsie & the Banshees at Mainstreet, Auckland, February 14 1983.


The sweat poured off Steve Severin and down his bass. This was one of the hottest concerts I have ever been to. The walls and ceiling of Mainstreet were literally dripping wet.


Robert Smith of The Cure made a low key appearance as the Banshee's guitarist.