Per capita, seriously - New Zealand produces the best music.

[Wat_Tyler]

Split Enz
The Chills
Straightjacket Fits
The Verlaines
Toy Doll
The Clean
Jean Paul Sartre Experience
Crowded House
Chris Knox
The Mutton Birds

all those other bands on Flying Nun I can remember until I need to mention them, and then, only then, do I forget.

[Ellen Forradalom]

1. The Xpressway crowd

Peter Jeffries, Graeme Jeffries, and the two of them together as This Kind of Punishment
Alastair Galbraith, solo and in Plagal Grind
Sandra Bell

and, who else?
Look Blue, Go Purple
Trash
The Dead C

Kiwis rock!

[Wat_Tyler]

2. Thank you - many more bands out there.

Forgot The Datsuns, didn't I?

[tuvor]

6. Do I have NZ to thank for Motherfucker from Hell?

Best damn dumb rock song since Love Removal Machine.

I bow to you!

[Wat_Tyler]

9. Yeah. It fuckin' rocks, dude!

[Ellen Forradalom]

8. There's a special relationship between Chicago and the Dunedin scene

Ajax Records in Chicago reissued some of the Xpressway titles.

My ex followed Peter Jeffries and Alastair Galbraith on tour in the mid-90s and made a documentary of it, "Head in the Clouds."

The Chicago music writer Bill Meyer, who writes occasional critics' choices for the Reader, knows a lot of these folks and is an expert on that scene.

I myself have had the great pleasure of seeing performances by Alastair Galbraith, Peter Jeffries, Sandra Bell, Trash, and Chris Knox.

[Wat_Tyler]

10. That's really cool - there's a fraternity of rock n' roll cities.

Dunedin - Chicago - Glasgow - Manchester - Melbourne - Vancouver - Seattle - New York - Boston etc. See? Rock n' Roll's a force for world peace!

[tuvor]

3. You forgot the Swingers!

[Wat_Tyler]

11. I forgot lots.

Cheers.

[GRLMGC]

4. Well, per capita nt

[JVS]

5. Per capita it's antarctica

because no one lives there and they have this one penguin who can sing

[tuvor]

7. LOL

And I never write that unless I LOL.

[Beware the Beast Man]

12. And who could forget the Federals?

[Wat_Tyler]

17. Or The Byzantines, Solar Radio, The Magnates, The Geneva Convention...

[Beware the Beast Man]

18. And of course, OMC.

How bizarre, indeed!

[Wat_Tyler]

19. Why were they only one hit wonders?

WHY GOD, WHY?

[Beware the Beast Man]

21. The world is just not ready for Maori pop/rap

:cry:

[XNASA]

13. Sorry Wat, but since the population of Swindon is 157,000.....

And the best band in the world is from Swindon, that's would make it ONE phenomenal band for every 157,000 persons.

Swindon it is. ;-)

[Wat_Tyler]

22. Were Shriekback really that good?

[RandomKoolzip]

14. Can't forget Human Instinct.....

Amazing, hot, psychedelic NZ band operational between 67-73 with a stand-up drummer (like the Butthole Surfers!) and Maori guitar genius Billy TK squeezing out riffs.

They released three records in their lifetime, but the second, "Stoned Guitar," is widely regarded as their best.

[Wat_Tyler]

20. I'll check that out.

[sniffa]

15. incLuding the best band ever!!!!

OCM

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

16. You're off your meds again. Nurse!!

NURSE!!!!