Auckland Rumours

Rip It Up, Issue 9, 1 March 1978, Page 3

Auckland Rumours

L.B. Sands

Schtung have been building up a healthy following with their residency at the Royal International Hotel. If you want a night of excellent music, try the Cascade Bar, Royal International Hotel, Auckland. Tuesdays to Thursdays . . . Hello Sailor have a fan club. Would-be fans can write to P.O. Box 15477, New Lynn for further information. Send a stamped-addressed envelope Auckland's beat group, Citizen Band, have finally decided on a single from their myriad of sessions. It will be a triple play featuring “I Feel Good”, "My Pohutakawa" and “Good Morning Citizen” ... Although the Manurewa Rock Show was poorly attended, the people that bothered to attend got a chance to test some new groups. Tailor Made covered some familiar material well and Iceberg continued to spread their suburban neuroses with suitable distortion. The same show featured Alastair Riddell with guest keyboard player Jan Preston from the Red Mole Troupe. A vast improvement there. Riddell’s new single “What Good Does It Do Me” is being pressed at the moment ... Raoio B, the Auckland Varsity radio is coming across loud and clear on 950 khz. The programming is a relief for those oppressed by American Top 40 although I would have thought “Smoke on the Water” was a no-no in ’7B ... The DA ROX Club in Christchurch has achieved notoriety by featuring a new spate of groups. Doomed, Vandals, the Vauxhalls and Vacuum Blue Ladder all performed recently to a very enthusiastic, pogoing public. Looks like Wellington is still the place to leave if you want to bop. .. Although Split Enz are touring Poland, it is not predicted that they will defect. The group’s as yet unrecorded album is tentatively entitled Evil Thoughts and will be produced by themselves . . . Watch out for the Tourrists.