RUMOURS

Rip It Up, Issue 52, 1 November 1981, Page 3

RUMOURS

George Kay

UK & USA Specials have hung up their pork pie hats. First to leave were Lynval, Terry and Neville, whose Fun Boy Three have a 45 out already ('The Lunatics have taken over the Asylum’). Roddy Radiation has 'skabilly' band Tearjerkers, while rest may continue, reverting to old name Special aka ... speaking of Pork Pie, the movie of the mini got rave NME review, which is more than the Screaming Meemees got "kiwis influenced by Monkees relinquish . poor article." ... Orange Juice have moved from Postcard to Polydor, new single is A 1 Green classic 'L.O.V.E.' ... Stiff Little Fingers have parted company with drummer Terry Reilly. New man is Dolphin Taylor, ex TRB ... Tom Robinson's Sector 27 have split and Tom is back with Danny Kustow ... look for Roy Carr/Charles Shaar Murray pixie book, David Bowie: An Illustrated Record ... tracks on Joy Division final outing, Still are: 'lce Age', 'Walking In Line', 'The Kill' from 1977 sessiems; 'Glass' from Factory sampler; 'Exercise One', 'Sound Of Music' from John Peel sessions; 'Dead Souls' (B-side); 'Sister Ray' (live, London 3.4.80); 'Ceremony', 'Shadowplay', 'Means To An End', 'Passover', 'New Dawn Fades',

'Transmission', 'Disorder', 'lsolation', 'Decades', 'Digital' (last gig, Birmingham 2.5.80); 'The Only Mistake', 'Something Must Break'. By the way, parts for Still have just arrived in Enzed. Factory is getting faster! Vinyl near our stores includes Elvis Costello Almost Blue, Mink De Ville Coup De Grace, Cars Shake It Up, Madness 7, Human League Dare: near our shores include Passage Degenerates, Bauhaus Mask, Pete Shelley Homosapien, Chas Jankel Chasanova, Bad Manners Gosh It's, Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club, Jerry Harrison The Red & The Black, Skids Joy, Slits Return Of The Giant Slits, Carlene Carter Blue Nun: not near our shores Let Them Eat Jellybeans (North American punk sampler). Auckland Kiwi vinyl that is imminent includes Blams 'Don't Fight It Marsha It's Bigger. Than Both Of Us', Meemees 'Sunday Boys'/'At At' (LP February), NZ Pop 'Holidays'/Oz 'Ritz' (LP January), Blind Date 'Local Dance'/'ln My Dreams', Steroids 'Sign Of The Times'/'Shadows', Danse Macabre Between The Lines EP and Clean Boodle Boodle Boodle EP ... Macabre have track on. UK compilation by

Nigel Hicks From The Sticks Burnham ...Dum Dum Boys are recording LP. Death Or Glory. . Saxist, Simon Clark • has . left the ' Newmatics and they've added a trombone player, Chris Watts ... Bryan Ripper Staff has moved to 2ZM. Auckland will never be the same ... Bombers are now a duo ... ex Plague dude, Dave Parkyn has 12" EP From The Resistance (with Ivan Zagni on guitar) ... The Dead Can Dance is new Melbourne band with ex Marching Girls, Ronnie

and Des. Mandrill Studios engineer, Graeme Myhre received an Ampex Golden Reel Award for his work on Gary Numan's Telekon. New at Mandrill are engineer Phil Yule and Stuart Pearce (ex Hammond Gamble Band). After six years in Earle St, Mandrill have installed their 16-track equipment into their York St premises adjacent to the 24-track A Studio. New late night venue is Bogart's in Elliot St. New Coup D'Etat (Harry Lyon, Neil Hannan, Steve Garden, Stuart Pearce) will reside there from

Nov 19 ... on the same evening the cellar bar of the DB Tavern (comer of Wellesly St & Albert St) opens with Danse Macabre and Missing Tremble. Winners of the 1981 Recording Industry Awards are: SINGLE OF THE YEAR 'Dr I Like Your Medicine' (Coup D'Etat), ALBUM Dave McArtney & the Pink Flamingos, MALE VOCALIST Dave McArtney, FEMALE VOCALIST Suzanne Prentice, GROUP Dave McArtney & Pink Flamingos, MOST PROMISING GROUP Screaming Meemees, PRODUCER Bruce Lynch (Dave McArtney), ENGINEER Dave

Hurley/Graham Myhre (Dave McArtney), SLEEVE David Hollis. The Corporation Wellington The Terminus is going to operate as a venue on Friday nights henceforth. Rawa House has quietly established itself as an excellent small venue for quieter acts. Recent gigors have included Spines (EP out around now), Innocent, Naked Spots and Smelly Feet.^EpyPQU^fl Mockers are out of action for a while after Andrew Fagan collapsed with glandular fever after Christchurch gigs, forcing the band to pull out of Echo and the Bunnymen support. Innocent will turn fulltime end of summer ... numerous ex Rodent personnel who have failed, to settle a new line-up in the Capital, will head for Auckland ... Andrew Clouston has left Neighbours. V ' Smelly Feet did some recording while passing through town and is reported to be thinking of using a band for a recording. However possibility of reforming Shoes denied. Les Crew

Christchurch Playthings have recorded their second single, 'Beateye View'/ 'lnstrumental'. The band will tour West Coast and North Island early next year ... Mainly Spaniards have a 3-track recorded. Tracks are 'All Night', 'Questions' and 'That's What Friends Are For' ... the Pin Group hope to record their third 45, 'The Power'/'Flies on The Wall' at EMl's Wellington studio, to follow their current smash 'Coat'/'Jim' (Flying Nun 003). The band are seeking a fourth member to fill out their sound. Auditions are currently being held. Direct Descendants are in a state of disarray. When they return will have a new name, new material and a new line-up, including Murray Couling ... long time cult hero Bill Direen is planning a performing/recording unit called On Going Things the genius recluse is thought to be negotiating with Nun's Roger Shepherd over the release of the legendary Vacuum tapes, including 'Love In in the Retail Trade'. Bill is involved in Campbell McClean 20-track album being recorded at Nightshift studios ... with 5 songs recorded Pedestrians are looking for rehearsal space and a new drummer ... following Hey Clint demise, Desmond Brice is forming a new group with Norman Duftie (drums, ex Vacuum and Volkswagens) and Mike Williams (guitar, ex Vauxhalls) ... Terraces

Brendan Cheyne (guitar/ vocals), Roland de Beer (drums/ vocals) and Peter Brennan (bass) are recording an EP for January release. ChCh bands heading for Dunedin include Newtones (mid November), Ballon D'essai and Mainly Spaniards (early December). Laura Mitchell/Rose Stapleton Due to sound complaints the Russley has closed to bands ... Rick Tindal has left Solatudes. Now they are three ... the Dramatix and Strand have split but members will form new bands ... new are Clients, Proteges and Dance Exponents (band has demoed at Arnolds) ... Wrong Way Corrigan Band did three sell-out nights on West Coast. Zero Bars will record at Tandem soon and head north in March ... Blams with Otis Mace & Rex Reason will play Paparua Prison and Invercargill ... Newz return in December with new 45 ... end of school term dance at Caledonian Hall will star Penknife Glides and Danse Macabre ... Thumbs of Brass reside in Nelson over summer at Lennons. Music World are looking for recording stars ... John Harrington has taken over ChCh Entertainment Bureau and is looking for bands. Phone him at 266-256. Jim Wilson Dunedin Mick Dawson has left Broken Models to return to Australia. In January, Doug Hood with 4-track will record four Dunedin bands Sneaky Feelings, Verlaines, Chills and Stones. The Shoreline has taken over the Hotel Taieri and opened it as a venue for bands ... Mr X, one of Prams' gigs was turned off because of noise problems at the Lion Tavern. New bands: Moving Parts (ex Oyster Soup amongst others), Back to Front (all-Chinese lineup playing mainly NZ songs) and lastly, Red Rooster (consisting of ex Flying Backwards and ex Scooter members). Shake and break-Ups: ex Bored Games' Shane Carter's band Sparkling Whine has already folded ... drummer Jeff Harford has joined After the Fall (new name for Requiem Paradise) as co-vocalist. The Chills are preparing for an exclusive stint at Pandora's box.