RUMOURS

Rip It Up, Issue 123, 1 October 1987, Page 40

RUMOURS

Auckland In the rush to finish off record pressing here, somehow an (excellent) cover version of the Spencer Davis Group’s hit ‘Keep on Running’ appeared on the B-side of the National Anthem single 'Wonderful Reason.’ I’m sure there’s a wonderful reason, somewhere ...Beaver goes to London this month for a two-week season at the prestigious London jazz club Ronnie Scott’s. Joining her will be bassist Andy Brown and pianist Geoff Castle. So she’s giving two farewell gigs at the Gluepot on Oct 16 & 17, with Billy Kristian, Tuhi Tumoti, Brian Smith and Peter Wood supporting. Tickets from Ponsonby's Soundhouse. Wrap Up is a seven track LP by David Eggleton, with rap, rant and rock, out on Partisan October 14 ... Herbs are doing some warm-up gigs this month before a major tour from Nov 13 ... the Elation Foundation leave for Melbourne possibilites in November... Tauranga R&B band is Beasley Street ... Rob Schrieber, ex-Texas Rangers, now fronts Jumping Bones... touring this month is acoustic guitarist Mike Harding, with a new album From the Edge out on City Folk Records, PO Box 919, Hastings ... the Warners go south this month, with a record on Onslaught out 500 n... issue three of Gisborne fanzine The Captain's Fanzine is out, with Verlaines and Dead Ken-

nedys articles. Write 64a Russell St, Gisborne. The Verlaines release their Bird Dog album soon both here and in the States. Their six weeks in Sydney began Aug 26 sharing gigs with Max Block and the Bats, the second night to 600. They played many pub gigs in central city, gaining reviews in On the Street and the Sydney Morning Herald "Metro” mag. Radio showed a lot of interest, with Graeme Downes being interviewed on Triple J-FM, among others ... ? Fog City Enterprises new band Surgical Brain Implant give debut gig at the City Hotel on Oct 30 & 31. They have a video for ‘Brian’ from their album ... Jamming With Edward have been playing inner city venues recently. They include on guitars John Glass, Edward Werry and Willy Siefiet from Measure for Measure, plus drummer Eugene Denison. Wellington Over 50 demo tapes have been received for the Student Radio compilation album ... Brent and Linda Murphy’s band Cowboys and Indians turned down the offer of resident band at the Cricketers because they don’t want the venue lost to touring bands ... Flesh D-Vice debuted new bassplayer Andy Drey at a private function at the BNFU ha 11... drummer Tim Robinson (ex-Jive Bombers, Neighbours) has joined the Rutherford-Brookes band ... the Brothers Gorganzola reformed for a final gig at the Rock Theatre, and offshoot band the Electric Church are recording at Writhe Studio ... the Rock Theatre is now operating on a

week-by-week lease, and are running three bands a night ... Dave Murphy and Marg Layton are touring their "blues and hokum” duo.

Skank Attack and Wazzo Ghoti missed out on getting their new 7“ singles pressed after Skank boss Steve Cochrane made comments on the pressing situation in the newspaper ... Frontier Studio has arranged pressing in Australia and are now able to do digital mastering. The first digital mix was for Taipan's new three-track EP which will be pressed by CBS in Sydney. They can also transfer analogue to digital. This should lift the veil of depression that has settled over local bands, and keep the recording studios working. Jonahs have their EP Bills of Happiness in the shops ... the new Wild Poppies single 'Where is Wellington’ is out now and the band is playing final gigs before heading to London. lan Morris aka Tex Pistol is working on an album at Soundtrax to follow up his successful (No 9 in the charts so far) Game of Love EP ... solo artists having completed recording singles are John Macßae, Derek Pearson and Scott George ... new band on the cafe circuit are Black Doris and the Plum Duffs ... the Madness to Mana compilation album featuring the Subdominants, l-Shence, Flying Poakas and Tim Golder recorded at Writhe and funded by a TAP scheme is finally in the shops ... the Sonic Circus will be held on October 31 with guests Ivan Zagni and Jonathan Besser the Capital band are recording an LP to be released through Kiwi Pacific ... new

trio Martha’s Vineyard playing Upstage ... the Crawbilly Creeps with their album in the can are shooting a video of their ‘Crawbilly Song’... new bands include Fallen Angels, Surgical Brain Implant, Geisha Girls, Blase Plag, the Wart... Kiwi Zoo are to be known as Kaihana JohnPiiley Christchurch Flying Nun look like solving the record pressing blues by signing a distribution deal with one of the major companies. They are also finalising details to release a good selection of Nun material in Germany, including the Chills, Gordons and Birds Nest Roys, and in case your record collection is looking boring keep an eye out for lotsa American and Australian indie imports coming your way soon through Flying Nun. Speaking of the ChHls, their album should be out in the next month or so. Audio Access have been busy recording the likes of Ricky and the Reflections and Tex Amplifier. The Audio Access Six of the Best contest provided some interesting entertainment at the Gladstone, and the six winners (Eklectic Club, Bel Air, Moa Hunters, Camelias, Wax Tadpole and Mea Culpa) will be recording in the studio fora compilation EP. Blue Factory Cassettes is a new outfit set up by Ljinon Mihell and Shayne O’Neill as a distribution company for local recordings that might not otherwise reach the shops. Enquiries to (03) 791-162 ... and just when you thought it was not safe to come out we receive news that the

Bush Inn is being renovated, renamed the Powerhouse, and could be the next big thing. It will certainly be interesting to see what happens as the venue plans to compete directly with MacKenzies. Bits ’n’ Pieces: Jaytee Enterprises/Alphabet Recordings are looking for new bands interested in work, phone 884-887 ... Spy Vs Spy Ltd have taken up residence at the New Zealander... Love Horror Web are heading for Auckland for gigs later this month ... Nelsh Bailter Space have recorded six tracks at Progressive ... and Soundman are running a second sound engineer’s course for ’B7 and as entries are limited anyone interested should apply at Soundman immediately. John Greenfield