RUMOURS NEW PLYMOUTH

Rip It Up, Issue 199, 1 March 1994, Page 28

RUMOURS NEW PLYMOUTH

The final curtain went down on Tension and Cleopatra Grip after their last gig in December while Warp Spasm have called it a day with band members leaving town... Peggy Gordon's Celtic Bar is continuing to throng with young and old looking for that Irish/ Scottish taste. Spiddoolin (a band from Ireland) played there recently . . . the successful bad publicity machine continues for Nefarious and the Goat Fucking Nun Rapers (GFNR). In a recent gig with Tauranga's Man With a Dog the already banned GNFR gained access to the venue after deceiving the manager by posing as another band. Naked GFNR guitarist Nigel Toxic in GG Allin form smashed, slashed and bashed his way through a set, resorting to animal-like obscenities resulting in indecency complaints to the District Council. On the same night a Nefarious member did SSOO worth of damage to the venue's kitchen . . . Mountain Rockers were let down when Sticky Filth were unable to play apparently due to electricity generation problems. They played to over 300 at Section VIII recently ... Nefarious are recording their third album, the Nod are also recording.... after a four year wait, the Toxic Avengers album Full Mooon Over Mushroom Town has been released to coincide with the anniversary of the violent 1990 death of the band's guitarist Colin Long. Available from IMA HITT, PO Box 407, New Plymouth . . . Kitsch are an impressive new band around town . . . the Verlaines played to 45 after numbers forced them to cancel on their last visit but support King Loser stole the show ... as the town warms up for Jethro Tull's only New Zealand concert, promoters the Magog Motorcycle Club have announced a one-off New Zealand concert for Procol Harum in New Plymouth on May 21 . . . Rumours Nightclub in Hawera is making a name for itself as a venue. Ima Hitt are currently touring Italian/Australian band Yage and will be touring Americans All (formerly the Descendants) in March ... Jimmy Barnes' Bowl of Brooklands gig with the Bad Loves and the Headless Chickens on Mountain Rock weekend was anything but successful.. .the Fitzroy Tavern has become a venue for larger New Zealand touring bands, filling the gap left by the Westown Hotel. . . Funky Good Friday is the name of a groovy hip-hop, acid jazz night scheduled for the old Mayfair Theatre on Good Friday featuring around three bands from Auckland.

PATRICK FIFE