Years active 1983 Origin New Zealand Members Bill Direen | Labels Siltbreeze Record label Siltbreeze | |
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Genres Freeflow psychedelic Christchurch garage Associated acts The Axemen, The Renderers, The Bilders Similar The Axemen, The Bilders, The Renderers, The Dead C | ||
Above ground trying avi
Above Ground was a band from Christchurch, New Zealand formed in 1983.
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Buried above ground the evil one official music video
History
Above Ground developed out of the friendship of the four members: Bill Direen (Guitar/Vocals), Carol Woodward (Keyboards), Maryrose Wilkinson (Bass/Vocals) and Stuart Page (Drums). The group played locally and at the Punakaiki Music Festival (West Coast, New Zealand); and would have been forgotten like a lot of bands had Page not recorded nearly every practice and concert and organised the "Gone AIWA" cassette (1983), re-released in 2011 on vinyl by Siltbreeze. Historian of NZ music, John Dix, mentions the group in his encyclopaedia of NZ Rock and Roll Stranded in Paradise.
Cassette
Gone AIWA (1983)
Album
Black vinyl 12" 33 1/3 album was released by Siltbreeze Records, Philadelphia, USA, (from cassette of 1983). 2011.