Wellington

Rip It Up, Issue 6, 1 November 1977, Page 2

Wellington

Redeye have been in New Plymouth recently, and a new local band Smiler has been standing in for them at Slack Alice Nightclub. Smiler haven't been together all that long, but the members are individually well-known musos Greg Christiansen (ex-Creation) vocals, ex-Avengers Clive Coburn on keyboards and Eddie McDonald on bass, Kemp Turirangi guitar and Mike Phillips drums

Another new local band to make its mark on the recording scene is Met Office, with a self-penned number called “Let’s Hear it for Summer". The song is inspired by the Wellington weather and asks for a summer this year.

Phonogram Records have postponed the recording of the Heartbreakers new album until next year, but the band say that they probably won't stick around till then. They have spent five days in the studio recording a song called “Heartbreak" and will put it onto a single with No Scene At Alf’on the other side. No Scene At All” was actually recorded six months ago. We can't decide if Heartbreak” is a long single or a short LP it’s 7 minutes long. The Heartbreakers will be at the Cricketer’s Arms till Christmas. In the New Year they're booked to play Auckland’s Glenfield Pub and a fev clubs, then they plan to go directly to Australia.

The Schtung! single is to be released on Guy Fawkes Day and it’s called “They Sleep Early in Cologne" - an Andrew Hagen composition. The album is still a few weeks away. The band have got a gig at the St George Hotel every Monday and Tuesday evening and Saturday afternoon for a few weeks . . . they are also doing a series of school concerts around the Wellington area, plus a special charity show at Porirua Hospital. Singer Andy Hagen says that the band is looking forward to the show “ . . . they’re very sensitive people there and we play very sensitive music instead of brash rock n' roll.”

Rough Justice have just returned to Wellington after playing the Milford Marina and doing a week in New Plymouth on the way back. They have completed a North Island tour places like Whakatane, Tauranga and Hawkes Bay . . . they'll be playing Wellington pubs till Christmas. Let’s hope that we’ll get some concerts in 78 Lynne Attwood