rumours Auckland

Rip It Up, Issue 13, 1 July 1978, Page 4

rumours Auckland

RIP IT UP No. 13 July 1978

Postal Address: PO Box 5689, Auckland. Editor: Alastair Oougal Ads & Design: Murray Cammick Rip It Up is typeset by City Typesetters and printed by Putaruru Press. Thanks to Renee and Andrew.

The Suburban Reptiles have been in at Mandrill studios recording their next single. Phil Judd is supervising production and lending a hand on guitar... a Neville Purvis tune, “Disco On My Radio”, was released early when it turned up on the flipside of Johnny Mathis and Denise Williams’ "Too Much Too Little, Too Late” .. . Alastair Riddell’s new single will be entitled “Through Eyes of Love” ... Living Force intend to leave for California to record there ... Golden Harvest finished their album recently and have left town. They will be playing another national tour... One of the more adept new bands in town, Get Smart, featured at Zwines last month. Their live dates still number in single figures yet they impress more than most of the es-

tablished units ... On the same show was another newie. The Plague with Richard von Sturmer, Miles McKane, Davis Parkin and Sally Griffin amongst others ... Pocket Rocket are now called Gaelforce and are resident at the Lake Tavern, Rotorua ... Annette Morrison (Beaver’s sister) has replaced Julie Meneedham in the Spatz lineup . . . Radio Waikato are starting to hold Sunday afternoon concerts at the Founders Theatre in Hamilton. First up in July is CB on the 9th. Here’s Andy loses Andy and Richard Wilde moves in. The new producer for Radio With Pickies is Graeme Hobson .. . The National film unit is doing a documentary on Red Mole’s current tour that will end in Auckland on July 2nd. The director is Sam Neil (exSleeping Dogs). The Moles then head for Nth America . . . Guitarist Paul Clayton has left the Flyers and will not be replaced ... A new single will soon be released on CBS by exkiwi Malcolm McCallum entitled “Who Is Your Love For?” . . . Also from Melbourne comes the new Manning Band album which features Paul Cuddihy (ex Spacewaltz, Cruise Lane, Streetalk, Stewart and the Belmonts, VoxPop and Skyhooks). The album will probably not be released here as the Aussie Lowest common denominator is lower than ours . . . L.B. Sands

Dunedin

Christchurch punk rockers Johnny Velox and the Vauxhalls were special guests of the Enemy at a recent Beneficiaries Hall concert. Johnny Velox couldn’t make it as his mother wouldn’t let him because he had exams to sit, but the Vauxhalls managed fine without him. Their re-interpretation of "Griffin’s Gingernuts” was great. The Enemy are playing and writing better than ever. One of their new songs "Don’t Catch Fire” is as good as anything I've heard anywhere. The Clean are improving thanks to new vocalist Doug, but London SS have broken up, the remains are forming a new band, The Vamp. Oh and yeah, by the time this goes to press the Enemy will have completed a successful gig in Christchurch. From punk to mainstream: Jim Taylor (ex-Odyssey), Rob Aitken (ex-Rocks Off) and Ray Moore from Thoroughbred have formed Cheap and Nasty and have been playing at the Captain Cook. Cruze have a new drummer, Barry Blackler, and they are starting a full working schedule again in August. Rumours circulating that Expence are going to tour Fiji. Gardens Tavern have returned to booking rock bands despite the ban on loud music imposed by residents a few months ago. From local to the big time: Leo Sayer brought the house down in his two concerts here. People dancing in the aisles despite the fire regulations and the disapproval of the Regent staff who had to try and enforce the regulations. The Byrds were all we hoped two encores “Eight Miles High” and “Find the Cost of Freedom”. Chris Hillman (33) is wondering whether to give up rock and take to lecture tours again. No Kidding. George Kay and Keith Tannock