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Rip It Up, Issue 15, 1 September 1978, Page 6

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George Kay

The Enemy are leaving for Auckland this month where they are going to record under the auspices of Derek King (an Assassin) who is organizing a punk compilation album. The Enemy will be playing in the North Island until early next year and by the time this goes to print they will have played their farewell concert in Dunedin along with the Clean, Johnny Velox and the Vauxhalls and the Vamp. That’s the night before the Graham Parker concert, it’s definitely going to be a great weekend. Doug, lead singer with the continually improving Clean, is also manager of the Enemy and since he will be in Auckland with them the future of the Clean is in jeopardy. The excellent Night Musique have just completed a very successful two week stint at the Cook. They have a new line-up since Canadian sax player Bob Olofon left/was dismissed two months ago. Graham Webb has been recruited on lead guitar and has really added edge to the band and Kim Bryant (ex Glide) has come in on percussion.

Sixty per cent of their material is original, mostly written by key boards player Liam Ryan. Local boys make good Mother Goose are in Los Angeles for recording and they are playing at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go. They are writing frantically to try and get a song in the American charts. Cozy have changed their name to Back to Back. After Dark, Dunedin’s aspiring young jazz-rock band have picked up a few hints from Night Musique’s very polished presentation. The Garden’s Tavern is re-emerging as one of Dunedin's major pub scenes with rock acts once again being booked. Things are looking up, be sure to tune in to next instalment.