Live

Rip It Up, Issue 119, 1 June 1987, Page 20

Live

Sure-footed Frenzy Split Enz Regent Theatre, Dunedin. They get better everytime’’ would ho - «_• sssssifs Ed an d percussion, but it was the I'™ 5 ' offhand confidence nf tha as .l ne T m °st sse;j-kS”“’s ssss y APRIL ’79

Hello Sailor Main Street So this is what happens when your local quitar band goes to LA, plays a few gigs and returns. They get a new manager. They get lea Main h Street 5 a Sunday night >s loadedlwUh musicians business faces, elegant ladies m elegant clothes, all so.ls ol prelly boys and to good measure, (he waitresses in Ohea usuaP tiny-skirts-and-cleavage rigs. Oh my .All a per son can do is hold on to the table and order 30 Ricky Ball plays like a steamhammer, solid. Harry and Dave, in addition to their gapless guitar, hit the backup vocals hard and right on the note You can hear them too. Lyle Kinney doesn’t put a loot wrong And Graham Brazier well, the boy s lost weight. His act , has got slicker but he doesn't look any happier. They do "Boys From Brazil", and his puppe hke movements are so convincing I start to wonder. His voice is in great shape. They no different, but they better than ever. John Malloy APRIL 79