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Citizen Bond Auckland Town Hall — Sept 28. If the Town Hall is going to shake, what better way than to the sound of an NZ band. Even the PA was jumping up and down. Ropes and roadies were required to hold the stacks firmly on the stage. The lights went out, the recording of "Just Drove Thru Town" boomed out. everybody started yelling and screaming. We were standing before the band had even started. Two songs later (now standing on our seats), Bryan Staff (an experienced concert-goer) summed it up — (shouting) "I’ve never seen a crowd like this before.” It's a year since CB opened for Graham Parker at the Town Hall. They learnt somethin’ from Parker & the Rumour — and it shows. Gone is Geoff's indulgent epic "Blue Lagoon" and the stop/start pacing. Currently CBs are at their best on their own stuff or covers that make use of the band’s considerable energy (eg. "Rust in My Car", "We're the Boys" or the Beatles’ "Birthday”). It was a ’beauty’ evening. CB got about as excited as the audience (well, not quite) and it was great to see young NZ'ers getting off on intelligent, rockin', NZ music. Murray Cammlck OCT '79
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Rip It Up, Issue 119, 1 June 1987, Page 20
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