One of Dave Mitchell's earliest bands (while he was still based in Auckland, no less), The Exploding Budgies sounded British, and ignored then evolving jangly sound and vocal approach that had become our trademark (taking on more of a smiths swagger..). They only released an ep (eventually issued on Flying Nun) before Mitchell moved on to form Goblin Mix. Both bands collective material were later compiled on the excellent The Complete Goblin Mix & The Exploding Budgies - also on Flying Nun.
The purpose of this blog is to expose you to the unique and unrepeatable New Zealand scene known as "Dunedin Sound" that emerged in New Zealand in the early eighties. This space takes over from wonderful blogs that in their time served to make known to the world some of the most significant bands and records of that period. The present collection is dedicated to all those kiwi bands -many of them already forgotten- who, without knowing it, wrote a very important page in the history of music.
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