***Official New Zealand Fans Thread***

Years we wait!!!!!! and now its thrashed...??? still need to hear it live tho...

bring on Hard to Imagine

i've got pearl jam fever

Bayleaf if you poke your head in here, check your PM's.

Anyone else know of contacts or people involved in music in Auckland or around NZ? A mate of mine is trying to get a demo cd out and about, and he's gotta do better than the last reply he got from....ZM. They said it wasnt "catchy" enough. This particular song is about as catchy as it gets, I think what they mean is it wasnt written by Chris Brown

i_am_a_wishlist wrote:

Ha ha ha. Funny shit man. Fuck Chris Brown. I saw him on Campbell Live. I forgot family guy was on C4. Hopefull I'm gonna get a guy to record a couple of my songs. Not cause I wanna get airplay but just as some sorta permanant place for my music. Hopefully he can put some leads over it casue he's a way better guitarist than me. I just stick to vocals and my shitty excuse for rhythm guitar.

Yikes, Ive always been a fan of Campbell, but that sucks. You could sing about loving fly women and write some real airy fairy lyrics about im gonna love you always as long as the sun sets over the hills etc, and get your shit on ZM. I reckon itd work.
Is Life Wasted on the Rock yet?

RedPJ wrote:

my friends boss is the drummer for a band in auckland......

I was thinking more along the lines of someone on a radio station or a label etc. Theyve managed to get a demo to Jono on the Rock, so hopefully that goes well. I used to go to school with him but was a couple of years behind so dont think I could help.
Isnt Storytellers tomorrow night? Anyone know what is the go with this show? Ive heard the STP version but unsure what its all about.

I think it might be a sort of a biography about an album, then playing some tracks off it...i dont think we'll get to see it over here though

This is one of the bands at the West Memphis gig....might pass. This sounds like complete rubbish.

Formed in 2002 in Auckland, New Zealand, Ward 10 have been making waves and playing to enthusiastic, enthralled and, at times, sickened crowds ever since. With comments on the bands' sound such as "a non-stop mind-f#@king roller coaster of electro-metal pounding sickness!!!" and "a seamless 50 minute stomping collection of technically proficient epic tracks that pound you in the head continuously then stop to let you take a breath before thumping you in the face yet again...!" these guys are on top of their game and definitely worth keeping an eye on.

Ward 10 are everything but conventional with 50 minute songs and a backing track of beats including samples, bizarre noises and even a trumpet solo! Plus, where else are you gonna see a gimp playing an electrified cello! Although, surprisingly, he chooses to play it standing up, rather than sitting down and wrapping his legs around the large vibrating piece of wood…

Ward 10 will play anywhere and everywhere and, for a band as unconventional as Ward 10, success in the New Zealand Battle of the Bands would seem like an uphill struggle. Yet despite being far removed from what would be considered mainstream and radio friendly, the band has made it through to the regional final three years running. A great achievement given the diverse range of judges the band has impressed over the years and is a testament to the bands' strong writing and performances.

For everyone that missed it the first time, Pearl Jam's Late show performance is repeated on prime tonight at 10:30

Yeah, I read about that. I sympathise with you. Though I assure you, your pain will be only slightly more than ours, if they indeed skip NZ again.

Too bad an All Black didnt wack someone with your purse, then you'd be sorted. (and I know you have a purse...)