Off The Record

Ahead of Ash’s return to New Zealand to celebrate 30 years of their album 1977, frontman Tim Wheeler called up to chat about the band’s incredible journey from teenage schoolmates in Downpatrick, Ireland, to international success; the songs and influences that shaped their sound, and what’s kept the original trio together all these years. They also talked about revisiting 1977 three decades on; the joy of still creating new music, and why Ash continue to love coming back to play for Kiwi fans.

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Ahead of their joint show at Christchurch’s Space Academy on September 19, Andy from The Response and Aaron from Slim called in to talk about the journey of their bands, what they’ve been working on and what audiences can expect when they come together on stage

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Mudhoney guitarist and founding member Steve Turner called up ahead of the band’s return to New Zealand this October, to talk about Mudhoney’s beginnings in Seattle, the scene that spawned bands like Soundgarden, Nirvana and Pearl Jam, why the band eventually embraced the “grunge” label, his love of New Zealand music and what fans can expect when Mudhoney hit the stage here for the first time in 12 years.

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A Perfect Circle return to New Zealand this December for the first time in more than 20 years, joining Puscifer for a special double bill. Their guitarist Billy Howerdel called up for a chat about how A Perfect Circle began, working with Maynard James Keenan, what he learned from years behind the scenes with some of rock’s biggest names, and what Kiwi fans can expect from the upcoming tour.

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Jon Toogood popped in for a chat about his new book Home Again, summing up his life with Shihad and beyond.

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Synthony 2027 is going to be awesome, but don't just take our word for it - Joel from LAB called in to share in the excitement of the first line up announcement, which includes them sharing the stages with some incredible performers.

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While on the road supporting his new album Baby Heavyweight, Delaney Davidson called up for a chat about the title track of his eleventh collection; contacting dearly departed via his merch and the inspiration he got from Switzerland

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Queens Of The Stone Age are coming back to New Zealand in December, their bass player Mike Shuman called up to reminisce about previous trips to Aotearoa, the bands that made him want to make music and what it was like auditioning for Josh Homme

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Miss June's lead singer Annabel called up to explain the balloon popping metaphor in their latest single PPD, plus we chatted about them playing big shows with Foo Fighters and My Chemical Romance

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On the day they released their new song Hiasom, Midwave Breaks lead singer Bruce called up to explain what those letter stand for, and give us a bit of a rural round up. 

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