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Above Ground | |
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![]() Above Ground rehearsal, 566a Colombo St, Christchurch, 1983 | |
Background information | |
Origin | New Zealand |
Genres | Freeflow psychedelic Christchurch garage |
Years active | 1983 |
Labels | Siltbreeze |
Members |
Bill Direen Maryrose Crook Stuart Page Carol Woodward |
Above Ground was a band from Christchurch, New Zealand formed in 1983.
Above Ground developed out of the friendship of the four members: Bill Direen (Guitar/Vocals), Carol Woodward (Keyboards), Maryrose Wilkinson (Bass/Vocals) and Stuart Page (Drums). The group played locally and at the Punakaiki Music Festival (West Coast, New Zealand); and would have been forgotten like a lot of bands had Page not recorded nearly every practice and concert and organised the "Gone AIWA" cassette (1983), re-released in 2011 on vinyl by Siltbreeze.[ citation needed]
Historian of NZ music John Dix mentions the group in his encyclopaedia of NZ rock and roll Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock'n'Roll, 1955-1988. [1]
Gone AIWA (1983)
Black vinyl 12" 33 1/3 album was released by Siltbreeze Records, Philadelphia, USA, (from cassette of 1983). 2011.
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notability guideline for music. (November 2022) |
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single source. (November 2022) |
Above Ground | |
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![]() Above Ground rehearsal, 566a Colombo St, Christchurch, 1983 | |
Background information | |
Origin | New Zealand |
Genres | Freeflow psychedelic Christchurch garage |
Years active | 1983 |
Labels | Siltbreeze |
Members |
Bill Direen Maryrose Crook Stuart Page Carol Woodward |
Above Ground was a band from Christchurch, New Zealand formed in 1983.
Above Ground developed out of the friendship of the four members: Bill Direen (Guitar/Vocals), Carol Woodward (Keyboards), Maryrose Wilkinson (Bass/Vocals) and Stuart Page (Drums). The group played locally and at the Punakaiki Music Festival (West Coast, New Zealand); and would have been forgotten like a lot of bands had Page not recorded nearly every practice and concert and organised the "Gone AIWA" cassette (1983), re-released in 2011 on vinyl by Siltbreeze.[ citation needed]
Historian of NZ music John Dix mentions the group in his encyclopaedia of NZ rock and roll Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock'n'Roll, 1955-1988. [1]
Gone AIWA (1983)
Black vinyl 12" 33 1/3 album was released by Siltbreeze Records, Philadelphia, USA, (from cassette of 1983). 2011.