Rogernomix are a Wellington band playing fast, politically charged d-beat hardcore with male and female vocals, drawing on the 80s Scandinavian punk of Totalitar, Anti-Cimex and Mob 47. Their name comes from Roger Douglas, the Labour finance minister behind New Zealand’s 1980s neo-liberal economic reforms with the first of this debut EP’s six tracks dedicated to this arsehole’s legacy.
The rest of the record covers boozy scene troublemakers (“Always A Mess”), the daily grind (“Fear of Work” and “Dead Man’s World”), punk bands that reform to cash in on their legacy (“C.O.F.G.” -“No reunions, no re-fucken-turn”) and an ode to actor Kevin Bacon (“Bacon’d”) written by TJ, “Aotearoa’s biggest K-stan”.
| Released | 2010, February |
| Label | Always Never Fun |
| Formats | 7″/ DL |
| Recorded | Scumbag College, 2009 |
| Producer | Vanya Vitali |
| Engineer | Vanya Vitali |
| Cover art | Alex Ratcharge |
