“Reich and Roll! Rock City Wellington’s pride of coagulated sleazy scum.” Vas Deferens was a decadent and debauched punk band hailing from Wellington, New Zealand,
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Adam Smith Assassination
Channeling the “invisible hand” of free market economics, the Adam Smith Assassination emerged in Wellington in early 2008, resurrected from D.N.A preserved on the stained
The Freedom Shop
The Freedom Shop was established on May 1, 1995. It was based on upper Cuba Street in Te Aro, in a building formerly occupied by the NORML shop. NORML initially kept
Acid Reign
Formed in 1985 by a group of high school students from Wellington’s northern suburbs Acid Reign played politically charged anarcho-punk. The original lineup consisted of
Natural Glow
Natural Glow was a short-lived but electrifying hardcore punk band that emerged from the ashes of Cult Of The Cobra in early 2010. After the
Cult Of The Cobra
Cult of the Cobra were a hardcore punk band formed in 2008, fronted by vocalist Kim Gruschow. The five-piece lineup was rounded out with Steph
Turret House
Turret House is an address in Newtown, Wellington, that has been home to a large number of punks and their bands since the 1990’s. Built
Conventional Toasters
Genre warping grindcore, punk, jazz weirdos from the Hutt Valley gave Wellington the sickness.