{"id":21249,"date":"1996-08-01T10:42:00","date_gmt":"1996-07-31T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/?p=21249"},"modified":"2025-11-15T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:28:44","slug":"the-offbeats-just-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/bands\/1996\/08\/the-offbeats-just-begun","title":{"rendered":"The Offbeats: Just Begun&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">&#8220;Just Begun&#8230;&#8221; is the debut EP by Wellington ska stalwarts <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/2025\/11\/the-offbeats\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"543\">The Offbeats<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Released<\/strong><\/td><td>1996, August<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Label<\/strong><\/td><td>self-released<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Formats<\/strong><\/td><td>tape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Recorded<\/strong><\/td><td>1995<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Producer<\/strong><\/td><td>Mike Gibson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Engineer<\/strong><\/td><td>Mike Gibson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Cover art<\/strong><\/td><td>Angela Lane<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b-V3PHd9YR0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Just Begun&#8230;&#8221; is the debut EP by Wellington ska stalwarts The Offbeats. 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