{"id":395,"date":"2025-11-30T11:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T22:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/?p=395"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:46:16","slug":"piggery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/bands\/2025\/11\/piggery","title":{"rendered":"Piggery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Piggery were a Wellington crust punk band active from 2017 to 2021. Drawing on D-beat, sludge and black-metal influences, the group featured Sam Thurston (guitar), Bosun (vocals), Matt Szwed (bass) and Jessy McNamara (drums). The band formed in late 2017 practicing out of the legendary Turret House<\/a><\/strong> punk flat in Newtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The members were already familiar figures in the Wellington punk community. Thurston played in Rogernomix<\/a><\/strong> and Bordger<\/a><\/strong>; Bosun drummed in power-violence trio Stress Ghetto<\/a><\/strong>; Szwed performed in the crust duo Pvnisher<\/a><\/strong>; and McNamara also played in Bordger<\/strong> and had earlier been in The Johos<\/a><\/strong> with Thurston. Several of the musicians had recently played together in Corpse Rat<\/strong>, which folded shortly before Piggery began live performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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