{"id":498,"date":"2025-04-16T20:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/?p=498"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:24:48","slug":"sub-dominants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/bands\/2025\/04\/sub-dominants","title":{"rendered":"The Sub-Dominants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Punk fkn Oi! from the Department<\/strong> of Labour.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sub-Dominants were a three-piece Oi! punk band born in the soul-crushing purgatory of a Labour Department \u201cwork for the dole\u201d scheme. Featuring Allanah Woodford on bass\/ vocals, Graeme on guitar\/ vocals and Neil bashing the drums, The Sub-Dom\u2019s sang about booze, violence and the grim tyranny of greyness that was Wellington in the 1980\u2019s.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their first gig? A chaotic blast for a hall of wide-eyed primary school kids, probably scarring them for life. But they hit their stride on March 21, 1987, at Clyde Quay Tavern<\/a><\/strong>, sharing the stage with the unhinged Manson Family<\/a><\/strong>. From there the D.O.L TAP scheme coughed up some cash for recording time at Writhe Studios where they laid down four tracks for the Madness to Mana<\/strong><\/em> comp, a 12\u201d slab of rebellion with cover art by their mate Steve Andrews – a punk and a rasta toking up while the Dole office burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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