Skeptics – Chowder Over Wisconsin [12''] (1983, Flying Nun Records)

 

Skeptics were a New Zealand post-punk band from 1979 to 1990. They became notorious in 1987 for an unusually graphic music video entitled "AFFCO". Skeptics' first recording appeared in 1982 on 'The Furtive Four Three Piece Pack', a 12" compilation EP which also featured The Bongos, The Dabs and The Prime Movers. They toured New Zealand on the Furtive Records "Three Piece Pack" tour. The tour was to be followed by a five track EP, 'Pyronnists Selections' which was to be released on Propeller Records, Furtive's parent label, but the master tape was stolen from the Propeller office and the EP was never released. 

In 1983, Skeptics released the EP 'Chowder Over Wisconsin', recorded live in a school library. From 1983-1984 they ran their own club, thanks to support from the City Council arts centre, in a former electrical warehouse in Palmerston North. They named the club Snailclamps after a chalk inscription they found in the warehouse, "C164 Snail Clamps". Initially the venue ran as an underage hangout but became a fully licensed venue not long after, until the band decided to pack up and relocate to Wellington. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA]

 

 

Label: Flying Nun Records – CHOW 001 

Format: Vinyl, 12", Mini-Album 

Country: New Zealand 

Released: Dec 1983 

Style: Avantgarde, Post-Punk, Art Punk, No Wave

 

Tracklist: 

A1 Boo - Chang 

A2 New Barking Riff 

A3 Aud Balmoral 

A4 The Broach 

A5 Stella 

B1 The Old Grey Whistle Test 

B2 Chowder 

B3 Jelly 

 

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