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Garage punk had been simmering away just below the surface in New Zealand for much of the 1990s. Around the country, bands like the Hi-Tone Destroyers in Christchurch and Nothing At All! in Auckland were steadily gaining momentum. But it was Wellington's The Hasselhoff Experiment who really kicked out the jams, catching the crest of garage's latest wave when, after a mere six months together, they fired their opening salvo with the self-release of their 1998 eponymous debut. (By Nich Cunningham) Read moreProfile from Audioculture, available under a Attribution Noncommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence
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The Hasselhoff ExperimentSource: NZ On Screen
Resource type: Music Video
"Wellingtonians, The Hasselhoff Experiment, created "hoff hype" in 1997, when after being together for six months, they released 200 copies of their self titled debut album on vinyl in 1997. The limited editions were snapped up and earned the rockers the award for Best New Act at the 1998 b Net Music Awards, which then in turn led to being signed by Flying Nun. The Hasselhoff Experiment has released two albums since - Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned and Out of the Sandpit and Onto the Drive." (NZ On Screen summary)
Drag RacerSource: NZ On Screen
Resource type: Alternative ; Flying Nun ; Music Video
"Chris Stapp and Matt Heath's adept manipulation of miniatures combined with the band's nihilistic performances make for one of NZ's most hilarious (albeit puerile) music clips. Depictions of drug inhalation and drinking while driving, along with violent confrontations with the law, only add to the tongue-in-cheek Back of the Y establishment-baiting that a generation of bogans, students and boy racers has come to know and love." (NZ On Screen summary)
- Havoc 2000 Deluxe - Episode 17
Source: NZ On Screen
Resource type: Magazine ; Television
"This 21 December 1999 Xmas episode of Havoc 2000 recaps the show’s memorable moments of the year. The malarky includes various Kiwi TV celebrities, a notorious visit to Gore, cracking up at puns in Bulls, Angela D'Audney entoning Doors lyrics, 'Fun with Meat' classics, a nude horse, a honeytrap for presenter Nick Eynon, and Mikey bungy jumping from the Harbour Bridge. On the music front there’s truck bed tunes from The Hasselhoff Experiment, and an interview with dub pioneer Lee 'Scratch' Perry. The finale features a Ferrari and a "peace out" from newsreader Tom Bradley. " (NZ On Screen summary)
The SubliminalsSource: NZ On Screen
Resource type: Music Video
"Singer/songwriter Simon Maclaren formed sonic rockers the Subliminals after his stint in Loves Ugly Children. But after only two recordings in the space of a couple of years, the band were no more. The Crystal Chain EP (1999) and the album United States (2000) were much acclaimed however, with Sunday Star Times music critic Grant Smithies describing United States as "the best local rock album in years". Subliminals drummer Brendan Moran later went on to join fellow Flying Nun act The Hasselhoff Experiment. " (NZ On Screen summary)
