Clowndog – with frontman Spanky on guitar, drummer Idiot Pants and Sherbert on bass – won the regional finals in the Smokefree Rockquest and went on to play support slots for Bic Runga and Salmonella Dub.
Moore’s band once beat Shapeshifter in a Christchurch band competition and was infamous for hurling raw meat into the audience.
“We mostly threw sausages but all sorts of small-goods really. You know you're from a different time when you tell students you threw meat. 'Meat!', they say now, horrified,” Moore said.
“I once threw a half-defrosted chicken at a gig in St Albans park. It was a very bad idea. In mid-flight I realised it wasn't defrosted, but I’d lofted this thing into the audience. I felt bad about it. Some guy picked it up and hurled it back, and it did a bit of damage to an amp.''