Four-piece tops
By GUY WILLIAMS
Wakatipu High School musicians have dominated the Central Otago regional finals of Smokefreerockquest 2021.
Four-piece girl band No Man’s Land won the band category for the second year in a row, while a trio of lads, Good Days, grabbed third place in the same category at the competition, which was held in Wanaka recently.
And that’s just for starters: Billie Comer won the solo-duo category and best lyrics award, while Arrowtown rockers Train Surfers made up of Ollie McLean, Dillon Bouchier and Cameron Kennedy-Brown won best song.
To top it off, Ted Coutts scooped the musicianship award.
Mountain Scene
May 8, 2021
By GUY WILLIAMS
Arrowtown alternative rock band The Seaside Stranglers are throwing a party in the town tonight night to mark the release of their EP,
Quick, Fast and Deadly.
Frontman-bassist Sam Maxwell, 25, says the gig at Slow Cuts is ‘‘our way of saying thank you to Arrowtown for all their support over the years’’.
Sam, along with brother and lead rhythm guitarist Tom, 32, and drummer Sam Baylis, 32, recorded the EP’s four songs at the beginning and end of a countrywide tour in November.
It started with a day of recording at Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studios in Auckland before the trio cruised around in a campervan, playing 13 gigs between Waiheke Island and Dunedin.
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