Whole Peeled was a band from Dunedin (New Zealand), which was active from 1992 to 1997.
"Whole Peeled first drew media attention as the junkyard band from the Green Island Rubbish tip. Their ingenious use of bicycles, washing machines and old crockery to create new and beautiful music was hailed as marvelous.
However, they soon tired of the restrictive and smelly conditions that came with performing at the rubbish dump, so the band decided to save up and invest in real musical instruments. Marky Joyce pawned his smurf collection to buy a drum kit. Wazza sold his baby teeth in a macabre raffle and got a telecaster, Tbaz managed to catch enough hedgehogs (each with a $10 bounty on their heads) to buy a decent violin. For a while, Fras and Sam didn't have instruments so when the band played they sang and danced around like mad men until the band could afford to purchase a bass for Fras and guitar and mandolin for Sam.
The band truely hit its stride about the summer of 1995. That's when the mayhem began. They toured the country (New Zealand) and released their music on CD (it was still kind of new and cool in 1996) as well as a really really rare record (20 copies) which is still sought after today.
About mid 1997 the band decided to revert to a junkyard band, having become tired of the smokey atmospheres and drunk patrons. However, their junkyard music is now influenced by the kiwi-celtic sound that they'd become well known for.
It should be noted that Whole Peeled also played more acoustic oriented music under the name of The Maud Gonne Band.
Band members:
Tarek Bazley - Fiddle, guitar, vocals
Warwick Burton - Guitar, vocals, banjo, clarinet, didgeridoo
Mark James Joyce - Drums
Fraser Campbell - Bass
Sam Auger - Guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, vocals
Discography:
"Induce" (12 tracks, 1996)
"Live at the Penguin Club" (14 tracks, 1997)
"Three Spirits Corner" (19 tracks, 1998)
Three Spirits Corner is a compilation album featuring a selection of songs played by Maud Gonne or Whole Peeled. Some of the live tracks we recorded at the Australasian Hotel in Greymouth which is situated on one side of the real 'three spirits corner'.
http://www.myspace.com/wholepeeled
http://wholepeeled.bandcamp.com
DOWNLOAD:
http://wholepeeled.bandcamp.com/album/induce (name your price 0,00 USD or more)
http://wholepeeled.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-penguin-club (name your price 0,00 USD or more)
http://wholepeeled.bandcamp.com/album/three-spirits-corner (free)
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"Whole Peeled first drew media attention as the junkyard band from the Green Island Rubbish tip. Their ingenious use of bicycles, washing machines and old crockery to create new and beautiful music was hailed as marvelous.
However, they soon tired of the restrictive and smelly conditions that came with performing at the rubbish dump, so the band decided to save up and invest in real musical instruments. Marky Joyce pawned his smurf collection to buy a drum kit. Wazza sold his baby teeth in a macabre raffle and got a telecaster, Tbaz managed to catch enough hedgehogs (each with a $10 bounty on their heads) to buy a decent violin. For a while, Fras and Sam didn't have instruments so when the band played they sang and danced around like mad men until the band could afford to purchase a bass for Fras and guitar and mandolin for Sam.
The band truely hit its stride about the summer of 1995. That's when the mayhem began. They toured the country (New Zealand) and released their music on CD (it was still kind of new and cool in 1996) as well as a really really rare record (20 copies) which is still sought after today.
About mid 1997 the band decided to revert to a junkyard band, having become tired of the smokey atmospheres and drunk patrons. However, their junkyard music is now influenced by the kiwi-celtic sound that they'd become well known for.
It should be noted that Whole Peeled also played more acoustic oriented music under the name of The Maud Gonne Band.
Band members:
Tarek Bazley - Fiddle, guitar, vocals
Warwick Burton - Guitar, vocals, banjo, clarinet, didgeridoo
Mark James Joyce - Drums
Fraser Campbell - Bass
Sam Auger - Guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, vocals
Discography:
"Induce" (12 tracks, 1996)
"Live at the Penguin Club" (14 tracks, 1997)
"Three Spirits Corner" (19 tracks, 1998)
Three Spirits Corner is a compilation album featuring a selection of songs played by Maud Gonne or Whole Peeled. Some of the live tracks we recorded at the Australasian Hotel in Greymouth which is situated on one side of the real 'three spirits corner'.
http://www.myspace.com/wholepeeled
http://wholepeeled.bandcamp.com
DOWNLOAD:
http://wholepeeled.bandcamp.com/album/induce (name your price 0,00 USD or more)
http://wholepeeled.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-penguin-club (name your price 0,00 USD or more)
http://wholepeeled.bandcamp.com/album/three-spirits-corner (free)
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