Above Ground was a band from Christchurch, New Zealand formed in 1983.

History

Above Ground developed out of the friendship of the four members: Bill Direen (Guitar/Vocals), Carol Woodward (Keyboards), Maryrose Wilkinson (Bass/Vocals) and Stuart Page (Drums). The group played locally and at the Punakaiki Music Festival (West Coast, New Zealand); and would have been forgotten like a lot of bands had Page not recorded nearly every practice and concert and organised the "Gone AIWA" cassette (1983), re-released in 2011 on vinyl by Siltbreeze.[citation needed]

Historian of NZ music John Dix mentions the group in his encyclopaedia of NZ rock and roll Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock'n'Roll, 1955-1988.[1]

Cassette

Gone AIWA (1983)

Album

Black vinyl 12" 33 1/3 album was released by Siltbreeze Records, Philadelphia, USA, (from cassette of 1983). 2011.

References

  1. ^ 'In December came Dance of Death by the Soluble Fish Ensemble, and in July [the cassette] Gone AIWA, by yet another new band – Above Ground. Needless to say, the group was short-lived. ... [Bill] Direen had by now built up nationwide interest for his critically acclaimed but hard-to-get releases.' Dix, John (1988). Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock 'n' roll 1955–88. Page 299. Palmerston North, NZ: Paradise Publications. ISBN 0-14-301953-8 ISBN 0-473-00638-3
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Above_Ground
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