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Grant McLennan

81,951 plays (3,913 listeners)

Grant McLennan (1958-2006) was one half of the creative team that made up The Go-Betweens. He and partner Robert Forster formed the band in 1978 and continued off and on through 2005. McLennan's solo career began with Watershed in 1991; he released a total of four albums, the last in 1997, then rejoined Forster for a reunion.

The Triffids

474,123 plays (23,016 listeners)

The band originated in Perth, Western Australia in the late 1970s. They went through various line-up changes until the early 1980s when they moved to Sydney and later Melbourne and released their first LP Treeless Plain. The band toured extensively in Europe and caught the attention of the UK music press, being featured on the cover of NME twice.

The Bats

518,563 plays (28,662 listeners)

There are at least three artists called The Bats: Approaching a quarter century of recording and performing, Christchurch, New Zealand's The Bats have survived seven albums and five world tours with the original line-up of Kaye Woodward, Malcolm Grant, Paul Kean and Robert Scott intact.

The Chills

561,459 plays (37,730 listeners)

The Chills story is as much the story of Martin Phillipps. The group was dogged by an ever changing line up, with Phillipps being the only permanent member.

The Verlaines

197,522 plays (12,511 listeners)

The origins of New Zealand's Verlaines can be traced back as early as 1979, with the group's founder Graeme Downes took direct inspiration from fellow Dunedin group, the Clean to form a band of his own. It wasn't until 1981 that the group made their first public appearance with their initial five-piece line-up.

The Clean

915,749 plays (36,125 listeners)

The Clean are an influential indie rock band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978. The Clean soon forged a distinctive and quirky sound, inspired by punk filtered through to the relatively isolated New Zealand.

Ed Kuepper

124,773 plays (10,566 listeners)

Ed Kuepper is an Australian guitarist, singer and songwriter. He co-founded the seminal punk band The Saints, the experimental post-punk group The Laughing Clowns and later the grunge-like The Aints.

Orange Juice

1,732,871 plays (119,790 listeners)

Orange Juice were a Scottish post punk band founded in Glasgow. They were originally formed by Edwyn Collins as the Nu-Sonics in 1976 which became Orange Juice in 1979. The group is perhaps best known for the hit "Rip it Up", which reached #8 on the UK singles charts in February 1983, the band's only UK top 40 single.