The Politicians
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| The Politicians | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Tokoroa, New Zealand | |
| Genre(s) | rock new wave reggae |
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| Years active | 1981-199? | |
| Former members | ||
| Tim Armstrong Wa Kupa Doug Pepperell Paul van Wearing Campbell Hapi Paul Alderton Ian Jeffries Adrian Ellis |
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The Politicians were a rock/new wave/reggae band formed in Tokoroa, New Zealand in March 1981.
Two of their singles were played on various television shows, including Shazam and Radio with Pictures. They toured New Zealand for 5 years playing the hotel circuit. When Tim Armstrong left the band in may 1986 he went on to form The Kiwi Bandits. And The Tim Armstrong band. Which played at Zaks nitepub in Hamilton New Zealand. The Politicians continued for almost another 10 years playing resident at Shakes niteclub in Hamilton. After their resident gig finished they carried on as a working band and recorded a highly polished album entitled Test Pattern.
Wa Kupa lives in Wairoa and Doug Pepperell is now in Perth Australia. Campbell hapi is playing gigs around South east Asia. Paul VanWearing is teaching music and Guitar in Hamilton. Ian Jefferies still does gigs and is now a Car Salesman while Jeff Downey runs his own company Downey Construction. Adrian Ellis continues his Music career and is working on a video company.
Tim Armstrong band is still performing and has released several albums and singles. The singles Photograph and Christmas day were released in 1986. Grantham street/Elenore (single) was released in 1993.Tim recorded three albums in the nineties. Relationships 1992/ Breaking hearts 1993 and Wondering why which was released on hark records in 1995. Also a cover version of the Beatles song Here comes the sun came out as a single in 1994.
[edit] Band members
- Tim Armstrong (guitar/vocals)
- Wa Kupa (bass)(1981-1984)
- Doug Pepperell (drums)(1981-1982)
- Paul van Wearing (guitar/keyboard)(1983-1990s)
- Campbell Hapi (bass) (1984-1986)
- Jeff Downey (drums) (1985-1990s)
- Paul Alderton (drums) (1982-1985)
- Donna Armstrong (keyboards) (1984-1986)
- Adrian Ellis(Bass) (1986-1990)
- Lance Healey(Bass) (1990)
- Paul Krippner (sound) (1985-1990s)
- Simon Elton (Bass) (1990s)
- Laurence Arps (guitar) (1990s)
- Corilyn Steel (vocals) (1990s)
- Kevin Smith (Drums) (1990s)
- Ian Jeffries (guitar) (1986-1990)[1]
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Album | NZ Singles Chart | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Down In Baghdad/Looking for you | - | - | |
| 1985 | Energy/Polar bear | - | - |
