Reggae band Herbs is currently involved in legal action against former members also using a similar name - Pacific Herbs. The latter band played at Rotorua's Raggamuffin Festival, while Herbs were playing the same weekend at the Parihaka Peace Festival in Taranaki.
"Herbs band members Dilworth Karaka, Joseph Lundon, Morehu Watene, Gordon Joll, Toni Fonoti and Thomas Nepia have begun legal action against two former members - Spencer Fusimalohi and Carl Perkins - with promoter Andrew McManus Presents about what they allege is misuse of the band's name .... the dispute has continued for many years with band members unhappy with their former colleagues' continued use of the band name when they perform.
"It's understood the row came to a head in January when Fusimalohi and Perkins performed as Pacific Herbs at Rotorua's Ragamuffin festival ... They were in the band for less than five years of its 30-year history and are among more than a dozen former members." Source: Weekend Herald.
Graham Reid asked in a 2002 article on the release of a Herbs Best Of compilation "Did they ever break up? Who knows, but few could hear of the death of founder drummer Fred Faleauto last year or that of internationally acclaimed bassist Charlie Tumahai (who joined in ‘85) without reflecting on the enormous contribution to New Zealand music Herbs made." Source.
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