We like living off the government

1978 NZ punk scene, profiled by Neil Roberts - watch out for shot of him with dodgy moustache in the Idle Idols interview. A bus full of Auckland punks heading to Wellington to play the Town Hall... first band profiled is Rooter (later the Terrorways).

Roberts -They've been playing together for a month. "How do you rate yourself - are you any good after a month's playing?" Kerry Buchanan: "We're better".



The Scavengers



The Idle Idols, interviewed in bed.



The Stimulators, who later became Sheerlux.



"we like living off the government..." The Normals, Assassins, Doomed and Suburban Reptiles