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May 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 163 The Electric Ballroom

It was on Victoria Street near Edward and up a couple of flights of stairs. I think it was called the Club before it became the Electric Ballroom. It was a big space and an excellent venue and even though it was unlicensed to me it had a similar feel to Christchurch’s Gladstone. The first […]

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December 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 142 The Spines – 2016

1981 – “It was a terrible song but The right name for this band” 2016 – This being our thirty-fifth anniversary I was hoping to get to play a lot of gigs and things always shape up differently than you had planned… In the summer we played at a few carnivals and parks. There was […]