HAMILTON MUSIC

Hamilton is not exactly the Musical Capital of New Zealand, but there are some very original and talented artists coming out of the Waikato region. I've chosen just a few to include on this page, not to be selective, but because these are the only bands I could find bios (of sorts) and RealAudio files for!!

I've also included a few links for Hamilton performance venues and "hot spots", including a link for the Radio-Station-Formerly-Known-As Contact 89FM. They've changed their name (to UFM) and a bit of their professional structure, though the essence has stayed the same (hence the inclusion). When the website for the new-and-hopefully-improved station is launched, I will be updating accordingly, but for the meantime........

PERFORMANCE VENUES:

JBC (Jazz Blues & Concept Bar)
Mgr: Ivan Mere
Phone: 07 839 8522
Capacity: 200
Basement Level, 270 Victoria Street, Hamilton
"Hamilton's only dedicated jazz venue, JBC features groups from all over New Zealand, including Syzygy, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Midas Touch, The New Loungeheads, and more"

The Meteor
Phone: 07 834 2472 or 07 838 6424
Capacity: 500
1 Victoria Street, Hamilton
"The Meteor caters for a wide range of performance groups in the city which include drama, music, visual arts, dance and multimedia performances."

SHORT BIOS WITH REALAUDIO FILES:

Fallen
Hollow Grinders (stalk their drummer and win incredible prizes!!)

**FILM AWARD FOR UFM DJ** (press release courtesy of Scott Newth, UFM Programme Director)

b.net radio DJ Greg Page, host of UFM's Breakfast Show, has won a merit award at the Chicago International Film Festival for his short film "Sarah's Washing" (starring Joel Tobeck). The New Zealand Film Commission paid for Mr. Page to fly out to Chicago to receive his award. He returns on October 26th. "Sarah's Washing", 10 minutes long, screened in New Zealand during the 1998 Film Festival. Greg is best known for Decaff, his series of animated short films.

**UFM'S FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE** (article courtesy of Un-Chart-ed News)

"Hamilton's UFM have a new feature happening called Friday Night Live, and it's brought to you in association with Tracs Record Shops. It's pretty self-explanatory really - every Friday night on UFM you can hear a live gig at 10pm. Things kick off with Smashing Pumpkins live from Australia this week. Next week it's Massive Attack and coming up UFM presents Beastie Boys, Portishead, and Hamilton's own wonder-group Rumpus Room will be doin' it live on November 12th."

**INDIE HIT DISC #6 RELEASED** (article courtesy of Un-Chart-ed News)

"Hot on the smokin' heels of its predecessor, Indie Hit Disc #6 is now out and being delivered to radio stations nationwide. Acts featured on the latest NZ On Air Indie sampler are: Southern Tribe, The Nudie Suits, The Hasselhoff Experiment, Hawaii Five-O, Theo Ray, Lanky, The Nomad, Letterbox Lambs, Scooter, Fur Patrol, Inchworm, Duff and Jody Lloyd, Slate, Jet Jaguar, Weta and Hell Is Other People."

ALSO CHECK OUT THESE PAGES FOR MORE HAMILTON STUFF:

HAMILPOP
HAMILTON BANDS

(both of these pages are under construction, so be sure to check back often!)

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