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Octagon, Octagon, Octagon
''Octagon, Octagon, Octagon'' is the first recorded release by The Mint Chicks on Flying Nun Records, and is their first officially released CD-EP. Recorded in Chris Nielson's bedroom, the EP led to critical acclaim and the release of a follow-up, Anti-Tiger in 2004. Two of the tracks, "Licking Letters" and "Fat Gut Strut" were re-recorded for the Mint Chicks' first full-length, Fuck the Golden Youth in 2005. Track listing #"Post No Bills" - 2:00 #"Octagon, Octagon, Octagon." - 2:29 #"The Son" - 2:35 #"Licking Letters" - 2:36 #"Fat Gut Strut" - 2:19 #"Double Helix" - 2:10 All tracks by R. and K. Nielson except Track 5 (K. Nielson) and Track 6 (The Mint Chicks) Personnel * Paul Roper — Drums * Michael Logie — Bass Guitar *Kody Nielson — Vocals *Ruban Nielson Ruban Nielson (born 20 February 1980) is a New Zealand musician, singer and songwriter, best known for being the frontman of the psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra. One of the most acc ...
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The Mint Chicks
The Mint Chicks were a New Zealand noise rock/art punk group (the band began to refer to their style of music as "troublegum" and have been referred to as anything from neo-punk to schizo-pop to the only half-serious genre definition of shit-gaze (along with groups like No Age and Wavves). The band is originally from Auckland who relocated to Portland, Oregon, USA in 2007. They are known for mixing pop hooks and structures with elements of noise rock and experimental music and also for their exciting live performances, where Kody and Ruban Nielson have been known to climb P.A. stacks, hang from lighting rigs, destroy guitars, engage in self-harm and even attack the stage with a chainsaw. History Meeting in high school, the band formed in 2001, and began by playing punk house parties and low profile shows before being discovered by acclaimed New Zealand independent record label Flying Nun Records. They released two EPs and three albums under the Flying Nun Records banner: '' Octag ...
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Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ...
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Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records is a New Zealand independent record label formed in Christchurch in 1981 by music store manager Roger Shepherd. Described by ''The Guardian'' as "one of the world's great independent labels", Flying Nun is notable for bringing global attention to the Dunedin sound, a cultural and musical movement in early 1980s Dunedin, which gave rise to modern indie rock. History The label formed in the wake of a flurry of new post-punk-inspired labels appearing in New Zealand in the early 1980s, in particular Propeller Records in Auckland. Shepherd had intended to record the original local music of Christchurch, but soon the label rose to national prominence by championing the emerging music of Dunedin. "Ambivalence" by The Pin Group (the first band of Roy Montgomery) was the first release from Flying Nun, although "Tally Ho" by The Clean was the first release to draw public attention to the label, as it unexpectedly reached number nineteen in the New Zealand charts, br ...
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Anti-Tiger
''Anti-Tiger'' is the second release by The Mint Chicks on Flying Nun Records and is their follow-up to the well-received '' Octagon, Octagon, Octagon''. ''Anti-Tiger'' was issued in three formats: a 2-track 7"-single, a 6-track 10"-EP and a 6-track CD-EP. One of the EP-tracks, "Opium Of The People", was re-recorded for the Mint Chicks' first full-length, '' Fuck the Golden Youth'', in 2005. It developed the Mint Chicks' sound while keeping the intensity of their previous work. Track listing 7"-single A:"Anti-Tiger" - 3:03 B:"Octagon, Octagon, Octagon (Live)" 10"/CD-EP #"Prelude" - 1:25 #"Blue Team Go!" - 1:27 #"Anti-Tiger" - 3:03 #"Opium Of The People" - 3:33 #"Fake Up" - 1:30 #"The Perfect Machine" - 3:13 Tracks 1, 2 and 3 by Kody Neilson. Tracks 4, 5 and 6 by Ruban and Kody Neilson. Personnel * Paul Roper - Drums * Michael Logie - Bass Guitar * Kody Nielson - Vocals *Ruban Nielson Ruban Nielson (born 20 February 1980) is a New Zealand musician, singer and songwriter, ...
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Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ...
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Fuck The Golden Youth
''Fuck the Golden Youth'' is the first full-length album released by The Mint Chicks on the Flying Nun label. The album was produced by singer Kody and Guitarist Ruban Nielson and recorded by the band in total isolation in a house on a beach in Northland, New Zealand which was inaccessible except at low tide. Track listing All tracks were written by Kody Nielson, Ruban Nielson Ruban Nielson (born 20 February 1980) is a New Zealand musician, singer and songwriter, best known for being the frontman of the psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra. One of the most acclaimed New Zealand musicians of his generation, he ..., and Micheal Logie Tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12 composed by Kody Nielson. Tracks 3, 11, 13 composed by Ruban Nielson. Tracks 6, 9 composed by Kody Nielson and Ruban Nielson. Track 5 composed by Kody Nielson, Ruban Nielson and Michael Logie. # "Fat Gut Strut" – 3:10 # "Rubbage Rat" – 1:02 # "Fuck the Golden Youth" – 1:46 # "A Quick Show of Hands" – ...
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Paul Roper
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Michael Logie
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Kody Nielson
Kody Seti Kimbulu (born 23 January 1978), known professionally as Kody or Kody Kim, is a Belgian television host, comedian, and radio personality. Kody was born in Schaerbeek, Belgium to a Congolese family. He attended the Université catholique de Louvain, Catholic University of Louvain, studying both politics and business management. After graduation, he joined the theatre group Kings of Comedy and began working in the radio industry, hosting radio shows on VivaCité and RTBF. In 2014, he was featured in the fourth season of Laurent Ruquier's show ''On n'demande qu'à en rire'' on France 2. He was a guest host for La Deux and C8 (French TV channel), C8 from 2015 to 2017. On 18 October 2019, it was announced that Kody would host the 10th Magritte Awards. References External links

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Ruban Nielson
Ruban Nielson (born 20 February 1980) is a New Zealand musician, singer and songwriter, best known for being the frontman of the psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra. One of the most acclaimed New Zealand musicians of his generation, he has won two Aotearoa music awards and an APRA Silver Scroll, over the course of his band's five studio albums and one extended play. Born in Darwin, Australia, to a Hawaiian mother and a Maori father, Nielson was raised in Orewa, Auckland in a working-class musical family. After support from his teachers at Orewa College, Nielson attended Elam, Auckland's most eminent Fine Arts school. He graduated in 2002 as a recipient Sir James Wallace art award, one year after forming The Mint Chicks with Paul Roper, Michael Logie and his brother Kody Nielson. The four members met at Orewa College, although the band started moving between Portland, Oregon, where Nielson would later be based, and Auckland. The band, known for its nihilistic ideology ...
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The Mint Chicks Albums
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2003 Debut EPs
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