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NUNCHUKKA SUPERFLY 95Take yourself back, 30 years ago, give or take a year or so.It was 1993, The Hard-Ons had called it a day after touring Europe and America for almost half the year, it just wasn’t working anymore.Prog-hardcore outfit Massappeal also folded around 1994.Peter Allen, Peter Black and Ray Ahn found themselves starting a new band – Nunchukka Superfly. They tried out singers for almost a year before Harpoon’s James (aka JJ) McCann came along; luckily this time it clicked.They hit the ground running with high profile supports and festivals due to the reputations of their previous bands. This beast was something different though and some punters pushed back as it wasn’t what they were expecting. This spurned the band on to give 110% and push their musicality to a new level.They were a powerhouse who often blew other bands off stage.In 1995, the cracks began showing as the band started to “not get on so well”.The album Nunchukka Superfly 95 was recorded in one day; considering the hostility, the recording went exceptionally well. The band described the day and the music as “you can hear that tension”, “volatile”, “intense”, a moment in time, captured on a master and if you tried to create it again, you couldn’t.This line up of the band played one last show at the Big Day Out in 1996, Blackie describes the show as “we hadn’t even spoken, let alone rehearsed for fuck knows how long and I wasn’t even sure the other guys were gonna show up ha! But… 10 mins before we were meant to go on stage there we were. We kinda grunted at each other and took the stage. FUCKEN HELL it was something!!! I’ll never forget that gig!”Nunchukka Superfly continued with Ray and Blackie, the album was shelved and that was it. Until a couple of years ago when James found a copy of the master CD.The years had passed, and peace had been made between the four musicians, listening back to the recordings they knew this album had to see the light of day. So, for its first ever release, Cheersquad Records & Tapes present to you Nunchukka Superfly 95 – as James describes it, “raw and straight from the gates of hell”.Nunchukka Superfly 95 will reform and launch this album at the fabled Marrickville Bowling Club. It will be their first show today in just under three decades. It will be their one and only show in Sydney.DAVID LAING
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NUNCHUKKA SUPERFLY ARE ALIVE AND WELL IN SYDNEY!!! Unless you've been living in a cave for the last twenty years you would have heard of THE HARD-ONS: yes, the Hard-ons, that legendary multi-racial punk band that lay waste to all and sundry before them with their "Motorhead meets Beach Boys" death-pop sonic assault, and that continues to this day, to leave foot prints on the top of your skull with their violent yet well-meaning aural attack. Well the two arrogant yet unassuming pillars of that said band, Blackie and Ray have another band at their disposal- NUNCHUKKA SUPERFLY. Now this is a band that has Mike Patton, Jello Biafra, The Melvins and members of Helmet and AMEN as card carrying members of their fan club. In fact their second CD "There are no accidents...just fuckwits" was described by one John Stanier (The Mark of Cain, Helmet, Tomahawk) as "The greatest album ever- period". _____________________ What do they sound like? Hoo-boy. Let me describe what they do not sound like: everything else! Thats right- this is a band that is ideologically and musically far left of the centre when compared to what else is out there. Try these for influences: Dub. Experimental. Free-jazz. Noise. Metal. Psychedelia. Punk. And usually thats just in one song! This is a band described by one famous scribe (Murray Engelheart) thusly: Nunchukka Superfly is from the sort of sonic place The Stooges were heading towards on the Funhouse album before bathroom floors and clinical psych assessments got in the way. It's where Can and Ash Ra Tempel meet at some sort of cosmic equivalent of the crossroads where Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul. It's where Sun Ra would be if the Arkestra's noise was routed in strings, sweat and electricity as opposed to reeds and windpipes. Its where former Black Flag guitarist, Greg Ginn pulled out his most out of left field fret moves. All with the really twisted pop - and yeah, it might be a stretch to use that term as a reference point here - of Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd with all relevant Interstellar Overdriveisms in full frontal view. Oh yeah, its as evil as hell Phew! Do they deserve all this hyperbole?! You bet! For a start, this writer has never felt so much crackling electricity in the air as when Nunchukka Superfly are in the roomand thats just during sound-check! Ever heard a band that makes Merzbow sound quiet in comparison? Youve never heard such power and pure noise-ambition come from three people on stage. Quite frankly, they are frightening. ............... When one witnesses their live shows, one feels one's own hair being swept back: one feels one's trousers flapping from the electricity and power: one feels finally, a sense of distortion, volume and avant-hybrid never presented in such outstanding and commanding terms. And yet the toes keep tapping! Brilliant songs with twisted hooks from God-knows-what. At least youll die with a smile on your face....................... Rodney Swenson
Read MoreNUNCHUKKA SUPERFLY ARE ALIVE AND WELL IN SYDNEY!!! Unless you've been living in a cave for the last twenty years you would have heard of THE HARD-ONS: yes, the Hard-ons, that legendary multi-racial punk band that lay waste to all and sundry before them with their "Motorhead meets Beach Boys" death-pop sonic assault, and that continues to this day, to leave foot prints on the top of your skull with their violent yet well-meaning aural attack. Well the two arrogant yet unassuming pillars of that said band, Blackie and Ray have another band at their disposal- NUNCHUKKA SUPERFLY. Now this is a band that has Mike Patton, Jello Biafra, The Melvins and members of Helmet and AMEN as card carrying members of their fan club. In fact their second CD "There are no accidents...just fuckwits" was described by one John Stanier (The Mark of Cain, Helmet, Tomahawk) as "The greatest album ever- period". _____________________ What do they sound like? Hoo-boy. Let me describe what they do not sound like: everything else! Thats right- this is a band that is ideologically and musically far left of the centre when compared to what else is out there. Try these for influences: Dub. Experimental. Free-jazz. Noise. Metal. Psychedelia. Punk. And usually thats just in one song! This is a band described by one famous scribe (Murray Engelheart) thusly: Nunchukka Superfly is from the sort of sonic place The Stooges were heading towards on the Funhouse album before bathroom floors and clinical psych assessments got in the way. It's where Can and Ash Ra Tempel meet at some sort of cosmic equivalent of the crossroads where Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul. It's where Sun Ra would be if the Arkestra's noise was routed in strings, sweat and electricity as opposed to reeds and windpipes. Its where former Black Flag guitarist, Greg Ginn pulled out his most out of left field fret moves. All with the really twisted pop - and yeah, it might be a stretch to use that term as a reference point here - of Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd with all relevant Interstellar Overdriveisms in full frontal view. Oh yeah, its as evil as hell Phew! Do they deserve all this hyperbole?! You bet! For a start, this writer has never felt so much crackling electricity in the air as when Nunchukka Superfly are in the roomand thats just during sound-check! Ever heard a band that makes Merzbow sound quiet in comparison? Youve never heard such power and pure noise-ambition come from three people on stage. Quite frankly, they are frightening. ............... When one witnesses their live shows, one feels one's own hair being swept back: one feels one's trousers flapping from the electricity and power: one feels finally, a sense of distortion, volume and avant-hybrid never presented in such outstanding and commanding terms. And yet the toes keep tapping! Brilliant songs with twisted hooks from God-knows-what. At least youll die with a smile on your face....................... Rodney Swenson
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