Editing Bwa da Riddim

[[image:Bwa Da Riddim - I Said Squarehead - Front Cover.jpg|right|thumb|''I Said Squarehead'' front cover]]
Formed in September 1993, ''Bwa da Riddim'' originally featured [[Clinton Swan]] (bass), [[Stu Armstrong]] (drums), [[Kendra Schierning]] (alto sax), [[Geoff Butler]] (guitar) and [[Matt Butler]] (vocals, keyboards). <br>

''Schierning'' departed the band in or around 1995 and was replaced on saxaphone by [[Matt Walsham]]. [[Hans Baldwin]] joined the band on guitar around the same time, leaving the Butler brothers to sing. Stu Armstrong was replaced on drums by [[Terry Edwards]], giving the band their best known line-up and a 'chunkier' sound.

In 1996, the Butler brothers went overseas, with Geoff returning several months later. In the interim [[Mobile Stud Unit]]'s [[Rohan Marx]] briefly joined the remaining band members on vocal duties for a line-up called [[Bert and the Hotrods]].

''Bwa da Riddim'' released a limited run 10" record on clear vinyl/acetate entitled '[[I Said Squarehead]]' in 1997/98. The record was lathe cut at [[King Records]] in Geraldine. The band also had a track ''Dob'' on the 1995 [[The Fridge]] compilation, and the popular ''Peeping Tom'' on 1996's [[In Love With This Town]] compilation. They also had the tracks ''Man in Black'' and ''Gunslinger'' on the 1996 [[Ska-otea-roa: a Kiwi Ska and Reggae Sampler]] compilation.

Bwa Da Riddim enjoyed a string of 'hits' on Hamilton's student radio station [[Contact 89FM]], with many songs hitting the number one spot on the listener voted [[Top 13]] countdown show.

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