Editing Dead Pan Rangers

''Dead Pan Rangers'' formed in 1997 as [[Mystery Machine]], changing their name in 1999. Mike (bass and vocals), and Darran (guitar) have played together since the bands inception, but they have been through a large number of drummers. The current drummer, Bevan, joined in 2003. The have released two full length albums, [[Dead Pan Rangers CD]], (1999) and [[We've done so much good for so many people]], (2004) and an E.P. [[Not much less further than last time]] in 2005. The band relocated to London in 2005 and played shows in England and Germany throughout the year. They returned to NZ in January 2006 for a short tour.

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-[[image:DPR.jpg|left|thumb|Darran, Bevan and Mike from ''Dead Pan Rangers'']]
+''Dead Pan Rangers'' formed in 1997 as [[Mystery Machine]], changing their name in 1999. Mike (bass and vocals), and Darran (guitar) have played together since the bands inception, but they have been through a large number of drummers. The current drummer, Bevan, joined in 2003. The have released two full length albums, [[Dead Pan Rangers CD]], (1999) and [[We've done so much good for so many people]], (2004) and an E.P. [[Not much less further than last time]] in 2005. The band relocated to London in 2005 and played shows in England and Germany throughout the year. They returned to NZ in January 2006 for a short tour.
-''Dead Pan Rangers'' formed in 1997 as [[Mystery Machine]], changing their name in 1999. [[Mike Wilson]] (bass and vocals) and [[Darren Nugent]] (guitar) played together since the bands inception, but the band went through a number of drummers. They won the [[Band Experiments]] in 2000 (with [[Amy Doyle]] on drums). [[Bevan Galbraith]] became their longest serving drummer, from 2003. <br>
-''Dead Pan Rangers'' released two full length albums, [[Dead Pan Rangers CD|Dead Pan Rangers]] (1999) and [[We've done so much good for so many people]] (2004), and an E.P. [[Not much less further than last time]] (2005).
-[[image:DeadPan.jpg|right|thumb|2005 concert poster for English concert by ''Dead Pan Rangers'', with [[Girlinky]] and [[Grande Cobra]]]]
-The band relocated to London in 2005 and played shows in England and Germany throughout the year. [[Bevan Galbraith]] remained the bands drummer when playing in New Zealand, but ''Tim Clulow'' drummed while in the UK. They returned to New Zealand in January 2006 for a short tour. A compilation featuring tracks from their albums and EP was released as a bonus CD with [[A Low Hum (Series 3, Issue 2)]].<br>
-==Other Releases==
-*''Dwarfism'' appears on the 2000 promo CD [[NZ on Air Indie Hit Disc 10]] <br>
-*''Harbringer'' appears on the 2001 compilation [[Year Zero]]<br>
-*''All the Goodies'' appears on the 2004 compilation [[Kaleidoscope World Series 6]] <br>
-*''Dwarfism'' appears on the 2004 compilation [[Kaleidoscope World Series 4]]<br>
-*''California dream'' appears on the 2005 compilation [[Drill Issue 10 Sampler - Vol 1]]
-*A ''DPR'' song appears on the compilation [[Drill Issue 14 Sampler - Vol 5]]
-*''10 Speed'' appears on the 2008 compilation [[Bulletholes 3: The Best is Yet to Come]]
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-[[image:Dead Pan Rangers at Diggers, 2003.jpg |right|thumb|Dead Pan Rangers at Diggers]]
-==Published Articles==
-*''Band far from Dead Pan over Contest Win'', [[Waikato Times]], 21 July 2000, P3
-==External Sites==
-*[http://www.myspace.com/deadpanrangers ''Dead Pan Rangers'' MySpace site] <br>
-*[http://www.powertoolrecords.co.nz/dpr.htm ''Dead Pan Rangers'' site at ''Powertool Records'']<br>
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