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[[image:Hgarticle018.jpg|right|thumb|City Weekend article on the band, October 1998]] | [[image:Hgarticle018.jpg|right|thumb|City Weekend article on the band, October 1998]] | ||
[[image:Handsome.jpg|left|thumb|Handsome Geoffrey]] | [[image:Handsome.jpg|left|thumb|Handsome Geoffrey]] | ||
− | Handsome Geoffrey were a three-piece guitar pop group from Hamilton Girls' High School in the late 1990s | + | Handsome Geoffrey were a three-piece guitar pop group from Hamilton Girls' High School in the late 1990s. One of the more successful Hamilton groups of the time, the band came to prominence New Zealand wide by winning the national [[Rockquest]] in 1998. <br> |
Handsome Geoffrey comprised [[Anna Coddington]] (guitar), [[Janna Hawkins]] (bass) and [[Aidee Walker]] (drums). With simple and sweet yet melodically [[image:Handsomepaper006.jpg|left|thumb|Aidee, Anna and Janna as they appeared in the City Weekend paper in 1998]]interesting songs such as ''Around the Sun'' and ''Surly Little Bugger'', the group had as many detractors as they did followers, which was plenty, perhaps more of each than any other Hamilton band since (excluding perhaps [[the Datsuns]]). During one performance at the [[Hillcrest Tavern]], [[Anna Coddington|Anna]] was infamously hit in the face by a glass beer mug.<br> | Handsome Geoffrey comprised [[Anna Coddington]] (guitar), [[Janna Hawkins]] (bass) and [[Aidee Walker]] (drums). With simple and sweet yet melodically [[image:Handsomepaper006.jpg|left|thumb|Aidee, Anna and Janna as they appeared in the City Weekend paper in 1998]]interesting songs such as ''Around the Sun'' and ''Surly Little Bugger'', the group had as many detractors as they did followers, which was plenty, perhaps more of each than any other Hamilton band since (excluding perhaps [[the Datsuns]]). During one performance at the [[Hillcrest Tavern]], [[Anna Coddington|Anna]] was infamously hit in the face by a glass beer mug.<br> |