OK Dinghy
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Initially called the Bodacious Motherfuckers, OK Dingy were formed in Te Kuiti in the late-1960s after the members moved to a commune there from Ponsonby. The first stable lineup comprised Todd Hunter (vocals), Ray Goodwin (guitar) and Div Vercoe (drums). Goodwin had previously been in Hamilton bands Third Reich Blues Band and The Jacob Manning Group. Influences included Miles Davis. The Greatful Dead and The Beatles, and the band played regular gigs at Waikato University during this time. Successive drugs busts moved the band to Eureka and then Hamilton (a house on Lake Road). However, they eventually moved to Auckland where they evolved into Dragon (Hunter and Goodwin). Vercoe was briefly a member of Split Enz.
