Editing Sequester

'''Sequester''' began in late 1997, the very first group formed by [[R William Murphy]] and [[Dan Duran]]. Initially the line up was completed by Ashleigh (drums) and Mary (bass) who was soon replaced by [[Spider]].

[[image:Seqarticle019.jpg|left|thumb|Sequester in the City Weekend paper, late 1998]]

This particular line up didn't perform in public, but once Ashleigh was replaced with Arie, things moved quickly, and the band played their first ever gig at [[JBCs]] in March 1998.

By the time of the band's third gig, they had a set of over twenty songs, due to the prolific writing partnership (as well as solo offerings) from [[R William Murphy|Rob]] and [[Dan Duran|Dan]]. Cracks began to show though, as their writing styles were pulling in different directions; as a result [[Dan Duran]] left the group in mid 1998.

[[image:Sequestergig005.jpg|right|thumb|Poster for Sequester gig at [[JBCs]] with [[Inspector Moog]], circa 1999]]

The remaining three forged a new, harder sound, based around Rob's Smashing Pumpkins/Tool kind of material. Over the next couple of years, their sound fluctuated between epic and tight, raucous and commercial. 

In 2000, Seth joined the band as a second guitarist, but it wasn't to last much longer. Rob disbanded the group in 2001 and moved to Wellington. He returned in 2002 and formed [[Big Elephants]], with Sequester drummer Arie and former Sequester guitarist [[Dan Duran]] on bass.

There are Sequester recordings around, but they are hard to come by. The group recorded approximately nine songs with future [[48may]] guitarist [[Captain Hook]], for which one song, ''Numb'', a video was shot (by [[Dan Duran]]). In 2000, the group recorded an as yet unreleased four track EP with [[Dan Howard]], for which another video was shot - ''Live Without Me''.

[[Spider]] went on to form [[Deceitful Existence]], which [[R William Murphy|Rob]] later joined, on guitar. 

==Members==

* [[R William Murphy]] - guitar, vocals (1997 - 2001)
* [[Daniel McAuley]] (a.k.a. [[Spider]]) - bass guitar, keyboards (1997 - 2001)
* Seth - guitar, slide guitar (2000 - 2001)
* Arie - drums (1998 - 2001)
* [[Dan Duran]] - guitar (1997 - 1998)
* Ashleigh - drums (1997)
* Mary - bass guitar (1997)

==Music videos==

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=ndezQEzBX-w Rope - made by [[University of Waikato]] film students]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbraqsvMuJ8 Numb - directed by [[Dan Duran]]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW5RwG2-4Ck Live Without Me - directed by [[Dan Duran]]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAYpkSRl-VM Parody advert for album 'Isolated - the Best of Sequester'] - directed by [[Dan Duran]]

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