Editing The Earthlings

In late 1991 ''the Earthlings'' were formed in Rotorua by ''Dave Bishop'' (aka ''Davey Bishara''), previously of Christchurch's ''Big White Undie Band'' and Rotorua's three-piece ''Adult Mayflys''. Dave hooked up with ''Andrew White'', previously of Rotorua indie band ''P. D. Corp'', and [[Paul Tregilgas]] (ex-''Boogadagas'', ''Da Hubcaps'' and [[Calamari Bushmen]]), on drums. After ''Paul T'' emigrated to Hamilton, two other drummers were used by ''the Earthlings''; ''Barry Mackay'' from Mamaku and ''Adrian Bergman'' (younger brother of ''David Bergman'' from Christchurch's ''Throw'' and ''Cinematic''). Rotorua musician and producer ''Rodger "Rodgerson" Cunningham'' joined as second guitarist for a short time after recording the band at the local iwi radio staion. 

''The Earthlings'' gigged and recorded up to mid-1993 when Dave moved overseas and Andrew moved to Auckland. During this time the band played numerous gigs in Rotorua, Tauranga and Hamilton, as well as support slots for the ''Straitjacket Fits'', ''Jan Hellriegel'', ''the Muttonbirds'', ''the Bats'' and ''the Chills''. It was at the ''Chills'' support that Dave and Andrew met ''Earl Robertson'', the then ''Chills'' drummer (on the 1992 ''Soft Bomb'' tour), who later joined as ''Earthlings'' drummer in Auckland in 1994. ''The Earthlings'' recorded 8 songs in the studio that were released together with one live track as ''The Complete Earthlings Volumes I, II & III''. Six of the tracks were recorded at Rotorua's iwi radio station studio by ''Roger Cunningham'' and featured Paul and Adrian on drums, while two tracks were recorded at [[Tandys Studios]] in Hamilton by [[Dave Whitehead]]. The 1993 release was on cassette only via Rotorua's indie label ''Elbow'' (also home to the [[Calamari Bushmen]]) and sold about 80 copies. The last of the Rotorua-based ''Earthlings'' gigs were in Hamilton and Tauranga supporting the ''Straitjacket Fits'' in May 1993. 

In 1994 Dave had returned from overseas, moved to Auckland, and reformed ''the Earthlings''. Andrew had got to know ''Earl Robertson'' better (now also living in Auckland) and asked him to join the band as drummer. Rehearsals took place at the Frisbee Leisure Lounge practice rooms on Symonds St, in the main area or the vault, where the band were locked inside for several hours one night! Gigs were few and far between - mainly at the Kings Ams and the Temple on Queen St. No studio recordings were made but many live tapes of practice sessions exist. The existing ''Earthlings'' catalogue was reworked with Earl and new songs were written. In 1995 the ''Earthlings'' track K.I.S.S. was included on the ''Opus Locus'' label compilation ''Slaves of Nevermind Vol.4''. When not performing as ''the Earthlings'', Earl and Andrew went on to be the rhythm section for a number of artists including ''Bic Runga'' and ''Damien Binder''; Dave, Earl and Andrew became the live band for singer/songwriter ''Ana Strong''; Dave and Earl formed the ''Peter Styvesant HitList'' with ''Chris Anderton'', ''Dave Goodison'' and ''Dominic Blazaar'' (who Andrew played with for ''Greg Fleming & The Trains''). Andrew also guested on keys with Dom's band ''Smoothy'' live, played in ''Reader's Wives'' with ex-''Chainsaw Masochist''s ''Ricky McShane'' and ''Murray Cawley'' and in ''Real Fabrica'' with ''Scotty Pearson'' (''Elemeno P'') and ''Matt Ruys'' amongst others. Andrew is also behind electronic act ''Tomorrowpeople''. Earl provided the vocals for the ''Tomorrowpeople'' track ''Got The Time'', which was released on the ''NZ Fashion Week'' CD compilation in 2004. Earl has played with numerous acts including ''Upper Hutt Pose'', ''Grace'', ''City Newton Bombers'', ''Billy Squire'' and ''the Rye''. Aside from guitar duty in many bands Dave released a solo record ''Fold In Two'' in late 2008. Dave also contributed guitar parts to ''Tomorrowpeople'''s remix of the 2001 ''K'Lee'' hit ''Broken Wings''. ''The Earthlings'' have never officially split.

==External Links==
*[http://www.myspace.com/theearthlingsnz ''The Earthlings'' MySpace page]

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−	In late 1991 ''the Earthlings'' were formed in Rotorua by ''Dave Bishop'' (aka ''Davey Bishara''), previously of Christchurch's ''Big White Undie Band'' and Rotorua's three-piece ''Adult Mayflys''. Dave hooked up with ''Andrew White'', previously of Rotorua indie band ~~[[PD~~ Corp]], and [[Paul Tregilgas]] (ex-''Boogadagas'', ''Da Hubcaps'' and [[Calamari Bushmen]]), on drums. After ''Paul T'' emigrated to Hamilton, two other drummers were used by ''the Earthlings''; ''Barry Mackay'' from Mamaku and ''Adrian Bergman'' (younger brother of ''David Bergman'' from Christchurch's ''Throw'' and ''Cinematic''). Rotorua musician and producer ''Rodger "Rodgerson" Cunningham'' joined as second guitarist for a short time after recording the band at the local iwi radio staion.	+	In late 1991 ''the Earthlings'' were formed in Rotorua by ''Dave Bishop'' (aka ''Davey Bishara''), previously of Christchurch's ''Big White Undie Band'' and Rotorua's three-piece ''Adult Mayflys''. Dave hooked up with ''Andrew White'', previously of Rotorua indie band ''P. D. Corp'', and [[Paul Tregilgas]] (ex-''Boogadagas'', ''Da Hubcaps'' and [[Calamari Bushmen]]), on drums. After ''Paul T'' emigrated to Hamilton, two other drummers were used by ''the Earthlings''; ''Barry Mackay'' from Mamaku and ''Adrian Bergman'' (younger brother of ''David Bergman'' from Christchurch's ''Throw'' and ''Cinematic''). Rotorua musician and producer ''Rodger "Rodgerson" Cunningham'' joined as second guitarist for a short time after recording the band at the local iwi radio staion.

	''The Earthlings'' gigged and recorded up to mid-1993 when Dave moved overseas and Andrew moved to Auckland. During this time the band played numerous gigs in Rotorua, Tauranga and Hamilton, as well as support slots for the ''Straitjacket Fits'', ''Jan Hellriegel'', ''the Muttonbirds'', ''the Bats'' and ''the Chills''. It was at the ''Chills'' support that Dave and Andrew met ''Earl Robertson'', the then ''Chills'' drummer (on the 1992 ''Soft Bomb'' tour), who later joined as ''Earthlings'' drummer in Auckland in 1994. ''The Earthlings'' recorded 8 songs in the studio that were released together with one live track as ''The Complete Earthlings Volumes I, II & III''. Six of the tracks were recorded at Rotorua's iwi radio station studio by ''Roger Cunningham'' and featured Paul and Adrian on drums, while two tracks were recorded at [[Tandys Studios]] in Hamilton by [[Dave Whitehead]]. The 1993 release was on cassette only via Rotorua's indie label ''Elbow'' (also home to the [[Calamari Bushmen]]) and sold about 80 copies. The last of the Rotorua-based ''Earthlings'' gigs were in Hamilton and Tauranga supporting the ''Straitjacket Fits'' in May 1993.		''The Earthlings'' gigged and recorded up to mid-1993 when Dave moved overseas and Andrew moved to Auckland. During this time the band played numerous gigs in Rotorua, Tauranga and Hamilton, as well as support slots for the ''Straitjacket Fits'', ''Jan Hellriegel'', ''the Muttonbirds'', ''the Bats'' and ''the Chills''. It was at the ''Chills'' support that Dave and Andrew met ''Earl Robertson'', the then ''Chills'' drummer (on the 1992 ''Soft Bomb'' tour), who later joined as ''Earthlings'' drummer in Auckland in 1994. ''The Earthlings'' recorded 8 songs in the studio that were released together with one live track as ''The Complete Earthlings Volumes I, II & III''. Six of the tracks were recorded at Rotorua's iwi radio station studio by ''Roger Cunningham'' and featured Paul and Adrian on drums, while two tracks were recorded at [[Tandys Studios]] in Hamilton by [[Dave Whitehead]]. The 1993 release was on cassette only via Rotorua's indie label ''Elbow'' (also home to the [[Calamari Bushmen]]) and sold about 80 copies. The last of the Rotorua-based ''Earthlings'' gigs were in Hamilton and Tauranga supporting the ''Straitjacket Fits'' in May 1993.