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− | [[image:Hgpaper041.jpg|right|thumb|Hollow Grinders in the City Weekend]]
| + | The Hollow Grinders proclaimed themselves "New Zealand's best and only instrumental surf band", a claim few could deny. They started as a trio of [[Biff Bangle]], [[Andrew Dean|Eddie Hodad]] and [[Dean Ballinger|Dirk Thrust]], later joined by [[Gordon Bassett|Hank 'Family Man' Special]] and -- after Biff allegedly faked his own death to avoid further contractual obligations to the group -- [[Stan Jagger|Otis Uhh!]]. |
− | The Hollow Grinders (briefly called "the Sandhoppers", and playing their first gig in October 1996 as "the Blublockers") proclaimed themselves "New Zealand's best and only instrumental surf band", a claim few could deny. Hollow Grinders started as a trio of [[Biff Bangle]], [[Andrew Dean|Eddie Hodad]] and [[Dean Ballinger|Dirk Thrust]], differing from ''The Blublockers'' only in a change in drummer. Later, [[Gordon Bassett|Hank 'Family Man' Special]] joined to make the band a four-piece. Line-up changes have continued, with ''Biff Bangle'' allegedly faking his own death to avoid further contractual obligations to the group, seeing the addition of [[Stan Jagger|Otis Uhh!]]. [[Greg Locke|Rick O'Kutt]] has also replaced ''Hank 'Family Man' Special''. | + | |
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− | The Hollow Grinders have two CDs, [[The Hollow Grinders Dig Chicks]] and [[Surfin' Taniwha]], one 7" record, [[Bradley's Dunny Crouch]], and several other releases. In 1999, Californian surf band ''The Neptunas'' released a song dedicated to ''The Hollow Grinders'' called [[Thee Phantom 5ive|Hollow Grinders are Go!]]. Significant gigs played by the band include [[Circle Jerk 2018]]. | + | The Hollow Grinders have released one CD, [[The Hollow Grinders Dig Chicks]] and one 7" record, [[Bradley's Dunny Crouch]]. The photo on the cover of the former was taken by [[Thom Burton|Thom]] of [[Yokel Ono]]. |
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− | ==Releases==
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− | *[[Live FM]] cassette, 1997<br>
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− | *[[Bradley's Dunny Crouch]] 7" single<br>
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− | *[[Dig Promos]] EP<br>
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− | *[[The Hollow Grinders Dig Chicks]] album, 2001<br>
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− | *[[Surfin' Taniwha]] album, 2018
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− | [[image:Grindersjerk.jpg|right|thumb|''Hollow Grinders'' at [[Circle Jerk]] 2018]]
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− | *''Repo Man'' featured on the 1997 compilation [[Reef Madness]]<br>
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− | *''Rhythm & Swing'' appears on the 1997 compilation [[Green Eggs and Hamilton]]<br>
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− | *''Two Suits'' appears on [[NZ on Air Indie Hit Disc 7]], 1998 (NZ on Air promo)<br>
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− | *''Te Harinui (Not on a Snowy Night)'' appears on the 1998 compilation [[Christmas in the Summertime]]<br>
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− | *''Piha Death Rip'' appears on the 1998 compilation [[Fiberglass Jungle]]<br>
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− | *''Pania (of the Reef)'' appears on [[NZ on Air Indie Hit Disc 10]], 2000 (NZ on Air promo)<br>
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− | *''Piha Death Rip'' appears on the 2001 compilation [[Year Zero]]<br>
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− | *''When a Child is Born'' appears on the 2001 compilation [[Christmas On The Rocks: A New Zealand Rock 'N' Roll Christmas]]<br>
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− | *''Shoot the Pukeko, Hank'' appears on the 2002 compilation [[Zero.one]]<br>
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− | *''Toe Tag Point'' appears on the 2007 compilation [[Area 07]]<br>
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− | *''Dirty Sanchez'' appears on the 2020 compilation [[In Thrust We Trust]]
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− | ==External Sites==
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− | [http://www.facebook.com/The-Hollow-Grinders#!/pages/The-Hollow-Grinders/114240336207 Hollow Grinders Facebook page]<br>
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