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| − | [[image:Trinket.jpg|right|thumb|[[Trinket]] - photo by [[Kent Blechynden]]]]
| + | First incarnation of [[The Datsuns]], featuring the same lineup as the present band. As Trinket, they won the [[Contact 89FM Battle of the Bands]] in 1999. Changed their name in 2000. |
| − | ''Trinket'' was the first incarnation of [[The Datsuns]], formed in 1995 by [[Dolf de Borst]], [[Phil Buscke Somervell]] and [[Matt Osment]]. [[Christian Livingstone]] joined in 1997. <br>
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| − | The band entered the [[Contact 89FM]] [[Battle of the Bands]] on three occasions, placing third in 1997, and eventually losing out to [[Trucker]] in 1998 (for whom Dolf played bass also). The following year ''Trinket'' were victorious. <br>
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| − | Recording and releasing material on cassette tapes, ''Trinket'' built up quite a following around Hamilton due to goofy yet irresistible songs like ''Girly Gumshoe'', and a tendency to play raucous, highly energetic, equipment-smashing live sets.
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| − | A number of ''Trinket'' songs referenced the equipment they were using at the time, such as ''Casiotone'' and an early rendition of ''Harmonic Generator'', which would later become a well-known song for [[The Datsuns]].
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| − | They released the track ''Moral Dilemma'' on the 1996 compilation [[In Love With This Town]]. ''Girly Gumshoe'' appeared on the 1998 promo CD [[NZ on Air Indie Hit Disc 7]]<br>
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| − | In 2000 they changed their name to [[The Datsuns]].
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