West Auckland Punk Gig Poster 2 1983

 

Firstly, sorry about the poor quality of the poster. It’s a scan of a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy. Not many of these West Auckland gig posters survived. This one is from 1983. No Tag were just about to release their album. The Plunket Boys had become Vicious Circle on their way to becoming The Warners.  Zyklon-B contained members of The Mormons and Agent Orange (the Mt Roskill Punk band not U.S. one).

Here’s three songs by bands who played at this gig.

The Henchmen - Bitch Goddess

Zyklon-B - Youth On Our Side

No Tag - Mistaken Identity

Or all of them as a .zip

West Auckland Punk Gig Poster

West Auckland Punk Gig Poster 1982

This is a gig poster for a local Punk dance in Auckland New Zealand from 1982. No Tag, The Mormons, The Plunket Boys and Red Cross were  cornerstone bands of the early 1980’s West Auckland hall punk scene. They played self-organised gigs in hired West Auckland halls. The gigs were promoted by world of mouth and self-designed photocopied posters like this one. The Plunket Boys put this gig (and therefore this poster) together. It was closed down early by the Police like many were. The reason the Queen says there are four bands playing but there are five on the poster, is because No Tag were added at the last minute.

No Tag: Oi Oi Oi 1982

New Zealand band No Tag were part of the early 1980’s West Auckland hall punk scene with the likes of The Mormons, The Plunket Boys, Red Cross and Vicious Circle. Playing gigs in hired halls such as the Owairaka Hall, Mount Roskill Municipal Hall, and the Mount Albert Primary School Hall,  as most venues  banned punk bands from playing. Manly due to the behaviour of  crowds they attracted. In the true tradition of punk, these gigs were organised by fans or the bands themselves and promoted by self-designed photocopied posters. No Tag were the only band from that scene to release a record.  This is their 1982 debut EP, release on Propeller Records (Rev21).  They also released an album. The arm and tattoo  -yes, its a real tattoo- on the cover belongs to the drummer Carl.

Andrew Boak                        Guitar
Paul Van Wettering              Vocals
Carl Van Wettering              Drums
Gary Sullivan                          Bass

No Tag
Mistake Identity
Legalised Dogs