AK•79

Capturing the quick flash of the initial punk scene as such in Auckland – an expanded edition on CD over a decade later added more tracks and bands for further context – AK•79 is a classic of-its-time snapshot of rough and ready numbers, at times more bored and disaffected than confrontational. Toy Love remain the most well known act, but the Scavengers and the Swingers are worth noting given their bassists – Ronnie Recent, also a singer and aka Brendan Perry, and Bones Hillman – and their future work in Dead Can Dance and Midnight Oil respectively.