3Ds
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| General information | |
| origin | New Zealand |
| Genre (s) | Noise / Pop |
| founding | 1988 |
| resolution | 1996 |
| Founding members | |
| David Saunders | |
| Denise Roughan | |
| Dominic Stones | |
| Last occupation | |
Vocals, electric guitar |
David Saunders |
Electric guitar |
David Mitchell |
Electric bass |
Denise Roughan |
Drums |
Dominic Stones |
3Ds was a New Zealand noise - pop band that was active from 1988 to 1996. During this time she released three studio albums on Flying Nun Records . In addition to their home country, the band was particularly successful in the USA and Great Britain.
Band history
3Ds was founded in Dunedin in mid-1988 by singer and guitarist David Saunders, bassist Denise Roughan and drummer Dominic Stones. The band name is derived from the fact that the first names of the three band founders begin with the letter "D". At the beginning of 1989, David Mitchell joined the band as a second guitarist, who was responsible for most of the artwork for 3Ds releases. After the band had tried unsuccessfully to get funding through CreativeNZ , it was represented with the title Meluzina Man in 1990 on the compilation XPRESSWAY PILE = UP (A Compilation Of NZ Music) . After the two EPs Fish Tales (1990) and Swarthy Songs for Swabs (1991), Flying Nun Records released the debut album Hellzapoppin in 1992 . This was licensed by First Warning for the American market and the band went on tour through the USA , followed by an Australian tour in support of Lemonheads . In 1993, Venus Trail was the second album, which was released in the United States (via Merge Records ) and in Great Britain and was the most successful album by 3Ds. During a tour of the UK, the band recorded a peel session on April 24, 1994 . After the EP Caterwauling was released , 3Ds took part in the Big Day Out and was the opening act for U2 during their New Zealand tour. In 1996, the third and final album, Strange News from the Angels, was released, and in early 1997 the band broke up.
In 2009, the reformed band performed at a festival to mark the 20th anniversary of Merge Records , and in 2010 made a few appearances in New Zealand and the UK. There was no further activity of the 3Ds afterwards, while guitarist David Saunders continues to play material of the band live with Street Chant.
Music genre
The band's music has been compared to bands like Pixies , The Feelies and Television . The two-part playing of the two guitarists Saunders and Mitchell is characteristic. Jason Ankeny from Allmusic described the style of music as a mixture of noise and pop . In artwork and lyrics, the band referred to the aesthetics of the 1960s comics and their portrayal of death and violence.
Discography
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Albums
- 1992: Hellzapoppin
- 1993: The Venus Trail
- 1996: Strange News from the Angels
Compilations
- 2011: We Bury The Living: Early Recordings 1989-90 (digitally post-processed recordings from 1989 and 1990)
Singles, EPs
- 1990: Fish Tales
- 1991: Swarthy Songs for Swabs
- 1992: Outer Tales
- 1993: Beautiful Things
- 1994: Hey Seuss
- 1995: Caterwauling
- 1996: Dust
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 3Ds. Merge Records, accessed September 9, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d Bruce Russell: 3Ds. Flying Out, accessed on September 15, 2016 .
- ^ The 3Ds' David Saunders Announces Tour with Street Chant. In: undertheradar.co.nz. August 28, 2013, accessed September 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Craig Marks: 3Ds, The Venus Trail . In: Spin . December 1993, p. 32 .
- ^ Jason Ankeny: 3Ds: Biography & History. In: Allmusic . Retrieved September 15, 2016 .
- ^ Matthew Bannister: White Boys, White Noise: Masculinities and 1980s Indie Guitar Rock . Ashgate Publishing, 2006, ISBN 978-0-7546-5190-1 , pp. 141 f .
- ↑ a b Sources for chart placement: charts.org.nz , accessed on September 9, 2016 (English).