The Renderers (band)
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The Renderers are a band from Christchurch
, New Zealand
formed in 1989 by Brian Crook (of The Terminals
) and his wife Maryrose.
and formerly of The Verlaines
) and bassist Denise Roughan, and released their debut album, Trail of Tears, in 1991 on Flying Nun Records
. They released six further albums. Brian Crook also recorded a solo album in 1999 (Bathysphere).
Currently the Crooks are playing with Shannon O'Brien on bass and electronics, Sean O'Reilly (of King Loser) on guitars, synths and percussion, and have recorded a new album which will come out on Ba Da Bing Recs in July featuring Stefan Neville (Pumice) on drums.
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
formed in 1989 by Brian Crook (of The Terminals
The Terminals
The Terminals are an alternative rock band from New Zealand. They released material on the Xpressway and Flying Nun labels.No affiliation with the TERMINALS aka the TERMINALS , a Surf/Punk band from Hutchinson, KS, USA...
) and his wife Maryrose.
History
The Crooks recruited drummer Robbie Yeats (of The Dead CThe Dead C
The Dead C are a New Zealand based noise rock trio made up of members Bruce Russell, Michael Morley and Robbie Yeats. Most often, Russell plays electric guitar, Morley sings and plays electric guitar or laptop, and Yeats plays drums....
and formerly of The Verlaines
The Verlaines
The Verlaines are a rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand. Formed in 1981 by Graeme Downes, Craig Easton, Anita Pillai, Phillip Higham and Greg Kerr, the band went through multiple line-ups before going on an extended hiatus after their 1997 album Over The Moon. In 2003 a career retrospective, You're...
) and bassist Denise Roughan, and released their debut album, Trail of Tears, in 1991 on Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records is an independent record label formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1981 by music-store proprietor Roger Shepherd.-History:The label was formed in the flurry of new punk rock-inspired labels forming in the early 1980s...
. They released six further albums. Brian Crook also recorded a solo album in 1999 (Bathysphere).
Currently the Crooks are playing with Shannon O'Brien on bass and electronics, Sean O'Reilly (of King Loser) on guitars, synths and percussion, and have recorded a new album which will come out on Ba Da Bing Recs in July featuring Stefan Neville (Pumice) on drums.
Albums
| Date of Release | Title | Label | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albums | ||||||
| 1990 1990 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:*January 21 – MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with British band Squeeze... |
Trail of Tears | Flying Nun Records Flying Nun Records Flying Nun Records is an independent record label formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1981 by music-store proprietor Roger Shepherd.-History:The label was formed in the flurry of new punk rock-inspired labels forming in the early 1980s... |
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| 1994 1994 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.-January–February:*January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so.... |
That Dog's Head in the Gutter Gives Off Vibrations | Ajax Records | ||||
| 1996 1996 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact... |
The Surface of Jupiter | Ajax Records | ||||
| 1998 1998 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia... |
A Dream of the Sea | Siltbreeze Records | ||||
| 2006 2006 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band.... |
Ghosts of Our Vegas Lives | Three Beads of Sweat Records | ||||
| 2009 2009 in music The following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year... |
Monsters and Miasmas | Last Visible Dog | ||||