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Suburban Reptiles , Music Video – 1978
The band were on the front pages of the Sunday News and the Sunday Times, both of which featured wild stories (“they sniff cleaning fluid sent over by the Ramones before strangling seagulls at the wharf” was one) taken from the interviews and bios provided by the band ... The UK’s “filth and fury” had arrived in New Zealand, at least as far as the press was concerned.
– Excerpt about 'notorious' Auckland punks Suburban Reptiles, AudioCulture, 27 May 2013
Wellington. Hippies everywhere. Still all tassles and beads. F**king hippies.
– Suburban Reptile Billy Planet's memory of the capital in the late 70s, as told to Rip It Up, October 1997, quoted on AudioCulture
The punk scene was a blast ... The camaraderie and excitement of that music scene in Auckland from 1977 to 1979 will never be repeated.
– Former Reptile Buster Stiggs recalls Auckland's music scene, Phantom Billstickers Cafe Reader Vol. 09, Autumn 2016
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