The Axemen

The Axemen

The Axemen was a New Zealand band formed around 1981 in protest against the South African Springbok rugby team tour of New Zealand, a tour which created great controversy, especially as was in contradiction to New Zealand's obligations under the Gleneagles Agreement.

[http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Heritage/Posters/1981SpringbokTour/Thumbnails/ The Axemen played in Chch Cathedral 1981] in response to the Springbok tour.

They also played at the protests for homosexual law reform in 1983, with member Steve McCabe being severely beaten up in the Cathedral Square, Christchurch, toilets.

The Axemen's founder members, Bob Brannigan, Steve McCabe and Stu Kawowski had played in various bands, apart and together, in the South Island cities of Christchurch and Dunedin, but cohesed in reaction to Sprinkbok rugby tour

References

*http://myspace.com/nemexa/
*http://www.flyingnun.co.nz
*http://www.flyingnun.co.nz/archive_site/archive/discography1.html
*http://www.flyingnun.co.nz/archive_site/archive/discography2.html
*http://www.flyingnun.co.nz/archive_site/archive/discography3.html
*http://www.sleekbott.com/
*http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2822/is_3_21/ai_55940226/pg_17
*http://www.gpstore.co.nz/Music/1535276.html

External links

* [http://www.amplifier.co.nz/artist/15808/the_axemen.html;jsessionid=85B50698614D7E2180037261D5024203 The Axemen] at [http://www.amplifier.co.nz amplifier.co.nz]


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