MM Vol 1 - 039 - Weta

MM Vol 1 #039

Weta

"Calling On"

(2000)

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Genre:Alt Rock

art by deemonproductions

Its that time again.......... The Rugby World Cup. Where the All Blacks take on the World! (or should i say 4 countries *kaff*). So what a better to kick off the world cup (excuse the weak pun) than a rocking NZ song huh? Weta (The group, not the studio) were once our leading rock band, albeit for less than 12 months but never the less, they produced one album that would rock in any country (even Wales). Hell i even made the video for the Event! How patriotic is that?!!

I feel so sorry for my 55 subscribers in YouTube, how ever i got that many, i will never know.

The band was formed in 1995, and quickly developed an enviable live reputation, securing support slots for the likes of Everclear, The Foo Fighters and Soundgarden (after a Wellington Town Hall show, Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd presented Clinton Tokona with his Musicman bass guitar after falling out with it on stage). In 1997 Aaron Tokona temorarily filled in on guitar for Adelaide, Australia band The Superjesus, after their guitarist, Chris Tennant, left the band. When offered the position full-time, Tokona declined in order to concentrate on Weta. Impressed with his abilities as a guitarist, former Superjesus manager Dan Hennessy took a keen interest in the band and when he took over as A&R chief at Warner Music Australia, Weta were added to their roster and the band moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1998.

The band's first release came in 1999 with the Natural Compression EP, which had been recorded at Marmalade Studios in Wellington, with friend and Shihad drummer Tom Larkin producing. September 2000 saw the New Zealand release of their debut album, Geographica. The band broke up early in 2001, after Aaron Tokona "stopped believing that I was doing what I really wanted to do. I'm not talking about playing music because I think I'll always do music. I'm talking about playing music in the sense of being in a band or being in public." The album, recorded at Melbourne's Sing Sing studios and produced by Steve James, was never released in Australia. The song "Calling On" received regular airplay on Australian radio station Triple J during 2001, however it failed to break into the station's Hottest 100 that year. [Source:Wiki]

For Everclear see Number 028

For Foo Fighters see Number 012

For Shihad see Number 018

This song has a crowbarred rating of 81.5 out of 108 pts

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