WAZZO GHOTI - Gone Ghoting! 1989

This record is an is an absolute masterpiece and and stood for a long time on the wanted list, so I kept an eye out and was able to successfully buy the record, not cheap, but worth every damn cent. Fifteen magical new wave goodies, every song a hit and I thank the one who was looking for this too. A real asset! - A bit basic info from the great Up The Punks site: Formed sometime 1984 in Wellington by Chris (bass), Mark & Rex (guitars) and Bill (drums) as the first established line-up after initial contributions from Paul Watson and Murray on bass and drums. Wazzo Ghoti (pronounced ‘fish’) get their peculiar name courtesy of the peculiar semantics of the English language. The band’s first gig was at Cricketers Arms on the corner of Tory and Vivian street in 1986. A demo tape did the rounds of NZ student stations and in Wazzo Ghoti played regularly in the Wellington music scene. In 1987 Wazzo Ghoti had the Magnet included on the When The Wind Blows compilation of Wellington’s alternative music scene put out by Skank Attack’s Steve Cochrane on the Skank Records label. In March 1987 drummer Bill Morris was brutally assaulted in Wellington and was unable to continue in the band while recuperating. Wazzo Ghoti continued playing with Murray King, Pat McLaughlin and Andrew Downes stepping in on drums, and in late 1989 their debut album, Gone Ghoting!, was released. Dean Riley from fellow Wellington band #9 drummed for an 18 month period from late 1988, followed by a stint with Steve Cochrane. In 1993 a cassette EP, Coelacanth, was released and sometime after this Wazzo went into hiatus for twenty-six years before playing a reunion gig with original (and now recuperated) drummer Bill Morris, on March 16, 2019 to mark the release of a collected recordings CD Pronounced Fish. A record like a hurricane, a must have!

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