Straitjacket Fits

Straitjacket Fits formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1986 and were a prominent band in the Flying Nun label's second wave of the Dunedin sound.
Like many of their Flying Nun stable-mates, the band hailed from the southern city of Dunedin. They formed from the remnants of The DoubleHappys, a band comprising Shayne Carter, Wayne Elsey and John Collie. The accidental death of Elsey saw Carter and Collie join forces with David Wood (ex-Working With Walt) in 1986 to form Straitjacket Fits. Andrew Brough (from The Orange) signed on the following year, adding a foil in the form of a pop sensibility to Carter's more raucous songwriting. From their inception, the sound of the band was marked by the seemingly incongruous but effective pairing of Carter's rough abrasive voice and strident guitar and Andrew Brough's sweet vocals and pop hooks.
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==Links to Peel==
Peel discovered the group in 1989 and would play tracks from them on his shows. He had the band do a session for his programme in November 1989, when the group were touring around Europe, during the week when the Berlin Wall fell. After the 80's, Peel didn't seem to play any new material from the band on his shows.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1989-11-12. First Broadcast: 29 November 1989. Repeated: 16 January 1990
*Quiet Come / Bad Note For A Heart / Hand In Mine / Roller Ride
==Other Shows Played==
;1989
*22 March 1989: So Long Marianne (7" - Hail) Flying Nun
*13 April 1989: Life In One Chord (album - Hail) Flying Nun
*20 April 1989: She Speeds (v/a album - In Love With These Times) Flying Nun Europe
*20 April 1989 (Rockradio): So Long Marianne (7" - Hail) Flying Nun
*04 May 1989: So Long, Marianne (album - Hail) Flying Nun
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Flying Nun
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