Soundtrack to your studies - 1991

The big orientation event of the year was Pop Will Eat Itself at the Town Hall, supported by Wellington rapping funk-rockers Emulsifier. The bouncers at the gig weren’t happy with audience members getting up to stage-dive and became heavy-handed with the crowd. Pop Will Eat Itself’s singer objected and went offstage to tell the organisers that they would cover any damage to the foldback speakers if the bouncers could be removed. Once the security was gone, audience members filled the stage alongside the band and the set ended with the lead singer himself stage-diving into the remaining crowd.

Another Orientation gig was held at the Uni Cafe and headlined by The Able Tasmans. The band’s lead singer was Graeme Humphries, who also hosted bFM breakfast, though he decided to keep his music career separate from his broadcasting so eventually became known as a TV host and radio DJ under the name Graeme Hill.

Jean-Paul Sartre Experience (JPSE) also played the Uni Cafe during O-week.

This was also the year that Push Push emerged from out of the five-bands-for-five-dollars glam metal scene at the Powerstation and raced to the top of the charts, with the highest-selling local song of the year ‘Trippin.’

However it was an older kind of hard rock that took out the highest selling album slot - Razor’s Edge by AC/DC, with its speedy-riffing single ‘Thunderstruck.’

What was pumping on your stereo while you were on campus? Suggest songs to add to our 1990s playlist, and you could win $100 Flying Out voucher.