The Hollow Grinders
The Hollow Grinders (briefly called "the Sandhoppers", and playing their first gig in October 1996 as "the Blublockers") proclaimed themselves "New Zealand's best and only instrumental surf band", a claim few could deny. Hollow Grinders started as a trio of Biff Bangle, Eddie Hodad and Dirk Thrust, differing from The Blublockers only in a change in drummer. Later, Hank 'Family Man' Special joined to make the band a four-piece. Line-up changes have continued, with Biff Bangle allegedly faking his own death to avoid further contractual obligations to the group, seeing the addition of Otis Uhh!. Rick O'Kutt has also replaced Hank 'Family Man' Special.
The Hollow Grinders have two CDs, The Hollow Grinders Dig Chicks and Surfin' Taniwha, one 7" record, Bradley's Dunny Crouch, and several other releases. In 1999, Californian surf band The Neptunas released a song dedicated to The Hollow Grinders called Hollow Grinders are Go!. Significant gigs played by the band include Circle Jerk 2018.
Releases[edit]
- Live FM cassette, 1997
- Bradley's Dunny Crouch 7" single
- Dig Promos EP
- The Hollow Grinders Dig Chicks album, 2001
- Surfin' Taniwha album, 2018
- Repo Man featured on the 1997 compilation Reef Madness
- Rhythm & Swing appears on the 1997 compilation Green Eggs and Hamilton
- Two Suits appears on NZ on Air Indie Hit Disc 7, 1998 (NZ on Air promo)
- Te Harinui (Not on a Snowy Night) appears on the 1998 compilation Christmas in the Summertime
- Piha Death Rip appears on the 1998 compilation Fiberglass Jungle
- Pania (of the Reef) appears on NZ on Air Indie Hit Disc 10, 2000 (NZ on Air promo)
- Piha Death Rip appears on the 2001 compilation Year Zero
- When a Child is Born appears on the 2001 compilation Christmas On The Rocks: A New Zealand Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
- Shoot the Pukeko, Hank appears on the 2002 compilation Zero.one
- Toe Tag Point appears on the 2007 compilation Area 07
- Dirty Sanchez appears on the 2020 compilation In Thrust We Trust
