My Two Cents
My Two Cents was a hardcore punk band put together in 2001 by school friends Luke McPake (guitar, vocals) and Daniel (bass) - both had been members of hardcore project Blazon from 2000-2001. Luke had also played with Thrifty, and Daniel had previously played with straightedge metal band Arcane. Joe Hitchcock (formerly of Atomic Garage) was added on guitar, and Jono from Mullet Patrol became the drummer.
Co-founder Daniel later left to be replaced briefly on bass by Mark Newbold (of Vargas, Shinkasta and Daredevil), then a guy called Jody, and finally by Steve. My Two Cents gigged with some of the aforementioned bands as well as Kitsch, Misled by Lies and Holdfast among others, and played shows like the Hamtown Smackdown, the Band Experiments 2001, and big national punk events like Punkfest 2001 and the Punk As 1st Birthday in Wellington. In 2001 they had two tracks on the Against the Wall compilation. They broke up in 2002 and released their EP Paint The View From Yesterday a short time afterwards.
My Two Cents can be heard faintly on the outro of the luna spark track Rachmaninov, as they were practising a few rooms down the hall.
Luke McPake went on to form This Night Creeps.
