Nervous Wreck
Nervous Wreck were formed in 1999 by frontman/songwriter Martin Green (vocals, bass), and were active around Hamilton until 2003. Many of their early gigs were at JBCs but they later played larger shows supporting The Datsuns, Head Like A Hole, Stellar*, Tadpole and others. Described variously as "alternative rock" and "progressive grunge" the band's style has been compared to Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, MUSE, Jeff Buckley, Coldplay etc. Scant information survives regarding Green's other band members during this period, although apparently Paul Innes played guitar and backing vocals sometime around 2002.
Nervous Wreck independently released an EP All Aboard and songs received playlisting on Auckland’s Bfm and The Rock, Hamilton’s The Generator and the band appeared on TVNZ's Good Morning New Zealand.
Martin Green re-located to Melbourne, Australia in 2003 and formed a new line-up of Nervous Wreck with Melbournites Nick Riley (guitar, vocals) and Mark Coats (drums, percussion). The All Aboard EP was re-released on the new band's own label Riley Records in Australia, and in April of 2004 won the Melbourne Reach Out - Dare To Dream unsigned band competition. They have sinced received good radio coverage around Australia on Triple J, Triple R, PBS, 3NRG, 97.9RIMFM and have appeared on Channel 31's Russ Kellet's Melbourne show.
Between September of 2004 and April of 2005 Nervous Wreck supported another ex-patriot New Zealand band Evermore for several dates of their national Australian tour. In the meantime money won from the Reach Out... competition had been used to complete recordings for their second single/EP Log Off, which was released in March 2005, again under the name of Riley Records. In late 2005/early 2006 a third EP Ain't It Always was released independently.
At the time of writing they are looking for a suitable label deal whilst recording their full-length album debut; scheduled for release in late 2006. In the interim have been releasing a series of 6 songs over 6 months from their website, under the title of Stare At The Screen.
Releases
- All Aboard EP, 2003/2004
- Log Off EP, 2005
- Ain't It Always EP, 2006
