Step Chant Unit
Step Chant Unit were pop/rock group from 1983-1987 featuring Zed Brookes (bass, vocals), Neville Sergent (drums, percussion), Sue Toms (keyboards) and a succession of guitarists, including Brian Brighting, Mark Wilson and Roy Forlong. Brookes and Toms had previously performed together in Rotorua outfit The Lemmings.
Step Chant Unit released a cassette titled I.C. Dream in 1983, and a 12" record in 1985 titled Painting Pictures. They had the track Doesn’t time fly included on the 1990 Just Teasing V1 compilation, and another on the 1985 Jayrem compilation Package to Sell.
Painting Pictures spent three weeks in the New Zealand charts, peaking at number 34. The song also charted on Radio Contact's Alternative Top 11. The band supported Dunedin's The Stones at the Hillcrest Tavern in June 1983.
