Bill Direen Part 1 - a maverick voice 1975 to 1984
His was a maverick voice, older, wiser and darker, and his music and words had a knowing beyond many in that fertile time. There, eternal truths could be glimpsed. When Bill Direen's...
Bilders Collectives
aka Bilders, Builders
Bill Direen Part 2 - 1985 and into the present
"I'm beginning to see diversity as a handicap the more I speak to people in the United Kingdom. Repetition and familiarity are what ensnare people in pop.” It's September 1989 and Ne...
Parallel movements to punk
Parallel movements to punk – Bill Direen on the generation that preceded punk in New Zealand There was a second group of older citizens, who were in their creative minded teens in ...
The Bilders Tour Europe
Bilders do the autobahn - Arno Loeffler Bill Direen: A Memory of Others is a feature-length road documentary chosen to screen at the New Zealand International Film Festival in Augu...