Doublehappys


“It was Revenge of the Nerds, a classic rock and roll story. Punk rock working class kids from Dunedin. It’s got to be real and represent who you are and where you’re from, and the Doublehappys were little shits from Dunedin.”

95bFM, the Auckland University student radio station, has caught former Doublehappy Shayne Carter on an honest day in 2012. Class was not something the 1980s indie music scene dwelt on. Socio-economic tensions and differences existed, but more often as personal rather than group motivation.

Cut It Out, 1985
On the Looney Tour - the late Johnny Pierce (Children's Hour), the late Wayne Elsey (Doublehappys), Dave Merritt (tour manager), Bevan Sweeney (Children's Hour), 1984
Photo credit: Photo by Terry Moore
Shayne Carter and Wayne Elsey in a Flying Nun publicity grouping
Photo credit: Photo by Terry Moore
Chris Knox-directed video for Doublehappys Needles and Plastic
The Double B-Side EP, 1984
Shayne Carter, John Collie, Wayne Elsey, 1984
Photo credit: Photo by Jeremy Freeman
The Doublehappys, 1984: L to R: Wayne Elsey, Shayne Carter, John Collie
Richard Langston's Garage 4, with Jeremy Freeman's photo of the Doublehappys on the cover, 1985
Doublehappys - The Other's Way
The poster for the 1984 Double B-Side EP
Photo credit: Graeme Hill collection
The Double B-Side EP, 1984
Doublehappys live at Oriental Tavern in Dunedin in 1984 playing Needles and Plastic
Poster fot the 1985 EP Cut It Out
Photo credit: Design by John Collie
Doublehappys live at Oriental Tavern in Dunedin, 1984
Doublehappys live at Oriental Tavern in Dunedin in 1984 playing Big Fat Elvis
The 1984 Looney Tour poster
Photo credit: Chris Knox design; Jonathan Ganley Collection
The Doublehappys, Dowling Street, Dunedin, 1983
Photo credit: Photo by Kat Spears
Trivia:

John Collie is an accomplished artist whose painting was used on The Verlaines’ Bird-Dog album.

Labels:

Flying Nun

Members:

Shayne Carter - guitar, vocals

John Collie - drums

Wayne Elsey - guitar, vocals

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