Head Like A Hole

aka HLAH


“One reason we’ve got to this level is that we’re not afraid to go ape shit live; we don’t have inhibitions. With HLAH it’s this full-on energy thing live.” (Nigel Regan, 1995)

Wellington’s Head Like a Hole (HLAH) were always a killer proposition in the live realm. Even on their first national jaunt, they threatened to usurp headliners Shihad on their Devolve release tour in mid-1991. Possessing a surfeit of unrestrained energy, dubious humour, an instinct for outrage, and an enviable chemistry, here was an act to behold. Although few in their audiences ever got the chance to truly witness Head Like a Hole, as they were generally whipped into a moshing frenzy which rendered all comprehension void.

Hidee Beast and Gerald Dwyer, Big Day Out 1995
Photo credit: Photo by Murray Cammick
NZ Truth, May 1993
Head Like A Hole at Guru's, 18 July, 1992. The stage caved in!
The I'm On Fire video shoot
New Truth, August 1992
February 1992 poster for Wellington and Palmerston North
Monsta X
Head Like A Hole, 1999. Clockwise from left: Nigel Regan, Michael Franklin-Browne, Andrew Durno, Tom Watson and Nigel Beazley.
Head Like A Hole, April 1994
Rave magazine, Brisbane, Australia, April 1993
Photo credit: Murray Cammick Collection
Head Like A Hole
HLAH IV Ad
Max TV Ad
Clockwise from left: Datehole, Booga, Hidee Beast, and front centre is Shihad's Jon Toogood standing in for an absent Tallbeast.
Head Like A Hole live 1995, with manager Gerald Dwyer in the background
Photo credit: Photo by Mark Roach
Tom Watson and Nigel Regan, 95bFM Private Function, Nov 1997 at Old City Market
Photo credit: Photo by Murray Cammick
Faster Hooves
NZ Truth, 1993
Fish Across Face
I'm On Fire
Making of I'm On FIre (Long edit)
The Mark Roach designed cover for Head Like A Hole's Blood On The Honky Tonk Floor, 2000
Lisa Van Der Aarde interviews Booga and Tall Beast from Head Like A Hole, 9 June 1994. Directed by Ross Cunningham, DOP Mike Monten, editor Gregor Boyd, art by Johnnie Pain.
Head Like A Hole at Super Liquor Man, Palmerston North, February 28, 1992
Photo credit: Photo by Dionne Ward
On The Street, Sydney, April 1993
Cornbag
Head Like A Hole - A Crying Shame (1997)
Juicy Lucy
Hootenanny
Beatnik (V2)
Head Like A Hole filming the I'm On Fire video
Head Like A Hole 1998
Photo credit: Photo by Murray Cammick
Spanish Goat Dancer
Glory Glory
Head Like A Hole, backstage, Auckland Uni Cafe.
Promo shot, 1992. L to R: Tallbeast, Hidee Beast, Datehole, Booga
Photo credit: Mark Graham
Trailer for HLAH documentary Swagger of Thieves, directed by Julian Boshier (2017)
Members:

Nigel Beazley - vocals

Nigel Regan - guitar

Andrew Durno - bass

Mark Hamill - drums

Tom Watson - guitar, trumpet

Andrew Ashton - guitar

Michael Franklin-Browne - drums

Simon Nicholls - bass

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