Country Calendar - Daggy and the Dickheads

Television (Full Length Episode) – 1982

Enjoying sex, drugs and rock'n'roll is difficult when you have to be up early to shear sheep. Country Calendar visited Rangitikei to investigate the Dickheads phenomenon, and found the Taihape band ready to mumble when it came to discussing the hazards of mixing music with farming. The Dickheads are seen rehearsing at Dickheadquarters, in the stockyards, and yarning at the New Taihape Hotel as they head for the big time: an afternoon slot at Sweetwaters, 1982. As a former shearer, TVNZ director Keith Slater identified with the Dickheads' dilemmas.

There's really no reason why a band shouldn't start up in Taihape ... [the band was] just a common interest amongst the five of us, who've worked on the land. We all loved music and thought 'why not?'.
– Guitarist Dan McCartin