Give It A Whirl 4 - Anarchy in the Air (Episode Four)

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2003

In 1977 New Zealand arrives late to the punk party but its attitude shakes up the new decade, as this episode of Give It a Whirl shows. Maverick Chris Knox leads the charge with short-lived group The Enemy, while Aucklanders The Suburban Reptiles record a punk classic with ex-Split Enzer and pop genius Phil Judd. Th'Dudes cement their pub rock crown with riffs like 'Be Mine Tonight', but Australia proves a hill too far. Perseverance pays off for the Enz as 'I Got You' goes global and Dunedin becomes a hotbed of original, lo-fi music with the spikey pop of Toy Love, The Clean and a fledgling record label called Flying Nun.

It was just the most fabulous gig of my life really, and afterwards we stayed up all night, just talking about how we were the most fabulous band in the world, and just from there on it was just like 'yeah, this is what we do with our lives, fantastic'.
– Chris Knox recalls his first gig with The Enemy in Dunedin, in 1978

Key Cast & Crew

Steven Orsbourn

Cinematographer

Peter Elliott

Narrator

Michael Higgins

Interviewer, Writer, Research, Associate Producer

Mark Everton

Director, Writer, Interviewer

Richard Driver

Producer, Series Development

Colin Hogg

Writer, Story Consultant

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Produced by

Visionary Film & TV

Source

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Acknowledgements

Episode four dedicated to Barry Jenkin and Dylan Taite

Clearances for online viewing made possible with funding from the NZ Lottery Grants Board and NZ On Air

Original programme made with funding from NZ On Air