PanAm

Indie rockers PanAm took off playing Nirvana and Black Sabbath covers in a West Auckland high school band, before unleashing their own thrash-garage neo-punk sound in the late 90s. The power trio were quickly snapped up by label Flying Nun label and released 2002 EP New Concepts in Sound Recording. It was followed a year later by a self-titled debut album, described as "kick ass rock 'n' roll that raised the ghost of Kurt Cobain". After changes in line-up PanAm relocated to Australia in 2004, but soon called it a day.