Mad Ranks (Musical group)

Date: 1980 - 1983

By: Famularo, Silvio, 1936-

Reference: Eph-D-VARIETY-Silvios

Description: Includes posters for cultural events, arts courses, entertainment, mainly in 1981: ANZArt; Australia New Zealand art encounter [Christchurch 1981?] "Big and little"; scenes by Botho Strauss. Downstage Theatre, from 19 June [1981] Two shows at Circa Theatre, created especially for 4-10 year olds: Town and Country Players in "You can't be afraid until you've been afraid"; and "How the moon began", with Felicity Day, Debbie Hager and Rose Wedde. 24 August - 4 September [1981?] The Clean E.P. "Boodle, boodle, boodle". One night only in Wellington, Terminus, 11 November [1981] Coup d'Etat. Appearing at Terminus, Thurs 28th Direct from USA: Bobby Shew, Lanny Morgan, Jeff Hamilton, Gordon Brisker, Tom Garvin, Don Rader, with All Star Big Band. Wellington, Majestic Cabaret, 20-21 May [1982?] Los Dogs, at the Royal Tiger, Fri 25th Sept; Sat 26th Sept [1981] Eight Eleven Eighty One; an exhibition of ceramics & painting. SelLing Ngan, Allan Snook, Rosemary Stokell, Brian Wong. Wellington Cultural Centre World Trade Centre, 9-20 Nov 1981. An evening with the Hot City Cats. Varsity Restaurant, this Friday 7-11 [1981-1983?] Hot City Cats. Chips, Sun 1st [1981?] Frame Ups; a exhibition of colour photographs by Mary mcPherson [and] Martin Taylor. PhotoForum Gallery, 2-20 June 1981. Joe Henderson, one of the giants of the tenor saxophone (ex Miles Davis, Chick Corea. Wellington Majestic Cabaret 26th; Auckland Gluepot Ponsonby Thursday 27th [1981] Impulse Dance Theatre. "Frames" art gallery tour. National Art Gallery, 25-26 May [1981] (Art: Darryl White; Logan Print, Gisborne) Jon McLeary. Egypt; exhibition of ink pastels. Natural Juices Cafe, Wed 8 July [1981] Mad Ranks. The Resort this weekend, 7-9 May [1982?] (2 copies) Arthur Manawatu. Paintings + linoprints. Closet Artists Gallery, 520 Queen St, 3-21 August The Mockers. New single out now, "Trendy lefties" [1981] Mockers; Protons. Wellington Teachers' College, Thurs 30 April [1981] Music at Circa; a series of Monday night concerts. Colleen Rae-Gerrard, Deborah Rawson, Anne Lanston, Michael Calvert, Wellington String Quartet, Omnibus. 21 and 28 Sept, 5 and 12 Oct [1981] Neoteric Tribesmen, playing at Studio 7 with The Innocent [and] Tin Syndrome. Fri 25th, Sat 26th [ca 1981] New Zealand architecture; a photographic survey. New Zealand Institute of Architects. Uptairs, City Art Gallery, 65 Victory Street Wellington [1981-1983] "Factual C"; a exhibition of paintings by David Ortega. City Limits Cafe, 20 Oct - 10 Nov [1981-1983] Primitive Art Group at Rawa House. Thurs 24 Sept 1981 Primitive Art Group. National Art Gallery, Sunday 2.00pm 26th Sept [1982] The Private Eyes tonight! Terminus, 21-23 April [1981] The Private Eyes. Terminus, Sept 25 + 26! Are you man enough for Jason Sad; then go all the way. As seen on TV [photo of pig. ca 1981] The Screaming Blam-matic roadshow [Screaming Meemees, Newmatics, Blam Blam Blam. 1981] From USA. Bobby Shew, Steve Erquiaga, Johnny Carson Trio, Dick Hopp Sextet, Frank Gibson jnr, Rodger Fox Big Band, Andy Brown. Jazz on Sunday. Majestic Cabaret 3 May [1981] Silvio's Xmas variety show; music, mirth, magic, melodrama, merriment, music hall, madness. Special guest artsts Frances Green, Dave Olerenshaw, Jacque Harvey. Wgtn Operatic Soc Hall, 8-14 Dec [1981] Strikemaster. Heavy rock. Apparing at Terminus, 5-6 Oct Taste of Bounty. Cricketers, from Thurs 27 Aug [1981] Taste of Bounty are now Radio-Active, appearing live in concert. Newlands Arms, Fri/Sun, 15-17 May [1981] Techtones 3 [ca 1981] University Drama Club. Tristan Tzara's "The gas heart", and Sam Shepard's "Cowboy mouth". Union Hall, 28 July - 1 August [1981] The Valentinos [ca 1981] "The wind and the rain", a comedy by Merton Hodge. Downstage Theatre from 24 July [1981] Quantity: 36 posters. Physical Description: Photolithographs and photocopies on posters, sizes varying from 100 to 600 mm. Provenance: From Silvio Famularo, Wellington, in 1983.

Date: 1981

From: Various artists :[Posters advertising performances by popular music groups, singers, musicians, and rock bands performing in New Zealand in 1980 and 1981].

By: Peacocke, Philip, active 1980

Reference: Eph-E-MUSIC-Popular-1981-01

Description: Shows an arrangement of photographs of individual members of various bands, scattered across the poster. There is a key at the bottom identifying the numbered figures. Musicians from the following bands are shown: New Entrants, Screaming Mee Mees, Pen Knife Glides, Bombers, Valentinos, Danse Macabre, Blam, Rhythm-Method, Corners, The Mad Ranks, Hammond Gamble, The (Garage) Crawlers, Famous Five, Youth for a Price, Coupd'Etat, "Shower Curtains", Missing Tremble, A.F.C. (Arms for Children), The Neighbours, Skinny Brothers, Otis Mace, Freudian Slips, The Diplomats, Techtones, Prime Movers, The Gurlz, Broken Dolls, Side Affect, Teddy Boys, Blind Date, Instigators, Tall Dwarfs, The Pink Flamingos, Hattie and the Havana Hotshots, Larry and the Ladders, Dead on Arrival, A Second Nose, I Love You, Androidss, Fusion, The Furys, Pleasure Boys, Frank Adam, D D Smash, Rank and File. Closet Entrepreneur shown: Ray Castle. Exhibited in 'Keeping The Score' exhibition curated by Jill Palmer, displayed on the First Floor Foyer, National Library Building, 12 July to 16 August 1999. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 997 x 680 mm. Provenance: Second copy donated by Bill Lake in 2000. Processing information: Two copies held.