Bird Nest Roys Profile
Anyone who thinks that jangling guitars and vocal harmony was strictly a South Island sound in the 1980s clearly never heard Bird Nest Roys.
The West Auckland six-piece initially made little impression in the central city scene and were on the verge of disbanding in 1984 when they were spied by former Toy Love drummer Mike Dooley playing at the Performance Café in Upper Symonds Street. Dooley invited them to support Tall Dwarfs, with whom he was guesting at a forthcoming show.
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Peter Moerenhout, Ross Hollands, Dominic Stones, Rupert E. Taylor, Ross Williams and Deborah Shadbolt, early 1985
Peter Moerenhout, Ross Williams, Rupert E. Taylor, Ross Hollands, Dominic Stones and Deborah Shadbolt
Bird Nest Roys
Rupert E. Taylor and Dominic Stones, Wellington 1984-85
Photo credit:
Photo by Sean Shadbolt
The 1987 eponymous longplayer from Bird Nest Roys
Ain't Mutatin
Bird Nest Roys, venue unknown
Bird Nest Roys early 1985
Rupert E. Tayor at Auckland's Rising Sun Hotel in 1986
Photo credit:
Photo by Jonathan Ganley
Dominic Stones, Deborah Shadbolt, Ross Hollands, Rupert E. Taylor (back), Ross Williams (front) and Peter Moerenhout
A Flying Nun Bird Nest Roys publicity shot, 1985
The 1986 Jaffa Boy 7-inch single, produced by Terry King
Deborah Shadbolt in Wellington, 1984-85
Photo credit:
Photo by Sean Shadbolt
Ross Williams
Able Tasmans, Bird Nest Roys and Court Martial, at The Pulse, Auckland, May/June1991
Photo credit:
Graeme Hill collection
Bird Nest Roys at the Rising Sun Auckland's K Rd. in 1986
Photo credit:
Photo by Jonathan Ganley
Able Tasmans, The Expendables, Bird Nest Roys
Photo credit:
Graeme Hill collection
Ross Hollands at Auckland's Rising Sun Hotel in 1986
Photo credit:
Photo by Jonathan Ganley
Bird Nest Roys in Wellington, 1984-85
Photo credit:
Photo by Sean Shadbolt
Bird Nest Roys in 1986: Rupert E. Taylor, "Big" Ross Williams, Dominic Stones, Peter Moerenhout, "Little" Ross Hollands, Deborah Shadbolt. Taken in Herne Bay at a time when the band was named Heavy As - it only lasted two weeks. A colourised version of this appeared on the rear of the Jaffa Boy sleeve.
Photo credit:
Taken by Cushla Stones
An early 1985 Flying Nun publicity shot
Peter Moerenhout , Rupert E. Taylor, Ross Williams, Ross Hollands, Deborah Shadbolt, Dominic Stones, Herne Bay, 1986
Dominic Stones, venue uknown
Alien (Live at the Windsor Castle, Auckland, New Zealand, 4 May 1985) Bob Sutton Collection
Bird Nest Roys
Whack It Down, the 1985 debut EP
Alien
Bird Nest Roys in Wellington, 1984-85
Photo credit:
Photo by Sean Shadbolt
Ross Williams, Ross Hollands, Peter Moerenhout, Deborah Shadbolt, Rupert E. Taylor and Dominic Stones, Wellington ca. 1984-85
Photo credit:
Photo by Sean Shadbolt
Bird Nest Roys in Dunedin, 1986
Who Is The Silliest Rossi (Live at the Windsor Castle, Auckland, New Zealand, 4 May 1985) Bob Sutton Collection
Trivia:
Dominic Stones' father Tony has had a distinguished career as a sculptor – but in the 1960s also worked as a designer on the TV pop show C'mon. Bird Nest Roys' retro-look video for their song Ain't Mutatin' was in part a nod to Stones Senior.
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Members:
Rupert E. Taylor - vocals, dancing
Dominic Stones - guitar
Ross Hollands - vocals
Ross Williams - guitar, vocals
Deborah Shadbolt - bass
Peter Moerenhout - drums