Bored Games


A punky footnote in New Zealand’s alt-rock timeline, Bored Games was the high school band of Shayne Carter, who would go on to stamp his mark with Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer.

While attending Kaikorai Valley High School in Dunedin, Shayne Carter formed Bored Games with Wayne Elsey, Fraser Batts, Jonathan Moore and Jeff Harford.

Shayne Carter performs Joe 90 solo (Live @ Bodega 06/05/11)
Bored Games at Queen's Gardens, 1981.
Photo credit: Kat Spears
A very young Bored Games at Kaikorai Valley High School Dance in 1979, with Shayne Carter on his knees beside Wayne Elsey.
Photo credit: Photo courtesy of Jeff Harford
Bored Games, Dunedin, 1981. From left: Jonathan Moore, Terry Moore, Fraser Batts, Shayne Carter and Jeff Harford
Photo credit: Lesley Paris
Bored Games second gig, with Toy Love, The Androidss, and The Terls at the Concert Chamber, Dunedin 1979
Photo credit: Design by Chris Knox
Watching Bored Games at Queen's Gardens, 1981.
Photo credit: Kat Spears
Bored Games promo poster, 1982
Happy Endings (1982)
Who Killed Colonel Mustard, the 1982 Bored Games 12" EP, featured the classic Joe 90
Bridesmaid (1982)
Labels:

Flying Nun

Trivia:

Terry Moore and Fraser Batts later became members of The Chills.

Wayne Elsey subsequently formed The Stones, and then reunited with Carter in The DoubleHappys, but was tragically killed in a train accident while on tour in 1985.

Members:

Shayne Carter - vocals

Wayne Elsey - bass

Fraser Batts - guitar

Jonathan Moore - guitar

Jeff Harford - drums

Terry Moore - guitar

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