In his definitive 1989 overview of the 1960s Wellington scene When Rock Got Rolling, writer Roger Watkins calls The Bitter End “the Beastie Boys of the day”. Indeed, anyone you talk to who saw the band live tells of wild and raucous stage shows, played at some volume with an off-stage presence to match.
Their solitary release, the January 1967 single ‘Single Man’, an almost perfect R&B stormer on HMV, supports that.
Peter Raxworthy - vocals, guitar
Peter Hall - vocals
James Dwan - guitar, vocals
Roger Knox - bass, vocals
Allan Bateup - drums
Dave Longmore - guitar
Ben Kaika - bass
George Barris - guitar
Dave Orams - bass, keyboards
Noel Koskella - bass
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