The legendary Mechanix of Pop present 13 tracks tracks of timeless New Zealand
pop history. Pop Mechanix were one of New Zealand's great pop hopefuls of the
eighties. They were one of the hardest working bands in the land, made it to
Australia, fought a legal battle for their name, broke up, reformed,gigged their
asses off, and finally went supernova. It still confounds many of their high
profile fans as to how this band didn't make the big splash that they so
definitely were destined to make. The band quickly gained attention outside of
Christchurch through supports for the Swingers and Dragon with fans in Split Enz
and especially ex Enz bassist Mike Chunn championing the band. The road to
success really does seem to be three parts luck to what ever amount of talent a
band may have in its hungry soul. Pop Mechanix had oodles of talent, the energy
drive, and hunger of maybe five other bands in one, and maybe only 2 parts of
luck. This collection of their works stands as testament to that.
1. Now 2. Radio Song 3. The Ritz 4. Jumping out a Window 5.
Holidays 6. Cowboys 7. Keep It Up 8. Brains Are Dumb 9. Art
School Bop 10. Spanish 11. Texas 12. Land of Broken Dreams 13.
Celebration of the Skin