# Above Ground

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**Above Ground** was a band from [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) formed in 1983.

## History

Above Ground developed out of the friendship of the four members: Bill Direen (Guitar/Vocals), Carol Woodward (Keyboards), Maryrose Wilkinson (Bass/Vocals) and Stuart Page (Drums). The group played locally and at the Punakaiki Music Festival (West Coast, New Zealand); and would have been forgotten like a lot of bands had Page not recorded nearly every practice and concert and organised the "Gone AIWA" cassette (1983), re-released in 2011 on vinyl by [Siltbreeze](/source/Siltbreeze).[citation needed]

Historian of NZ music [John Dix](/source/John_Dix_(music_historian)) mentions the group in his encyclopaedia of NZ rock and roll *[Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock'n'Roll, 1955-1988](/source/Stranded_in_Paradise:_New_Zealand_Rock'n'Roll,_1955-1988)*.[1]

## Cassette

Gone AIWA (1983)

## Album

Black vinyl 12" 33 1/3 album was released by Siltbreeze Records, Philadelphia, USA, (from cassette of 1983). 2011.

## References

1. 'In December came Dance of Death by the Soluble Fish Ensemble, and in July [the cassette] Gone AIWA, by yet another new band – Above Ground. Needless to say, the group was short-lived. ... [Bill] Direen had by now built up nationwide interest for his critically acclaimed but hard-to-get releases.' Dix, John (1988). Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock 'n' roll 1955–88. Page 299. Palmerston North, NZ: Paradise Publications. ISBN 0-14-301953-8 ISBN 0-473-00638-3

## External links

- [URL = [http://south.indies.online.fr](http://south.indies.online.fr)]

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