Above Ground

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Above Ground
Above Ground rehearsal, 566a Colombo St, Christchurch, 1983
Background information
Origin	New Zealand
Genres	Freeflow psychedelic Christchurch garage
Years active	1983
Labels	Siltbreeze
Members	Bill Direen Maryrose Crook Stuart Page Carol Woodward

Above Ground was a band from Christchurch, 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.^{[citation needed]}

Historian of NZ music