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Builders
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New Zealand band formed in 1980. Several 7" singles and EPs led to the album Beaten Hearts (with Campbell McLay (b) and Malcolm Grant (dr) and Chris Knox and Mikie Dooley guesting), recorded August 1982, released commercially January 1983. Bill Direen forms South Indies Records the following year to archive post-punk independent music. Split Seconds, CoNCH3, Let's PLay, Coolest Cats, Cup, "Bill Direen and Bary Stockley" and "Bill Direen and the Hat" follow. IMD release CUT CD in 1994 (with Derek Champion on drums and Alistair Galbraith guesting on violin). Corazoo release Human Kindness LP in 1997. Powertool release a string of CDs in 2006-2010. UNWUCHT re-rerelease the early EPs in 2010-2014. Grapefruit re-release Beatin Hearts in 2016. Builders are also known as Bilders, Bilderbergers, Beelzebub's Progress, Solomans Ball, High 30s Piano and 'bilderine'.
Members
 | Malcolm Grant dr, perc NZ |
| Campbell Mclay b |
| Alan Meek g, key |
 | Bill Direen voc, g |
| Greig Bainbridge b, bvoc, perc |
 | Stuart Page dr, voc *1957 |
| John McDermott dr |
| Karl Holdorf tb, bvoc |
| Michael Tan vn, p |
 | Dave Allen eb, bvoc, b AU |
Band Membership
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Utopians | Builders | 2014 | Single |
| Untitled | Builders | 2012 | Album |
| Mindful | Builders | 2010 | Album |
| Meantime | Builders | 2010 | Album |
| Parisian Friday | Builders | 2010 | Album |
| Chrysanthemum Storm | Builders | 2008 | Album |
| Pyx (1985-1988) | Builders | 1994 | Compil. |
| Cut | Builders | 1994 | Album |
| Max Quitz | Builders | 1993 | Compil. |
| Alien | Builders | 1991 | Single |
| We Are The Coolest Cats In The World | Builders | 1989 | Album |
| Divina Comedia | Builders | 1988 | Compil. |
| Cup | Builders | 1987 | Album |
| Ginger Jar | Builders | 1986 | Single |
| Let's Play | Builders | 1985 | Album |
| C0NCH3 | Builders | 1985 | Album |
| Beatin Hearts | Builders | 1983 | Album |
| Schwimmen In Der See | Builders | 1982 | Single |
| Fïat Lux (Live 1980-82) | Builders | Album |
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