The Clean's Boodle Boodle Boodle

Geoff Stahl (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA
23 January 2025

Music; Music reviews & criticism; Rock & Pop music; World music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

Series: 33 1/3 Oceania

In this critical appraisal of The Clean's landmark release, Boodle Boodle Boodle, Geoff Stahl explores how it impacted the emergence of a new DIY scene alongside a retrospective on the role The Clean played in shaping New Zealand’s independent music industry.

The Clean’s 1981

EP catalysed independent music in Aotearoa/New Zealand and defined what

became known as the “Dunedin Sound”. At the time, The Clean were seen as

ambassadors for a burgeoning independent music culture in Aotearoa,

drawing on the DIY spirit of punk and post-punk centred around Dunedin,

on New Zealand’s South Island. Geoff Stahl considers the influence and

legacy of the EP and band on indie music in New Zealand and elsewhere.

Examining the myth of the “Dunedin Sound” associated with The Clean, the

EP, and Flying Nun Records, he details how this myth emerged, its

repudiation by many of the artists it presumes to cover, and its

complicated persistence in the contemporary New Zealand imaginary.

By: Geoff Stahl (Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9798765106389
Series: 33 1/3 Oceania
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 23 January 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Introduction: Starting Point 1. Back in the Day 2. Boodle Boodle Boodle 3. Aftermath 4. Great Sounds Great 5. Trapped in Amber 6. Do Your Thing Notes Works Cited Index

Geoff Stahl is Senior Lecturer in Media & Communication at Te Herenga Waka/Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand. He has edited and contributed to The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music, Space and Place (Bloomsbury, 2022), Nocturnes: Popular Music and the Night and Made in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. He has served on editorial boards for IASPM@Journal, Popular Music and Dancecult. He has also been Chair of IASPM-International and remains an active member.