The Best of Instigators — Auckland Ska Punk 1981-1982

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Deluxe Edition — White Vinyl with obi-strip, photo insert, and Ripper Records Slipmat. Release Date — Friday March 29th. Limited edition of 150.

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1.	Hope She’s Alright 03:38 video	buy track
2.	In Line 03:07	buy track
3.	Not Really Bad 02:39	buy track
4.	No Problems 04:10	buy track
5.	The Israelites 04:05	buy track
6.	The Boys 02:35	buy track
7.	CCU 03:08	buy track
8.	No Evidence 02:21	buy track
9.	You Don’t Matter 02:10	buy track
10.	Don't Work 03:02	buy track
11.	No Problems Dub 03:57	buy track

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Vinyl Release Date — Friday March 29th.
Leather Jacket Records and Ripper Records are proud to present The Best of The Instigators — Auckland Ska Punk 1981-1982. Instigators singles and live tracks remastered and back on vinyl for the first time in 40 years!

Auckland Record Release Party!
Wednesday March 27th, 6pm to 9pm
at Flying Nun Auckland, 202 K Road.
You are invited!

Instigators won Auckland’s Battle of the Bands in 1981 and released two seminal ska/punk singles on Ripper Records — Not Really Bad with producer Don McGlashan, and Hope She’s Alright with producer Steve Kennedy. Then they piled into a Bedford truck and toured all over NZ:

“In the cities we played to big crowds at rock venues where everyone was jumping up and down and connected with our anti-government message. The rural pubs were a different story, they didn’t want to hear our songs about real life, gang warfare, and a missing prostitute. In Blackball they tried to beat us up and chased us down the street!” — Sonya Waters

"The Instigators' two singles on Ripper have reached almost mythical status in 2024 and, aside from a track on Bigger Than Both of Us, have been unavailable in any form for 22 years, hence the prices they fetch. One of the reasons I bought Ripper from Bryan Staff was to see records like these classic 45s reissued and here they are, coupled with a side of live tracks that illustrate rather well why the band was so popular back in the day and why their legacy has lasted and grown. Extreme Ripper pride!" — Simon Grigg

Instigators on Audioculture — www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/instigators

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released February 23, 2024

Ed Geddes — Vox / Sax
Sonya Waters — Vox / Keys
Tarewai Wesley — Bass
Eddie Olsen — Drums
Tom Rothsey — Guitar

Producer A1, A4 — Steve Kennedy
Producer A2, A3 — Don McGlashan
Remastered By — Chris Chetland
Artwork Front — Dieneke Jansen
Artwork Back — Tarewai Wesley
Reissue Producer —Matthias McGregor
Co-ordinated By — Simon Grigg & Sonya Waters

Ripper Records RPR 502 + Leather Jacket Records LJR13
℗ 1981, 2024 Ripper Records

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Instigators Auckland, New Zealand

Instigators won Auckland’s Battle of the Bands in 1981 and released two seminal ska/punk singles on Ripper Records.

Auckland Record Release Party! — Wednesday March 27th, 6pm to 9pm.
Flying Nun Auckland, 202 K Road
You are invited! ... more

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