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Starting a new relationship by dredging up the past never bodes well, but for Kiwi rock band ‘Head Like A Hole’, bringing up the last 10 years of absence worked in their favour.

A decade after the band disbanded in a haze of drugs, booze and aggressive arguments, they are back – with a new energy, new album and more ballsy then ever.

Guitarist Nigel Regan says the reform happened in a “really roundabout way” after playing briefly at Homegrown in 2009.
He says while the band was broken up he continued to write songs, which formed the basis of a lot of their new album, ‘Blood Will Let Out’.

“I was really happy that my songs had stood the test of time and that they were still good songs, particularly ‘Glory Glory’.
“I brought the songs in that I had recorded to see if they liked it and they did.”

Nigel says there were “no tensions at all”, but more “big grins all around” when they got back into the studio.

“After Homegrown, I said I wanna have a jam – I’m not signing anything (to start the band again]. It took a couple of goes as we haven’t played some of the songs for so long. We would have to chuck on the CD and have a jam.”

With the addition of former ‘The D4’ guitarist Andrew Ashton, Nigel says he brought “something to the party with his guitar sounds” to compliment the rocker’s vibe for a new, improved sound on the new album.

Fully self-funded, the album skyrocketed to number eight on the charts after its release in July – something Nigel is “stoked” about.

“Considering ‘The Adults’ debuted at number four and we’ve had minimal publicity. 
“It was a deliberate choice to self-fund this time around. We had just been f***** over so much in the past, it was time to take control.”

Head Like A Hole is playing at Brewer’s Bar on September 3. The show is R18.

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