Able Tasmans

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Able Tasmans
Hey Spinner! by the Able Tasmans
Background information
Origin	New Zealand
Genre(s)	Indie rock Lo-fi
Years active	1984–1996
Label(s)	Flying Nun
Former members
Leslie Jonkers Peter Keen Graeme Humphreys Craig Mason Jane Dodd Ronald Young

The Able Tasmans were an indie band from Auckland, New Zealand.

At various times, the band consisted of Leslie Jonkers, Peter Keen, Graeme Humphreys, Craig Mason, Jane Dodd (previously of The Verlaines), and Ronald Young. They formed in 1984, and named themselves after the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. They released four albums and two EP's on Flying Nun Records. The band split up in 1996.^[1] Ten years later Graeme Humphreys and Peter Keen regrouped to record an album, The Overflow, under the name of Humphreys & Keen.^[2]

The style of music played by the band could be considered as similar to the prevalent Dunedin Sound favoured by Flying Nun during the 1980s and 1990s, and most effective when keyboards (not normally prominent in the Dunedin Sound) were to the fore, as on their early student radio hit Snow White Chook.

Graeme Humphreys is now better known in New Zealand for his role as a radio talkback host (under the name Graeme Hill).

1 Discography
- 1.1 Featured appearances
- 1.2 Singles/EP's
2 References

[edit] Discography

Cover	Date of Release	Title	Label	Charted	Certification	Catalog Number
Albums
	1987	A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down^[3]	Flying Nun	-	-
	1990	Hey Spinner	Flying Nun	-	-
	1992	Somebody Ate My Planet	Flying Nun	-	-
	1995	Store in a Cool Place	Flying Nun	-	-
	1995	Songs From the Departure Lounge^[4]	Flying Nun	-	-
EPs
	1985	Tired Sun	Flying Nun Records	-	-	FN043
	1986	Shape Of Dolls	Flying Nun Records	-	-

[edit] Featured appearances

The group have appeared on a few CD & DVD compilations since 1991 in New Zealand. The following is a list of these albums that have featured tracks by the Able Tasmans.