Riot Squad

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Title

Riot Squad

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NZ On Screen

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Description

This song is from New Zealand’s troubled winter of 1981. The Springbok Tour gave the term “riot squad” currency throughout the country — but the Auckland live music scene and the police were already enduring a very fraught relationship. This number from Auckland ska/soul band The Newmatics, released on the band’s Broadcast OR double 7" EP, was actually written about a 1980 police raid on XS Cafe in Airedale Street. The Keystone Cops music video is classic early 80s TVNZ Avalon and features ac...

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Video

Date created

1981

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/riot-squad-1981

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