Skeptics - Sheen of Gold

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Skeptics - Sheen of Gold

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Experimental noise band the Skeptics are best known for their 1987 single 'AFFCO' (named after a meat processing company) and its controversial video. For devoted fans, the band's mix of what Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd calls "chopped up bits of sound" with vocalist David D'Ath's enigmatic lyrics makes the Skeptics one of New Zealand's most fascinating bands. Simon Ogston's feature-length documentary explores the band's Palmerston North origins, and interviews band members and collabora...

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Video

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2013

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/skeptics-sheen-of-gold-2013

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