The Weeds
Dunedin supergroup The Weeds were Michael Morley (bass, vocals), Shayne Carter (guitar, vocals), Robert Scott (guitar, bass, vocals) and on drums, Jeff Harford, Chris Healey or John Collie.
Sometimes they played in their underwear and in 1985 they released the raucous folk-blues ‘Wheatfields’ as a one-off single, flipped with a live take on Elvis Presley’s ‘Trouble’ on Flying Nun Records.
1985 Verlaines, Rip and Weeds poster
Photo credit:
Design by Robert Scott
The Weeds at Otago Uni, 1985
Photo credit:
Photo by Richard Emerson. Courtesy of Robert Scott
Members:
Shayne Carter - guitar, vocals
John Collie - drums
Jeff Harford - drums
Chris Healey - drums
Michael Morley - guitar, vocals
Robert Scott - bass, vocals
Trivia:
Richard Emerson who took the photo on this page later went on to found the famous Dunedin brewers Emerson's
Discography